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Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘Adversarial Narrative’ With Public School Teachers

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Jamie Candee, Edmentum BMO Capital Markets Conference The Industry Seeks a Rebound With more technological infrastructure in place, more capital to spend, and advancements in software, mobile technologies and cloud-based computing, business is expected to boom. That is a fundamental mistake. .

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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education

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Nominee: Laura Johnson , Apex Learning Virtual School Nominated by: Edmentum. Within the first six months of using the ActivPanel, teachers recognized the increase in student and teacher mobility and student engagement. Nominee: Tiffany Brinkley , EdOptions Academy Nominated by: Edmentum.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

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Arlington Independent School District is an edtech integration leader both districtwide and in the classroom, and other districts can look to AISD for inspiration. To better understand edtech use across the district’s system, the district’s tech team set up a district Inventory Dashboard, provided free from LearnPlatform.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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COLLABORATE Space provides persistent space to store messages, documents, whiteboards, recordings, meeting minutes, or anything else exchanged on a specific topic or project during a call or meeting at anytime, and is accessible from any device, whether it be a mobile, desktop, or room appliance. announced the U.S. K-12 market.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” Edmentum has raised $25 million in debt financing from New Mountain Finance Corporation and Tennenbaum Capital Partners. Via Education Week : “Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Although YouTube was founded in 2005, it has seen an explosion in growth this decade, in part from the ubiquity of mobile devices: anytime, anywhere television-watching. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson.

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