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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. Apple and Google continue to up the ante in their quest to win adoption in classrooms. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security.

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Sikorsky STEM Challenge - real world engineering for high school students

Educational Technology Guy

There is no cost to the schools at all and the program provides transportation to events, Sikorsky Engineers as mentors, materials and resources, such as SolidWorks CAD software. It''s similar to Edmodo in many ways, but bigger and used by corporations. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. sikorsky STEM'

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo? Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

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A Commitment to Digital Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Once they had evaluated the source for these 4 elements, they wrote down their answers in a group created Google Doc. Using Mac Books: one student recorded and shared their comments on a Google Doc while the other searched for and viewed the paintings. Students were given a list of paintings/engravings produced in the period 1500-1800.

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Learning Management Systems: Who are they for?

Reading By Example

Google Classroom , Schoology and Edmodo fall into this category. eLearning Industry. Facebook Helps Develop Software That Puts Students in Charge of Their Lesson Plans. Now, students can submit their work electronically through the LMS. The teacher can assess learning online. References. Gutiérrez, K., Livingstone, S.,

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Learning Management Systems: Who are they for?

Reading By Example

Google Classroom , Schoology and Edmodo fall into this category. eLearning Industry. Facebook Helps Develop Software That Puts Students in Charge of Their Lesson Plans. Now, students can submit their work electronically through the LMS. The teacher can assess learning online. References. Gutiérrez, K., Livingstone, S.,

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Twelve Years Later: How the K-12 Industry and Investment Landscape Has Shifted (Part 2)

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Launched in 2000, it developed Study Island, a computer-based test-prep software tied to state standardized tests. The first includes the “eyeballs-first” players—companies like Remind, ClassDojo, and Edmodo, who all adopted a “West Coast” approach: collect active users now, with plans to monetize later. Consider Archipelago Learning.