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New Event for K-12 Industry Executives

techlearning

New event brings together top executives from the K-12 industry

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Introduce Computational Thinking with the Music Industry

Digital Promise

We’re excited to release two new resources—a short video and a two-page handout—that teachers can use to introduce students to how the music industry is using data and computation. Another can be data from school events, like ticket sales from the school’s theater production.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends.

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The Coronavirus’ Chilling Effect Hits Edtech Industry Conferences

Edsurge

spike in coronavirus cases, which currently numbers around 118 cases in 16 states , is leaving the edtech conference industry with an existential (if not quite Shakespearean) question at the start of its busy events season: to host or not to host? Twitter and Facebook have already pulled out of the main SXSW event.)

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How Technology Companies Support the Esports Educational Pipeline

EdTech Magazine

Career opportunities have grown beyond gaming for those who participate in collegiate esports, with the growing industry now supporting jobs in broadcasting (or shoutcasting, as it’s known in the esports world), marketing, event… Increasingly, esports is becoming part of that pipeline.

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Live Education Events Are Back. But if They Host It, Will You Come?

Edsurge

After a grueling and prolonged pandemic, the days of stacked education conference calendars spanning the globe and events pulling in thousands of attendees might almost seem like a relic of bygone era. And not one but two live events for the National Council for the Social Studies in November and December. in October. in October.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Opinionated Guide to Changing Edtech Industry Conferences

Edsurge

They’re abbreviations for major conferences for companies in the education industry. I’ve been attending, and occasionally speaking at, these events and their predecessors for more than two decades. The last time I took a detailed look at the industry conference landscape for EdSurge was in 2014. K-12 Events U.S.

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