Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Julien Frei and Lea Perret [Image: 6pm in Paris] Learning as a lifelong journey Perret imagined 6pm in Paris as a way to help students learn French beyond the classroom. Originally from Toulouse, France, Perret moved to New York 17 years ago and has been teaching French in the U.S. since then. By next yearif the team can raise the $1.2

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 29, 2022

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit that recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Increasing Marketing Efficiency. Innovating User Engagement.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

London-based Kodland , which started out back in 2018 offering in-person courses for children to learn digital skills like computer programming before switching focus to online learning from early 2020, has closed a $9 million Series A funding round to scale into more markets. It notes its platform does also offer one-to-one teaching.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

But they’re not apps necessarily designed for classrooms, and that fact has opened a gap in the market for those looking to build something more fit to the purpose. But perhaps Engageli’s most unique feature is how it views the virtual classroom. million in seed funding from Benchmark and others.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

degree or higher, as well as an international teaching certificate such as DELTA, CELTA, TESOL or TEFL. One of the things that is really important, even psychologically, is to start listening to the language, start interacting with a live person, and remove being afraid of not understanding something,” Azarov said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

A startup out of Berlin that’s built and grown a successful online language learning platform based around live teachers and virtual classrooms is announcing some funding today to continue expanding its business. This is very much by design, Shangkuan said. depending on what you choose.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Virtual Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - By 2027, it is anticipated that the online learning user base will grow to 57 million individuals. Understanding Virtual Classrooms A virtual classroom is an online learning environment where teachers and students can interact and collaborate in real-time or asynchronously.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Virtual Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - By 2027, it is anticipated that the online learning user base will grow to 57 million individuals. Understanding Virtual Classrooms A virtual classroom is an online learning environment where teachers and students can interact and collaborate in real-time or asynchronously.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Virtual Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems By 2027, it is anticipated that the online learning user base will grow to 57 million individuals. These classrooms typically use video conferencing, chat, and other tools to facilitate communication and collaboration.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It’s happening through Slack or Zoom or Google Classroom or Hangouts or Meet. When people have used Prezi, what they report back is the audience would say it felt more personal,” says Szafranski. If they learn how to do that even when the classroom comes back, it’d be a shame not to keep that going,” Szafranski says.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

It comes after Merlyn Mind spent about three years quietly building its first release and more recently piloting the service in 50+ classrooms in more than 20 schools. The funding is being led by specialist edtech investor Learn Capital, with other unnamed investors participating.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

While many of these fundraising event staples are great, such as fancy galas and golf tournaments, circumstances aren’t always ideal for in-person gatherings. Here are a few ideas about how to make virtual/hybrid versions of your favorite in-person events. However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. 3) Cooking classes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

When you factor in home, school, work, and other public spaces, the average person spends 90% of their time indoors. Im sure you remember evenings when you were studying or working alone in a classroom or office, only to have the lights suddenly shut offforcing you to do a little dance to turn them back on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. Before I left for Finland, I read Timothy Walker’s Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Those experiences not only informed my teaching, but it became a personal passion to bring foundational data skills to all. I designed these courses to help teachers and academics foster the next data-native generation by furthering students’ data skills in the classroom.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Good Inside For teaching parenting as a skill you can hone Clinical psychologist Becky Kennedy has made a career of offering guidance to parents on how they can set firm boundaries while fostering strong connections with their children. Through AI simulations, users can practice real-world communication and work on their leadership skills.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As the technology becomes more embedded in daily life, researchers and educators face two distinct hurdles: teaching people to use these tools responsibly rather than over-relying on them while also convincing AI skeptics to learn enough about the technology to be informed citizens, even if they choose not to use it. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

“They see the grade, but they tend to just throw it out… so I figured out how to help them apply very difficult-to-learn skills that we expect kids to know, but don’t explicitly teach them.”. So that means providing kids with lots of targeted personalized practice, and helping them realize that there’s no one way to write.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The approach appealed to me personally because it reminded me of how my family and I learned English when we first came to the U.S. It then bolsters that knowledge with word games. from Russia. And no, the coincidence that Korneev is also Russian was not lost on me.) “People want to be entertained.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Doyobi , a Singapore-based professional development platform, wants to give educators new, more engaging ways of teaching STEM subjects. Teachers play an outsize role in shaping learning outcomes, yet most edtech innovations take the teacher in the classroom completely out of the picture.”. The startup announced today it has raised $2.8

