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.
EdTech
Preventing Problems with Predictive Analytics
By: Danielle Myers. By regularly reviewing your facility analytics and constantly identifying new ways to monitor the environment, you will reduce maintenance costs in the long run, while also ensuring a safe space for your faculty to teach and your students to learn.
Early Learning
At FETC, Early Learning is Central to the Future of EdTech
FETC 2018 has made clear that the clarion call to ensure that today’s students are prepared for a global, digital future has been extended to include our youngest learners.
EdTech
6 Articles You Must Read Before Fundraising For Your Startup
By: Li Jiang. For many founders, fundraising is somewhere between a painful experience and a necessary annoyance. But it doesn’t have to be that way if you are prepared to tell a compelling narrative, run an efficient process, and target the best long-term partner.
EdTech
3 Steps to Build Your Own District-Wide Technology Solution
By: Shelley Hudson. With a focus on customization in our technology implementation, we have come closer than ever to our school board’s overarching desire to go to as few places as possible to do as much as possible with as few passwords as possible.
EdTech
Squaring Personalization and Digitization in 2018
By: Elizabeth Anthony. Blended models can eliminate learning gaps, increase engagement and foster ownership, and that is just the beginning. But adding adaptive software programs to a classroom with antiquated "factory"-style structures will not accomplish this end.
EdTech
How and Where EdTech Will Help
When we add new tech to old practices we shouldn’t expect step-function improvement. Smart tools will be game changers not in and of themselves, but by enabling a sequence of powerful learning experiences.
EdTech
Not Much New in EdTech in 2017; 3 Things Could Change That in 2018
Despite more global investment in EdTech, not much happened in 2017. Here's a look at where the innovation is happening and two issues that could use more attention from public private partnerships--a barrier and an opportunity.
EdTech
6 Ways Administrators Can Prove the Efficacy of Digital Tools
By: Eric Sheninger. For change to really be embraced by all stakeholders, it is critical that we don’t just tell, but also show that improvement is occurring. Accountability matters, and is a reality in our work.Â
EdTech
Internet Access in Schools: E-rate Trends and the End of Net Neutrality
By: Tara GarcÃa Mathewson. Schools likely won’t see any immediate consequences from the end of net neutrality, and most internet service providers have assured customers they don’t plan to make any changes. But the potential consequences are great.
EdTech
6 Emerging Technologies Supporting Personalized Learning
By: Meredith Allen. If we know what successful personalized learning looks like in schools and we understand the urgency of providing these opportunities to our learners, we need to start the engine.