ED Surge

MAY 31, 2022

Like tech stocks in general, edtech has taken a nosedive over the past six months or so. It showed the industry, Batra says, that consumers have become agreeable to purchasing edtech. And with universities and schools being given extra funds by the federal government, they'll likely invest in more edtech resources, he says.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Who Is Edtech Made for?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It wasn’t that I didn't value, cherish and miss the face-to-face interactions I had with my students, but because I naively assumed that my more reluctant colleagues would see the light and finally embrace edtech. Are we just educational luddites or has the edtech revolution fallen short of its promises ?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The hearing will test what critics of the case say was a suit meant to silence concerns about a controversial edtech service. In 2020, the digital proctoring company Proctorio brought a lawsuit against Ian Linkletter, who was then a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia. But it hasn’t stopped criticisms.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2023

But as someone who has long helped entrepreneurs enter and grow within the edtech space, I can say that turning a good idea into a working innovation that helps educators and students remains a challenge. This left many innovators and educators feeling misinformed, dated or disconnected. when the outlook looks bleak.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

However, although virtual reality and simulation tools can indeed be costly, they also have the potential to be especially useful at the very same institutions that lack resources for traditional teaching equipment that is even more expensive, like advanced science labs or workforce-training technology.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In many cases, they’ve grown up with access to incredibly immersive technology practically since birth. As a result, it can be difficult at times to compete for attention using traditional teaching methods like whiteboards, worksheets, and extended direct instruction.

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ED Surge

JUNE 19, 2024

Picture it: a room bustling with eager five-year-olds unaccustomed to center procedures and five iPads as the hottest commodity amidst blocks, dolls and traditional learning stations. It’s not just about having the latest gadgets; it's about leveraging technology to support their development and enrich their learning journey.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

Dr. Katrina McEllen, Assistant Superintendent for Educational Program Services, oversees curriculum for a student population of about 10,500. We hoped to learn not only about the learning sciences, but about edtech and what to look for when you're looking at edtech—to be more knowledgeable about all of these different products and companies.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Education technology with built-in lesson recommendations, like WordFlight , can provide teachers with instant access to a detailed view of each student’s progress, including insights about which concepts or skills students should learn next and which of their classmates are ready to learn those concepts too.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Image credit: Allison Leedie / Khan Academy Kids How Edtech Can Help Educational technology has become an invaluable resource in addressing the diverse SEL needs of students, especially in the post-COVID era. This support is crucial, especially in environments where educators may lack specific training in SEL.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2018

These were just some of the challenges addressed by innovative startups from across the western United States in the semi-finals of the 2018 Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESA), co-sponsored by Digital Promise and GSVlabs, and the Michelson Foundation on November 15. GESA is the largest edtech startup competition in the world.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It won’t necessarily have those pedagogical pieces baked in or the accessibility and other edtech integrations that you need. Check if the AI tool is actually designed for education specifically. It won’t necessarily have those pedagogical pieces baked in or the accessibility and other edtech integrations that you need.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enriches the classroom learning experience by overlaying digital content onto real-world content, simply using devices that already exist in most classrooms, like tablets and smartphones. In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Schonfeld is a longtime leader in the library community and is a program director at Ithaka S+ R a nonprofit education consultancy. We came away wondering why people don’t talk more about this bit of recent edtech history, and what lessons could still be learned from it. Listen to the entire interview on this week’s EdSurge Podcast.

