How Britannica survived the Wikipedia era by changing itself into a maker of education software and AI agents, as it reportedly weighs an IPO at a $1B valuation
The encyclopedia maker could have become a casualty of the Wikipedia era. But it has remade itself into a digital learning giant that is weighing going public. X: @britannica_edu . LinkedIn: Justin A...
Oslo-based edtech company Kahoot says it is acquiring Clever, a portal for educators and students to build digital learning classrooms, for up to $500M
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Seesaw, a remote learning startup with just 60 employees in February, saw rapid growth during the pandemic and is now used in over 75% of American schools
It wasn't simple to become a do-it-all education tool almost overnight. — The first requests that upended Seesaw, a popular classroom app … Tweets: @nytimestech , @kmi_edu , @ryanstrutin , and @aaro...
Engageli, a video conferencing tool designed for digital learning, comes out of stealth with $14.5M seed funding from Benchmark and others
Engageli, a video conferencing tool designed for digital learning, comes out of stealth with $14.5M seed funding from Benchmark and others
Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have become standard tools for teachers who have had to run lessons remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As schooling moves online during the pandemic, rural students in Indonesia and other countries struggle to learn on smartphones and shared laptops
Schools are closed in Indonesia because of the pandemic, but for the rural poor who lack internet access and smartphones, online education is particularly difficult. Tweets: @nytimes , @fahimabed , an...
Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most
Educators love digital devices, but there's little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. Tweets: @alexlindsay , @naomikritzer , @drewharwell , @e_mln_e , @onlinecrslady , @d...
Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most
Educators love digital devices, but there's little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. Tweets: @alexlindsay , @naomikritzer , @drewharwell , @e_mln_e , @onlinecrslady , @d...