EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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Michigan Launches Student Social Impact Fund
Created in Fall 2009 and now seeking to make its first investment, the Fund's vision is to transform the way business is done by training the next generation of socially-minded business leaders to invest in and manage sustainable, innovative, for-profit companies that place the generation of a significant social impact at the heart of their mission.
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Watch Clinton Global Initiative Ed Channel Live
We're running a live video feed of the Clinton Global Initiative session on Education. You can also watch the main sessions during the day. Enjoy.
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Oprah Gives $6mil to Charters
Oprah used her education reform week opening day special to donate $6 million to six different charter school networks.
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Utah Champion Skater is an Online Student
A Open High School of Utah teenager has placed third at the 2010 Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals. Congrats.
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Marshall Roslyn: Principal, Revolution Learning
We talk with Marshall Roslyn, a principal at Revolution Learning who has just returned from a four year stint in China. We talk about education reform, opportunities for global investing in the global education industry and his viewpoint on where America holds promise in its strategies for education reform. Marshall will be blogging ocassionally with EdReformer.
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Susan Patrick and Michael Horn Video Presentation
Susan Patrick, President, iNACOL and Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education Policy at the Innosight Institute were in Lansing, Michigan last week giving presentations on the benefits of online learning
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If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher
John Legend and Waiting for Superman; cash for teachers in Charlotte; Goldman Sachs gives US$20 million to Geoffrey Canada; technology helps, so we should use it. And more. Much, much more...
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White House Announces STEM Challenge
The White House is ramping up efforts again to push the STEM agenda. This time the focus is on developing video games and technology that foster greater learning opportunities for kids.
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Refining the Blended Learning Strategy
Next Gen Learning is trying to formalize the blended learning model.
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5 Lessons from the Nation's Best Online Teacher
Educators who teach in an online setting should foster strong relationships with their students’ parents and should offer plenty of positive feedback, says the nation’s first-ever K-12 Online Teacher of the Year. Teacher Teresa Dove of the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) last week was chosen as the first winner of this new award, which not only recognizes excellent teaching but also the prevalence, and importance, of online learning across the country.