Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

For the first purchase in the company’s 8-year history, it will acquire Dragonbox , which offers a suite of math educational games, for $18 million in a cash-and-stock purchase. We reviewed the games several years ago.) There’s also a chess game it developed with a grandmaster and current world champion, Magnus Carlsen.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Yet the tactic appears to have hit the right nerve, having shipped more than 200,000 units of these products which cost between $56 and $139. The back-of-the-napkin math would suggest that Mrs. Wordsmith has already generated more than $10 million in revenue, although the company declined to comment on its financials.

Company 132

Company Comparison Video Google 132

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Researchers estimate that 85 to 90 percent of a child’s brain is developed by the age of five. As a result, parents often chip in—to the tune of $42 billion a year, per a recent estimate from the Economic Policy Institute. Both are sold under the brand name Homer, acquired by BEGiN in 2017. Its path to profitability is ambitious.

Education 136

Education Company EdTech Groups 136

eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

To prevent delayed learning in subjects like math, some parents are hiring private tutors, others are homeschooling , and many are seeking more affordable supplemental learning options. These self-paced games help kids build confidence and understanding in what they are learning, and are perfect for digital learning at home.

Learning 66

Learning iPad Digital Learning Elementary 66

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

Kahoot , a learning game reminiscent of television quiz shows where teams of players race each other to answer questions. On the second day of his current job, as principal of nearby Lexington Middle School, he discovered that a social studies teacher was also using the game. It was a learning party.”. What he heard was the theme to.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

It’s game over for the Institute of Play as an organization. The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. They saw games as part of a new suite of digital media through which learning can happen.

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Game-Based Learning Pearson Training Report 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Rajakumar founded TRANSFR in 2017 after an epiphany moment trying a VR headset at a gaming conference “and just thinking, ‘Holy cow, this is unbelievable,’” he recalled. He was previously the founder and CEO of LearnBop, a math instructional program, that was acquired by K12 Inc., the publicly traded online education provider.

Training 101

Training Company Facebook Industry 101

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

The deal, which The Wall Street Journal estimated is worth nearly $1.75 But it’s not the largest: Ellucian, a higher-ed software provider, was acquired for an estimated $3.5 So I have to think this is to build out a broader suite” of products. billion, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019. billion in 2015.

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Company Industry Software EdTech 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Sokikom , an online, collaborative math program. Perhaps it’s a fitting reward for his dedication: he’s been working on the game pretty much since the beginning of Obama’s presidency. Brainquake (math game). EdSurge (edtech product discovery). fractions game). Parametric Studios (STEM game).

EdTech 60

EdTech Symantec Company Assessment 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

This post is dedicated to Math. Math STEM Resources. While STEM incorporates so many disciplines, I thought you might enjoy looking at some the best sites I could find in the area of Math. MathSite – You will enjoy this amazing interactive journey in math. You will enjoy your immersion in Math!

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

On paper, Weld North Education is made up of three companies: Edgenuity, a provider of online K-12 courses; Generation Ready, which offers K-12 professional development services; and Imagine Learning, which offers math and literacy software for elementary-grade students. Yet that’s not all.

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Symantec Kaplan Company EdTech 70

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

The region has blessed the world with games such as Angry Birds and Minecraft, and now entrepreneurs are applying that playfulness to schools with some success. The one-year project, which will operate on an estimated $50,000 budget, is partially funded by Nordic Innovation. Kahoot claims 20 million U.S.

EdTech 73

EdTech Company Microsoft Groups 73

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Understanding how cultural differences inform product design was one of the lessons that the Korean-born entrepreneur picked up during the past two months. And from Bangalore is Chimple , which is taking a game-based approach to teaching literacy and math on tablets. So we took it out.” Malawi and Tanzania.

Tablets 79

Tablets Learning Laptops Software 79

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Answering that question through null hypothesis significance testing (NHST), which explores whether an intervention or product has an effect on the average outcome, undermines the ability to make sustained progress in helping students learn. Consider a product owner at an edtech company. Are some product features useful and others not?

Pearson 60

Pearson Education EdTech Company 60

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There are many ways to do this: Guide a unit towards a final product using project based learning where the lessons feed into what is necessary to complete the project. Example 1: I almost always (except on assessment days) start with a number sense routine in math. A whole day for review games.

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Groups Conference Assessment Strategy 87

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

As one COO of a cyber security company put it: “I don’t care about the math, we need people who can think and solve challenges we’ve never had before.” The “sit and get” style of learning that was good for production line work needs to be replaced with in-person opportunities to actively apply knowledge as solutions to real world problems.

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Company Industry Data Elementary 104

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 7, 2015

I can’t think of an education company out there that doesn’t purport to have CCSS-aligned products. And yet just last month, EdWeek reported that 17 out of 20 math series that claimed to be aligned to Common Core still fail to live up to their claims. Was the product created for CCSS or retro-fitted to it?

