Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The practice is widespread from top to bottom: Apple, Google and Microsoft train and certify teachers who demonstrate expertise with their wares. Five years ago, the New York Times probed Pearson about currying favors to win testing contracts from education officials by paying for overseas trips. The tactic is not unique to education.

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EdTech Social Media Pearson Company 70

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first week of March for SXSW EDU. Join us for a slice of the action! 1:00 p.m.

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 102

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This knowledge helps in preparing students for a future where AI will be a significant part of many industries and professions. Google’s AI literacy resource can help teachers learn more about how to effectively make the best of artificial intelligence technologies in their educational practice. Pearson, P. Griffo, V.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Pearson, for example, was founded (albeit as a construction company) in 1844 and acquired along the long history various textbook publishing companies which have also been around since the turn of the twentieth century. Google Search is biased, as Safiya Noble demonstrates in her book The Algorithms of Oppression.

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Knewton Education Company Learning 60

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. The edtech industry made big strides during this era. School districts developed IT departments, even creating and hiring for the title “CTO/CIO.”

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 158

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

The structure of demand created the “Big Three”—McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson. Google Classroom has instead emerged as the de facto standard platform, fueled by the runaway adoption of Chromebooks. So what is the state of the industry? Now there’s a large and growing edtech investment industry.

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Industry Edmodo Pearson Instructional Materials 79

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In a recent lawsuit, an Illinois woman and her daughter accuse Pearson, the multinational publishing and education company, of exposing the information of more than 1 million students when it failed to detect or respond to a 2018 data breach. . The impact of storage security failure is substantial. But security doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

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Data Student Data Privacy Pearson EdTech 180

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

A goal of the Spring Summit is to provide a forum to discuss ways to prepare for your personal and organization’s future. Register for free today at [link].

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Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The education technology industry has given birth to its newest unicorn, one that wants to connect employees at Fortune 1000 corporations to educational programs and further their careers—all while helping higher-ed institutions stay in business. That figure is in line with estimated industry averages.

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Company Education Pearson Industry 115

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

It chronicles the rise and fall of Theranos, a company that promised to revolutionize the medical industry by running a complete slate of tests using only a drop of blood (rather than the more voluminous quantity of blood that can be rather frightening to have drawn). Microsoft bought three companies in 2018. But it matters.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

EDTHENA ( www.edthena.com ) Edthena has developed a one-click video recording and uploading solution for Google Chrome. This release will also now include support for Google Drive. PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education Omnicharge currently powers 50+ universities across the United States.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 50

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2021

Teachers use Google Classroom and other web-based apps across subject areas, which can also be displayed and stored on the board. For over 20 years, Michael has held executive, marketing management and sales positions spanning the K-12, higher education, corporate training, technology and publishing industries.

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Technology Tablets Pearson iPhone 93

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Pearson agreed. New York, NY: Pearson Education. Reiser & J. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.).

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past. Netflix provides suggested movies based on what you’ve watched in the past.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past. Netflix provides suggested movies based on what you’ve watched in the past.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

He has advanced degrees from leading European universities, is a former industrial chemist, published photographer, and consultant to MOMA. BIO : Jaime Casap is the Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools in education.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. Google got into the anti-plagiarism business.

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Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? Jessica Geremia, a technology trainer for the Chariho Regional School District, in southwestern Rhode Island, told me, “We use Google all the time.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via Buzzfeed : “The Industry That Was Crushed By The Obama Administration.” Google announced it was adding to search results about colleges and universities data from the U.S. ” You know what would be helpful Google? Just resubmit the ones about Google Glass, right?). It lives.).

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Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” ” The Google Memo. ” Via The Guardian’s Julie Carrie Wong : “Segregated Valley: the ugly truth about Google and diversity in tech.”

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “Golden State GDPR: What the Edtech Industry Should Know About CA ’s New Privacy Rules.” Wait, [ Sebastian Thrun has another new startup](The creator of Google’s self-driving car project is now working to automate boring office functions)? “ Can Pearson Sell Efficacy?

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

There’s more for-profit higher ed news – and how the Trump Administration has deep, deep ties to this industry – in the for-profit higher ed section below. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.” ” That’s Kelvin Droegemeier.

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Well, I guess I need to keep an eye on how the tutoring industry rebrands itself what with all the investment dollars it’s receiving. ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” ” “Homework therapist.” The Business of Job Training.

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.” ” More on Pearson’s business in the business of ed-tech section below.

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

I use “Silicon Valley” in my work as a shorthand to describe the contemporary high tech industry – its tech and just as importantly, its ideology. Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. I’d say even more specifically, they’re California- and Silicon Valley-centric.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” “Someone Hit the Internet with a Massive Google Doc Phishing Attack ,” Motherboard Vice reports.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. Speaking of loans, Google will ban ads for payday loans. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. Credentials can also help legitimize institutions and industries. The technology industry has been doing this for quite some time – take Microsoft’s own certification program that it launched back in 1992.

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Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Google released a handful of updates timed with ISTE, including Google Cast for Education which I heard someone say was the product most enthusiastically received by educators at the conference. Other updates: an Expeditions app, quizzes in Google Forms, a partnership with TES , a physical coding project. .” ” B t.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Edwin has received an undisclosed amount of investment from Google for its tutoring app. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Research Guidance for Ed-Tech Industry Updated on Usage, Other Criteria for ESSA Evidence Levels.” Digital training company QuizRR has raised $1.3 The tutoring app has raised $1.5

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “ Trump Has Secretive Teams to Roll Back Regulations , Led by Hires With Deep Industry Ties.” What The Oil Industry Teaches Oklahoma Students.” ” Via The New York Times : “In Blow to Tech Industry, Trump Shelves Start-Up Immigrant Rule.” Harder for Foreign Students.”

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. There have been several stories recently calling the Google Books project a failure. ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. Yik Yak has raised $73.5

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

So basically, Athabasca is making it possible for AWS to learn a lot about higher ed and, should it chose, launch new products to compete in the higher ed industry. ” Via The New York Times : “ Google Workers Reject Silicon Valley Individualism in Walkout.” Well done, team. ” (I missed this news last week.)

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Education Robotics Pearson Company 54

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Tagged on: September 16, 2017 Pearson India set to launch K-12 online private school | Business Line → Educational services firm Pearson India will launch virtual international school for K-12, International Connections Academy, in India soon. Alphabet was sitting on $94.7

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