EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2020

Pearson Online Academy will celebrate graduation this year the same way it always does: virtually. The big difference this year is that Pearson Online won’t be alone. MORE ON EDTECH: Learn about the tech that can help English language learners graduate. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. And Pearson is still around. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security. What’s Next for Pearson? If you buy it, you better use it.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Technavio analyst Jhansi Mary J says schools are finding plenty of uses for digital signage at an affordable price tag , including: welcome messages and videos during events. How Schools Use Digital Signage. time-bound dayparting information.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

A combination of aggressive sales tactics, ads featuring Bollywood actors and high-profile events, including learning competitions in stadiums, helped propel its growth, according to company employees we spoke with for a profile of Byju’s last year. But just as Byju’s is quick with raising money, the company also spends it fast.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. He said some of that money may go into giving small grants to help support projects discussed at the event.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

In the past, experts have made big projections for the global edtech market, with some groups estimating as much as $252 billion pouring into the market by 2020. Because of limited edtech providers in Mexico, Najera relies on products from the United States and Spain. companies. “We You know education is not a big business in Mexico.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. Yet among the more than 3,000 people who poured into Salt Lake City for the event, the bankers were visibly in full force. edtech industry.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 30, 2016

Now that I’ve made the transition to startup CEO, some conferences are must-attend events. This year we didn’t exhibit at ISTE, but I attended the event to hold meetings and scope out the landscape. When I worked as a public radio reporter, I rarely went to conferences or trade shows. It’s not where you found the news.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From those, event organizers and the public decided on the roughly 400 sessions that made the agenda. EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District).

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2021

We view OnRamp as a critical forum for connecting edtech and workforce startups to funding during a time when many similar venues have disappeared.”. “At the forefront of this are the many innovative founders and companies developing solutions that positively impact students, workers, companies and our communities.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

It’s become known as the edtech industry’s rendezvous for investors and bankers—although it wasn’t always this way. “It Increasingly, educators and administrators seem onboard with that premise as well as their presence at the event has grown. Pearson is launching its own. Total Attendees: 350 to 4700. Educators: 30 to 750.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

But Y Combinator’s event this week also came with heavy machinery and special snacks. Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Four judges selected Quottly out of 10 early-stage edtech startups that each have raised no more than $2 million. The company is running pilot projects of the system with an online psychology textbook by Pearson (with just a few hundred students so far) and with an educational game made by Sesame Workshop. Watson defty replied, “Ouch!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

We have a discussion at Pearson about this shift in society from a digital desert to a digital ocean,” said John Behrens, vice president of advanced computing and data science at Pearson. For all the talk about data and learning, Essa offered this blunt assessment: “Pretty much all edtech sucks. So what’s missing?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

If ASU+GSV Summit is the edtech industry’s playground for dealmaking, this is the VIP club for its financiers. At the turn of this century, most publicly-traded companies attending the event were operators of for-profit colleges and universities. edtech investments.) Expect most of that capital to be invested outside of China.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

All the major K-12 traditional textbook publishers were present at the event but only one—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—got speaking time on stage. She noted a likely “clampdown” due to concerns over student data privacy, and central district offices are on the hook to make sure that edtech tools are secure. It’s a textbook toss-up.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 31, 2021

Use Forms for parents to sign up to volunteer for special events, classroom support, etc. Here are detailed directions from Steph Pearson on how to set this up! With 30+ breakout sessions from education experts and special keynotes by Kasey Bell and Jen Giffen, this is sure to be an event to remember. Parent/Volunteer Sign-Up.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

Upcoming NJEA Events. The NJEA Early Career Member Network is sponsoring a Twitter Chat and a Bowling Event in February. . Bowling Event : February 19, 2016 at Colonial Bowling and Entertainment in Lawrenceville, NJ. Just like other networking events, connect with your colleagues from across the state.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 See you online!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Earlier this week representatives from Pearson, the Bill Gates Foundation, the Center for Education Reform, American Public Education, Inc. Around 100 attendees representing edtech startups, the New York City Department of Education, venture capitalists, teachers and administrators listened carefully during the event in midtown Manhattan.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. ” For those not up on corporate conference speak, Dreamforce is Salesforce’s big annual event.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Upgrades and Downgrades. No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

From the press release : “The goal of the inaugural competition is to build a ‘socialbot’ on Alexa that will converse with people about popular topics and news events. ” “ PEARSON alized Learning” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” Upgrades and Downgrades. .”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” “ Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. ” And via the Udacity blog : “ Self-Driving Cars for Everyone! ” EVERYONE!

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

For several weeks, Microsoft mercilessly drummed up hype over its May 2 #MicrosoftEDU event in New York City. The company sent teasers to every major press outlet, yet kept mum on specific details, leading to endless speculation over what the technology giant had up its sleeves. Would it unveil a new device? Thankfully that was a joke.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

It’s just a bunch of video-taped lectures for the (offline) “ Startup School ” event that the startup incubator program runs at Stanford (which is really just a series of short talks by entrepreneurs and founders). Microsoft had a media event this week. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Yik Yak had raised $73.5

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Sign-up to receive "A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News" (and other EdTech Strategies blog posts) directly in your inbox: Email *. RSS readers too old school?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Sign-up to receive "A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News" (and other EdTech Strategies blog posts) directly in your inbox: Email *. RSS readers too old school?

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s a bit tricky to do some weeks – because some weeks I’m traveling and some weeks a major event happens in the middle of the week making some of the “before” reporting seem a little odd. ” Via Edsurge CEO Betsy Corcoran : “ Edtech Incubators are Fading. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” More in the courts section above on the charges filed against a person who shot a protestor at a Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of Washington early this year. ” (Wow. This image speaks volumes.).

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. ” And later in the week, also via The Washington Post : “ DeVos softens stance on protesters at higher ed event.” pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “‘In the event of a nuclear attack’: U-Hawaii ’s curious email to students and staff.” Edsurge on the Injini ed-tech accelerator in South Africa : “Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator.”

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