eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

Education network Edmodo ‘s latest professional development program for teachers, Edmodo Envoys, is designed to help teachers find and network with one another at the local level and support each others’ professional development efforts. History courses. Army during World War I.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Examples of services like this include many EdTech products out there, including Edmodo, Remind, ClassDojo, Schoology, most digital text offerings from traditional publishers like Pearson and McGraw Hill, learning programs like Agilix Buzz, and app ecosystems like Amplify tablets, iPads, and Chromebooks.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, a major breach at educational testing company Pearson during the 2019-20 school year affected an unknown number of student records in thousands of schools. In addition to the cyberattack at Pearson , there have been large breaches at Edmodo , K12.com The GAO counted that as one incident.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

The structure of demand created the “Big Three”—McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson. 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. Time will tell how these strategies play out.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Today, far fewer are getting funded on the “freemium” model, a proposition that has fueled the growth of startups like ClassDojo and Remind, but proved challenging for others like Edmodo. In early 2018, NetDragon, a Chinese gaming and education company, acquired Sokikom and Edmodo. Those who stayed have become selective. edtech assets.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Neither Pearson nor Blackboard, companies that were quite active in gobbling up startups a year or so ago, bought a single company this year. Perhaps the biggest acquisition of the year was Edmodo. million for Edmodo – only about $15 million of which was cash. Microsoft bought three companies in 2018.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Whether it’s through investments (like a $500 million fundraise for VIPKID) or acquisitions (like NetDragon’s acquisition of Edmodo ), the Chinese appetite for education technology assets has not gone unnoticed—especially by investment bankers. Crazy’ Rich Asians? And it opened up white space for a lot of players to come in.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The big “business of ed-tech” news of the week: Edmodo has been acquired by Chinese game-maker NetDragon. Edmodo had raised some $77.5

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Pearson , WTF? From the Edmodo blog : “We’re Partnering with Clever to Give Districts Automatic Digital Classrooms!” From the EU’s JRC : “ Blockchain in Education.” ” Smartdiploma.io – “ Blockchain Anti-Falsification Solution for Academic Diplomas and Certificates.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Turns out that Pearson, which once funded and acquired a lot of startups, isn’t in particularly good financial shape itself.). million in venture capital, for example, Edmodo hadn’t even figured out a business model, let alone become a powerful platform. A failure to “platform.” ” Despite raising some $87.5

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” ” No disclosure in the story that Edsurge shares investors with Knewton , nor that Pearson is, by way of Learn Capital, also an investor in Edsurge. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

From the Edmodo blog : “ AI , Algorithms and What Should We All Be Thinking About?” Reports that Pearson is looking to sell its K–12 courseware business in EdWeek’s Market Brief , Inside Higher Ed , and Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Reid Hoffman was one of the first investors in Edmodo. That is, is there a company or organization that has launched the careers of lots of education entrepreneurs and investors, that has become a powerful political, financial, and social network for education technology people and products? The Princeton Review? The Gates Foundation?

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course. “ Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability? The Associated Press reports that “Recovery schools for addicted teens on the rise.” “Can U.S.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” The story features two companies who’ve experienced data breaches – Edmodo and Schoolzilla. ” Getting Smart’s Tom Vander Ark on a new report from Pearson : “ The Future of Skills : Employment in 2030.” Edsurge on “How to Protect Education Data When No Systems Are Secure.”

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