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Common Core Company Meeting Study 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There are many ways to do this: Guide a unit towards a final product using project based learning where the lessons feed into what is necessary to complete the project . Example 1: I almost always (except on assessment days) start with a number sense routine in math. A whole day for review games.

Groups 64

Groups Conference Assessment Strategy 64

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There are many ways to do this: Guide a unit towards a final product using project based learning where the lessons feed into what is necessary to complete the project. Example 1: I almost always (except on assessment days) start with a number sense routine in math. A whole day for review games.

Groups 61

Groups Conference Assessment Strategy 61

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. ST Math is produced by the nonprofit MIND Research Institute, but it’s quite expensive — around $15,000 per year, said Morial Principal Mark Burton. The kids said that their goal was to get to level 100.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

Right from healthcare, transportation to food production, everything has an underlying STEM philosophy. An interactive digital STEM curriculum will help them understand the concepts of science, engineering, and math in an engaging manner. Our world revolves around science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

STEM 90

STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Through examinations of classroom surveys such as Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up , the Flipped Learning Global Initiative estimates that around 16 percent of U.S. Research has shown that students sometimes have a hard time using passive video effectively, and often need help being more productive during active-learning time.

Flipped Classroom 132

Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Learning Video 132

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Even so, if students lean towards a particular style, it doesn’t mean that it’s the most productive way for them to learn. Attention span varies from task to task even for a single individual, so even the 10-20 second average attention span estimate doesn’t hold water. Boys are better at Math than girls.

Learning 372

Learning Smartphone Study Analysis 372

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

One entry looks like an animation straight from a video game. Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks.

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Company Exercises Common Core Academic Standards 216

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” “Why are there 72 slides about gaming, from a company invested in EA, Zynga, Mobcrush, and Magic Leap?”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

I only knew what my role was and then it basically felt like a waiting game for months and months on end with just some periodic meetings in there. I want you to estimate how many clock hours you think it would take for a special education evaluation. I will admit that this was also a mystery to me as a teacher.

Meeting 69

Meeting Assessment Resources Strategy 69

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

For example, Surma says the district’s Executive Director of Curriculum, Math, Science, and Technology, Kasey Dolson, wanted to have math packets available immediately when schools closed. When ClassLink added Roster Server, it was a game-changer,” says Surma. ClassLink also made it incredibly easy to share lessons and content.

Chromebook 164

Chromebook Learning System Accessibility 164

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Companies whose products serve preschool and professional learning sectors also raised $350 million (represented as the “Other” category in the graph below). Estimates for the amount of dry powder for all private equity firms hover around $1.8 Investment Trends Breaking down the $1.45 billion invested in 2018, U.S. The Bellevue, Wash.-based

EdTech 152

EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 152

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Makerspace Product Roundup, 2018 It seems like everywhere you turn, new products are being launched that are the perfect fit for making and makerspaces in schools. New products are coming from companies that have long been in the game, and others are being launched thanks to successful crowdfunding initiatives.

Robotics 70

Robotics Android Software Tablets 70

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. In math class, students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, work on laptops but also solve word problems in groups using a white board. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common.

Learning 124

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 124

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

If approved by the Legislature, his Excelsior Scholarship plan would cost an estimated $163 million annually by 2019, when it fully phases in , and go further than any other state plan in making college more affordable. He believes students value their education more if they have skin in the game. It has a 31 percent graduation rate.

Libraries 87

Libraries Laptops Training Report 87

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

The 14th gathering of the Games for Change Festival brought together developers, researchers, academics, a smattering of teachers and general gaming enthusiasts around a common goal: to celebrate and learn from video games that teach, heal, and communicate diverse perspectives. He estimates he’s been to over 10 of these events.)

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Study Chromebook Laptops Tablets 105

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Estimates for previous years had been close to 100,000.” ” Via The AP : “A Washington state high school football coach took advantage of his position when he prayed on the field after games, and he’s not entitled to immediately get his job back, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.”

Education 46

Education Laptops Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

It’s all of our loss, really, as too many in education technology happily reduce the potential of computer programming as an epistemological endeavor to a market for new products. In turn, Microsoft released an educational version of the popular block-building game this fall.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

In the afternoon, once recess, lunch and nap had been wrapped, it was math time. Then, once again, the kids were loosed on the room, finding math games or puzzles at all of the pint-sized tables and rug-based play areas scattered throughout. The district estimates it spends about $12,450 per K1 student each year.

Elementary 40

Elementary Meeting Groups Training 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 2, 2018

” “Modern production seems like a dream of cyborg colonization work,” Haraway writes, “a dream that makes the nightmare of Taylorism seem idyllic. But the use of the blackboard at West Point was not about facilitating large-scale lecture-based math instruction.

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Blackboard Khan Academy System Technology 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

Very few can afford what we estimate is the cost of quality care.” . But,” she added, “what if higher-income kids are needed to make pre-K more productive for disadvantaged kids?” . The National Academies of Sciences report estimates the total cost would run to $140 billion a year. It would be an expensive gambit.

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