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What Does Back-to-School Look Like?
Who better to divine the state of play in EdTech than the man who began crafting it almost 15 years ago? In this episode, Jaime Casap goes there—from pandemic responsiveness to digital inclusion—in a warm-up to his in person presentation in a few weeks at ASU+GSV in San Diego. Jaime Casap served as the Chief…
The Weekly Scale: June 21st, 2021
This week at MarketScale, we held a major press conference on the future of retail, hosted a true legend of education, and examined what “retailtainment” will look like in 2022. That’s making my wallet cringe. Break out the ice chests for the dog days of summer— it’s time to scale up. Walmart launched big news…
Counting Down to The SIIA CODiE Awards June 22-23
In celebration of the 36th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced this month the 152 education technology finalists. Finalists, selected by expert reviewers, represent the most innovative and impactful products from technology developers, online learning services and related technologies. “The CODiE Awards recognize the most exciting and transformative products in EdTech,”…
Emotionally Engaging Content Creates Better Learning Outcomes
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. How has e-learning transformed in terms of workplace training…
How to Achieve Leading School Safety when It Matters More than Ever
There’s never been a more critical time in school safety. In addition to threats that have become ever-present, such as active shooters and extreme weather, the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened safety expectations among students, teachers, parents and other educators. When schools return to in-person instruction this fall, they’ll need to do so in…
What Safety Challenges Are There for Schools Reopening this Fall?
As in-person schooling returns, what should the top priorities be for facility managers? What are the new safety challenges facing schools? After all, school safety priorities, strategies and challenges have changed. To address these, School Safety Today host Daniel Litwin spoke with Paul Timm, VP of Facility Engineering Associates. Timm has years of experience in…
Which Learning Strategies Should Stay (and Which Should Go)
In her career as an educator and administrator in DC Public Schools, Kerri Larkin worked through a variety of challenges that affected that community. In her new role, she intends to take those experiences to a wider population of students. In this episode of EdTech Today, Kerri itemizes the lessons learned during the past…
Is the Future of Higher Education a Subscription Model?
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Online learning was steadily growing pre-pandemic. Then it reached…
New Beginnings: EdTech Enters a Renaissance
The 2020 ASU+GSV was one of the first major edtech events to be postponed or cancelled because of the COVID pandemic. Now it is the first to return. In this episode, Co-founder Deborah Quazzo reflects on the incredible struggles of the past 18 months and points to more positive predictions moving forward. Deborah is…
Make Learning Better Than Before
Don’t call it COVID loss. For Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates, a better phrase would be “unrealized learning,” something that was happening even before the pandemic, especially in underserved communities. In this episode of EdTech Today, he breaks down the data his CA has processed and offers some solutions for students going forward. Curriculum…
Digitally Replicating the Physical Classroom Experience
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. On this episode of Voices of eLearning, Host JW…
How to Address Student Mental Health and Emergency Preparedness during Reopening
Returning to school full-time is going to be a challenge for students. Combine the anxiety of being back together with uncertainty and a readjustment to in-person classroom life, some of which will also likely be mixed in with remote learning, and life moving forward will be complicated for students. On this episode of the School…
The Importance of Post-COVID Student Mental Health
Yet another cataclysmic shift in education due to COVID is a new appreciation for the role of student mental health. You can’t learn if you are not well. In this episode, Duncan Young, CEO of Effective School Solutions, a leading provider of school-based mental health services, speaks to mental health’s new center stage role and how these…
How to Close the Homework Gap Based on Student Connectivity
CoSN today released a report on the preliminary findings of a breakthrough study on students’ at-home internet connectivity and provided guidelines on bandwidth, devices and other remote learning needs based on the data. The study, supported by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), fills a critical need among educators and policymakers for detailed…
EdTech Trends from the 2021 GSV Cup
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. Arizona State University and Global Silicon Valley (GSV) created…
The 2021 GSV Cup: What It Takes to be in the Elite 200
CHICAGO and SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ASU+GSV Summit, the annual education technology conference hosted by GSV Ventures and Arizona State University, announced today the selection of 200 pre-seed and seed education technology startups as finalists in its annual GSV Cup competition. These companies were selected based on rigorous criteria by a panel of 152 esteemed judges from…
How Science Instruction is Changed Forever
The past 18 months have been one long experiment for Catherine Cahn, CEO of Twig Education. Shifting history courses to a remote platform in a matter of weeks is one thing, but hands-on chemistry labs? In this episode of EdTech Today, Catherine details how they have effectively reinvented the way their curricula and…
Insights on the Past, Present and Future of Higher Education
Dr. James Smith is the 23rd President of East Michigan University. Dr. Smith’s education focus is on EMU students’ futures, not the past, because what they do in life with that education experience will make the world a better place. He joined host Tom Watkins to talk about his efforts and the education landscape as…
Is Space a Finite Natural Resource? One Expert Says Yes
On the Space to Grow podcast, Astroscale’s Chris Blackerby and Charity Weeden bring their compelling experience and expertise to map out the technology, international policy, and scalability that will define the next generation of space exploration. Looking at space sustainability through an environmental and ecological lens changes the perspective. It makes it more tangible and inclusive. That’s the message of Moriba Ja….
Better Access from Microsoft Means Success for All
Microsoft last month announced a new five-year commitment to help bridge the “Disability Divide” the gap in societal inclusion for people with disabilities. Given the impact of the pandemic on people with disabilities, the commitments focus on talent development (employment and education), workplace culture (hiring), and accessible technology. On this episode of EdTech Today,…
More Than Fun and Games
As with many aspects of edTech, gaming technologies have been utilized and applied at an incredibly accelerating rate. On this episode of EdTech Today, David McCool supplies a state-of-play for gaming and education from the k-12 level through professional learning and handicaps the progress of everything from AR and VR to artificial intelligence. With the…
EdTech: How to Use Federal Education Funds to Ease STEM Learning Loss
The past two school years have been unprecedented in their difficulty. Students feel it. Teachers and administration feel it. But thankfully, the U.S. government is providing federal funds to help state and local education agencies meet all their students’ increased learning needs. In this episode of the Marketscale EdTech podcast, host Shelby Skrhak sat down…
Weapons of Mass Instruction
ASU+GSV Summit, the EdTech event that connects leading minds with the belief that all people have equal access to the future, today announced its annual list of the leading and most transformational, private companies in global learning, the EdTech 150. The ASU+GSV Summit estimates that these 150 companies reach approximately 3 billion people, or…
Why Student Engagement and Data-Based Feedback are Keys to EdTech Success
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. There have been many differing opinions about education and…
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