Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. I couldn’t waste time flipping between videos. To the rescue: the video-streaming and screen-mirroring technology St. I really needed a quick process.

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Tools Laptops Tablets Video 132

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. has joined the ENA family of companies.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 54

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

With that, I think it's worth taking a look at where each of the three big companies stands in regards to Ed. The Chromebook struggles are with the deeper levels of multimedia creation like video and audio. Apple had an event focused on education on March 27, and if anything it clarified Apple's place in the EDU market.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

A giant computer screen looms over the table, and a touch-screen tablet is built into the table’s surface. A boy named Damon taps the picture of the smaller tower on the right side of the tablet screen. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. The left tower fell first. Kids love them.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 74

Learning in Hand

MARCH 19, 2017

Primo , a London-based company, offered to send me a Cubetto in exchange for a review. I was intrigued by this wooden robot designed for girls and boys aged 3 to 6. Cubetto is a robot with two wheels and each wheel has its own motor. Unlike most toys for young coders, Cubetto does not use a tablet, phone, or computer.

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Robotics Tablets Case Study Video 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

So, this fall, the company added three new features, dubbed the “Classroom Conversation Toolset,” to let teachers pause the app classroom-wide, snap every computer to a particular screen, and cloak student identity to anonymously share answers with the entire class. Now, I just click pause,” she said. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

A giant computer screen looms over the table, and a touch-screen tablet is built into the table’s surface. A boy named Damon taps the picture of the smaller tower on the right side of the tablet screen. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. The left tower fell first. Jill Barshay).

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 98

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Companies are investing in immersive technologies. Take them with your phone, android or tablet. Walk into your portal and upload your own 360 images and videos. Can robots write our papers, especially when they are able to learn and master our writing styles? Check out my Voices of Search video with Nicole.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

This graph comes from an article in the online publication Vox that includes a couple of those darling made-to-go-viral videos of young children using “old” technology like rotary phones and portable cassette players – highly clickable, highly sharable stuff. A dominant ideology.) But the claim falls apart under scrutiny.

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Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE 3D ( www.carolina.com/help/pressreleases/2018/building-blocks-of-science-3d ) Carolina Biological Supply Company launched the new Building Blocks of Science 3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. .” The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing. ” Less than three months later, Apple introduced the iPhone.

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

New products are coming from companies that have long been in the game, and others are being launched thanks to successful crowdfunding initiatives. The website has a growing collection of activities, projects, lesson plans with step-by-step instructions, a media gallery of images, and videos. Join the Circuit Scribe blog or community.

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Robotics Android Software Tablets 66

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. EDTHENA ( www.edthena.com ) Edthena has developed a one-click video recording and uploading solution for Google Chrome.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 53

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. I already have a Chromecast installed on my television to stream shows, but I don’t like that it doesn’t work without a phone/tablet/computer. After what was probably a thirteen-year hiatus, I’ve gotten back into video games this year.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. The district has already spent more than $3 million since 2011 on tablets, laptops, software programs, fiber optic wiring, and engineers to oversee all the instructional technology. But computers are expensive. It’s perhaps not surprising.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

“ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge. ” From the press release (which explains why there’d be an article on the company this week): “ YouTube joins forces with Britannica to provide easier access to credible and authoritative information.”

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. ” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. “Open.” ” The Business of Financial Aid. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.” None of this has played out equitably, as the benefits have accrued in management and not by labor.

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