EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2019

Moreover, while school districts are falling behind on their security plans, the cyber underworld is evolving and consolidating, according to the McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report. “We This advancement will help endpoint protection, email gateways, all of these vulnerable places where companies are working to deploy AI.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. And some corporations have designed higher education and workforce training micro-courses intended for smartphones. About half own a tablet computer, while three-quarters own desktop or laptop computers.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The brains of young children are constantly exposed to stimulation due to smartphones, social media, and the internet,” notes BBN Times contributor Naveen Joshi, founder and CEO of software company Allerin. Companies such as Microsoft have developed tools for using their virtual reality headsets in just this way.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

In a recent study from educational nonprofit Project Tomorrow , nearly 62 percent of teachers reported using video games in their classrooms. Cloud technology allows video game streaming on nearly any device , from smartphones to traditional game consoles. A majority of educators agree that video games can help K–12 learning.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2020

As students and professors move across campuses, they leave plenty of digital traces—such as when their smartphones connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, or when they swipe their keycards to unlock buildings or enter dorm rooms. The university is using a data analytics service developed by SAS, , an analytics and software company.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2018

Companies are responding with tech solutions: As part of Google ’s announcement of the Acer Chromebook 10 , the company introduced a new “locked mode,” allowing teachers to l ock students’ screens on managed Chromebooks. In response, some schools have banned smartphones in the classroom. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Back in June, the former CEO of Bleacher Report agreed to have coffee with Brett and David Kopf, the co-founders of Remind. Yet he was struck by Remind’s mission, along with the “immense capability and market positioning that the company has carved in the education ecosystem.” They’ve also raised more than $59.5

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

Educators and caregivers may wonder why, as researchers, we are promoting a positive view of digital technologies for young adolescents, when an array of headlines suggest that smartphones and social media are responsible for problems ranging from rising rates of childhood obesity to a youth mental health epidemic.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Schools are following suit: Technavio’s “ Artificial Intelligence Market in the US Education Sector 2018-2022 ” report predicts a nearly 48 percent growth rate for AI tools over the next three years. . Recent Pew Research data shows that 95 percent of teens have access to a smartphone and 45 percent are online “almost constantly.”

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. From the forms the company filed with the SEC last month, we learned the company conducted a study to evaluate Duolingo’s effectiveness versus traditional university language courses.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The Denton, Texas-based company is also growing up itself. ReadyRosie founder and CEO Emily Roden says helping children by engaging their parents has helped her company grow to serve 6,500 Head Start programs, childcare centers and elementary schools. The company has raised no outside capital since its start.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

The new E-learning technologies keep on evolving, and a lot of companies are investing in it to yield efficient employees. Let’s take a look at the some of the innovation in E-learning industry in the last 10 years: The Usage of Smartphones. Smartphones have become an essential part of our lives.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

While autonomous school buses may be far down the road, companies like RobotLAB are already designing interactive learning experiences that incorporate autonomous machine s to teach programming. The next iteration, empowered edge, will use AI to diversify the kinds of devices able to act as edge endpoints, such as displays or smartphones.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2018

5-9, TCEA 2018 is expected to boast more than 8,000 attendees, 1,000 sessions and 450 exhibitors from a variety of tech companies. TCEA’s TechNotes Blog reports that Matlin will discuss accessibility and her app “Marlee Signs,” which leverages mobile devices to teach American Sign Language.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work. Another company, Class Technologies Inc., uses the class.com domain, but isn’t selling this algebra course.).

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

It just so happened that a group of about 50 biology students were testing products from Hands-On Labs, a company that offers at-home lab kits coupled with online instruction and assessments. The company has 250 full-time employees and hasn’t made any layoffs. The company raised $6 million in venture capital last summer.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six. About Cengage and Gale.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

According to a pre-pandemic report , the average American teen spends approximately seven hours online per day. Companies such as Edpuzzle and Flipgrid provide interactive tools to actively engage students with academic content. Many experts point to the rise in smartphone/technology use as a major factor.

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 21, 2016

To name a few, San Francisco Unified School District and Polk County Public Schools in Florida are reported to have adopted VR technology, Fortune says. Companies have begun distributing smartphone-compatible cardboard VR sets in the US and organizing events and meetups for teachers.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . writes Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist at McAfee, in a company blog post. The consequence?

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During the pandemic, many districts have addressed this gap by handing out personal hotspot devices (similar to routers) or smartphones, or provided mobile Wi-Fi on school buses to kids lacking internet. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2019

Founded in 2014, the San Francisco-based company says that it has leased pouches to more than 1,000 schools across the country, including a handful of colleges and universities. Yondr pouch and unlocking device (Source: Yondr) For most adults, the idea of being separated from a smartphone for just one hour can stir anxiety.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

At a morning session on Sunday, Kentaro Yoshifuji, CEO of Ory Lab , shared how a robot his company has developed is helping people with disabilities connect with friends, family and teachers when it’s difficult or near impossible for them to be physically present with peers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. The textbook [company] made the slides and she literally read off of the slides for the entire semester.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

And as technology platforms have accelerated over the years, her job has increasingly involved keeping up with the ways young people use social media, and advising parents, teachers and even tech companies about what they need to know. A recent report from Common Sense Media showed that the percentage of teens with smartphones in the U.S.

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Perry Hewitt

DECEMBER 4, 2015

If you were shopping from the comfort of your couch, you were in good company: Smartphone sales nearly doubled year over year, from 9.1% Read the full report [PDF] , and ignore Wired’s snark that Cyber Monday is over. Nike shoes, Star Wars droids, and hoverboards were among the popular products shopped for on Black Friday.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

About 17 percent of adults access the internet from home through a smartphone only. Then there are the companies offering free use of their products should crisis hit a school community. The post Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools appeared first on The Hechinger Report. BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

The app then sends a notification to the person’s smartphone or tablet. The company plans to launch a pilot program with a school in India to see how the platform would work in the classroom. The company claims to have 225,000 users, most of them in the U.S. The co-founders and six employees in India make up the S’moresUp team.

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