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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Soon, schools would be inundated with sales pitches from edtech companies, and it didn’t take long before they started pushing back against those that seemed predatory. For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Yet this reality seems not to have dampened investor enthusiasm for private edtech companies.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. According to the EdSurge database, U.S.

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8 teacher-loved edtech tools to try in 2017

eSchool News

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of apps and online edtech tools for that! To help you get a little bit more innovative in the coming academic year, here is a list of proven-effective edtech tools that may be highly useful in the classroom. Have you ever downloaded an online lecture from iTunes? Explore and enjoy!

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.”

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Why all screen time isn’t created equally

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We are so far behind in training preschool teachers on the science of how kids learn that parents are coming to asking them questions about what apps they should download…and they don’t know,’’ Guernsey said. Knowledge pills, robo-graders, brain implants and other dystopian edtech. From Yale to Coursera.

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Coding Activities by Grade

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CSEdWeek #hourofcode #hoc #edtech #CSforGood Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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