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ED Surge

JULY 13, 2022

The answer(s) may have implications for designing new edtech tools—and VR technology intended to be used beyond the classroom, too. Does edtech work better as a solo encounter or a group experience? To immerse, or not to immerse? For professors designing virtual reality versions of Shakespeare’s plays, that is the question.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That fits a pattern of universities reasserting control over functions previously outsourced to OPMs, says edtech analyst Matt Tower, a principal at Workshop Venture Partners. Some for-profit colleges from an earlier era are doing well, like Chamberlain University and Grand Canyon, says edtech consultant Phil Hill.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

What held me back was a lack of access to technology and a lack of being forced to be innovative with edtech. What held me back was a lack of access to technology and a lack of being forced to be innovative with edtech. I taught in a brick and mortar school. I used paper and pencil. I taught in a brick and mortar school.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

That may lead to less outsourcing of services from edtech companies. On either side of that window, opportunity diminishes” for edtech vendors. Some COOs who responded to the survey expressed worry that students may seek online learning because they believe those courses are easier than traditional, face-to-face courses.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

edtech market recently. If you listen to the company’s chief executive, it’s thriving because it runs a hybrid model for its entrepreneurship training programs that, the company argues, keeps it growing when a lot of edtech companies have had to struggle with the return to in-person learning. edtech market.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For businesses, artificial intelligence has proven immensely profitable, by some accounts even lifting the overall amount of funding flowing to edtech last year. That’s led to a frenetic rush to market educational tools as AI. While he’s enthusiastic about its potential, others are less sure what to think about it.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Bhaumik Patel DAOs are also emerging at traditional higher ed institutions, too. That’s what Saraf, of k20 Educators, says she’s building. At least, in theory. DAOs have popped up with various goals and functions. She calls it the Eduverse.

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ED Surge

MARCH 11, 2022

In recent years, blockchain technology has become a buzzword in the edtech sector. The technology can be used to authenticate the identities of people, to determine ownership or to verify data. The possibilities for applying this type of system in education are extensive. Education is more than mere courses completed.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. Kindergarten teachers at Sto-Rox transitioned from traditional assessments like DIBELS to EarlyBird at the start of the 2022-2023 school year.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

One of the draws to credentialing programs is that they afford learners unparalleled flexibility while requiring a considerably smaller investment of time than traditional degree programs. The credentialing world has grown significantly in the last few years , resulting in an evolving and sometimes undefined digital education model.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2023

As these headlines reflect, the last 12 months brought uncertainty, speculation and innovation to higher education. College administrators, faculty, edtech leaders and students tried to make sense of all the changes they were experiencing due to the lingering pandemic, the introduction of new technology and the shifting economy.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2023

Replacing traditional labs, this new technology from Dreamscape Learn is used to reinforce the foundational life science concepts they are learning in the classroom. times more likely to earn an A in the class than those enrolled in the traditional model.

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ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2022

Even Microsoft's Bill Gates predicted that online education would undermine the very foundations of U.S. Digital innovation did not bring traditional higher education to its knees. Colleges are under plenty of stress, but competition from online alternatives to traditional campuses are low on the list of pressures.

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ED Surge

MAY 6, 2022

Coursera, another giant online provider that works with traditional colleges, runs special rate promotions as well. But what has this wave of online bargains meant for perceptions of higher education? A decade ago, it would have been hard to imagine a college handing out coupons or running limited-time offers.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Both have found immense global popularity among pre-teens and teens and a large following among educators willing to introduce these games during class time. Recently, the world of edtech financing has exploded. What kind of learning games would work for more ordinary teachers, and where would games fit into the traditional curriculum?

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

He brings a passion for higher education, evidenced by his service on a university board in Florida. Combining his love for IT with his dedication to advancing higher education, Dahlgren now serves as the CEO of Anthology , a leading global provider of edtech ecosystems for universities.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the evolving landscape of education, one topic has taken center stage: generative AI. As educators, we tend to be on a continuous quest for innovative edtech tools that will enhance the learning experience for students. Remove grading for non-end-of-year assessment work.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. It was only in the ’70s that we started recruiting traditional-aged students onto a campus. It was changing our technology. It was a lot of work to do.

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ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

We've always worked on software that personalizes things, videos — I still make videos — and exercises, teacher tools, in a more traditional sense, and now we're moving toward this artificial intelligence world. I'll say it's also been a bit of a transition internally at Khan Academy because it is a new muscle that we've been building.

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