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The Next Web

JANUARY 2, 2018

The personal touches with font can make a huge difference! #2 In my middle school classroom, I often include two components to writing assignments- one for the text itself and one for a supporting image using Google Draw. I frequently use Google Draw in my classroom to help students create elaborate titles to entice their audience!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. Why are you passionate about teaching young people?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

If you can’t get your biggest personal fans to support your product, perhaps you weren’t on to something big to begin. The classroom teacher was completely surprised at how engaged and vocal the class had become on this topic, as they hadn’t been like this for the other presenting parents. Closing thoughts.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2021

This post is the third in a series designed to teach the art of nailing the perfect pitch. We teach nutrition and cooking. A Personalized Approach. Show the barren field that existed where your green outdoor classroom now lives, and demonstrate how this new green space has improved the community and the environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

We’re streaming video, posting photos, sharing personal information and listening to music, not to mention “checking in” wherever we go. Use non-personally identifying forms whenever possible. It’s simple: without your users’ consent, do not disclose their personal information. User control.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It signals a shift from startups playing in the supplemental education space and searching to win a spot in the largest chunk of a students day: the classroom. Class, launched less than a year ago by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen , integrates exclusively with Zoom to offer a more customized classroom for students and teachers alike.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Class, launched less than a year ago by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen , integrates exclusively with Zoom to offer a more customized classroom for students and teachers alike. The money will be used to grow Class’ 60-person team to 100, as well as meet international demand for its product.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

The back-to-back raises are a reminder that edtech’s relevance in LatAm isn’t just growing in classrooms, but also within organizations across LatAm. The founder estimates that only 8% of teachers are accepted to teach on Coderhouse’s platform, resulting in nearly 2,000 active teachers with the company today.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Hybrid Learning: It’s the age-old classroom and digital world colliding. Blended Learning : This approach is all about synergizing online resources with in-person teaching. It offers learners the interpersonal connection of physical classrooms while granting them autonomy with online materials. Blended Learning?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Hybrid Learning: It’s the age-old classroom and digital world colliding. Blended Learning : This approach is all about synergizing online resources with in-person teaching. It offers learners the interpersonal connection of physical classrooms while granting them autonomy with online materials. Blended Learning?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Hybrid Learning: It’s the age-old classroom and digital world colliding. Blended Learning : This approach is all about synergizing online resources with in-person teaching. It offers learners the interpersonal connection of physical classrooms while granting them autonomy with online materials. Blended Learning?

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

date, more than two million people have been empowered with data skills through Tableau for Teaching, Tableau for Students , and Data Kids. We will continue developing resources to support teaching and learning data skills in the classroom. Learn more about Tableau’s pledge and join the movement by making a #PledgeForData.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

date, more than two million people have been empowered with data skills through Tableau for Teaching, Tableau for Students , and Data Kids. We will continue developing resources to support teaching and learning data skills in the classroom. Learn more about Tableau’s pledge and join the movement by making a #PledgeForData.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Edtech M&A activity is buzzier than usual: In the last week, Course Hero, a startup that sells Netflix-like subscriptions to students looking for learning and teaching content, bought Symbolab, an artificial intelligence-powered calculator. Edtech exits show a need for better plumbing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new chapter for virtual learning, giving a boost of attention to existing tools and spurring the creation of new services and use cases as students of all ages were ordered to stay home and stay out of classrooms. The obvious place for Atom was to start was online learning aimed at students.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

While some teachers use Google Classroom, Gredu was created to work with Indonesia’s K-12 National Curriculum and Islamic Curriculum programs, used in both private and public schools. Aniez said the company plans to add new features and adapt Interactive Class for other uses once in-person schooling becomes the norm again. “We

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