The education technology industry is seeing a massive influx of investment, interest, and resources. From tools to help you track grades to apps that help you find your next school, there’s a litany of resources being created on a daily basis.
About The List
I know the endless stream of stuff on Edudemic can be a bit overwhelming (the homepage alone is hard to track, I know) so I thought you might benefit from having a quick list of the education technology startups we’re watching, learning about, and chatting with.
Below is by no means an exhaustive list and it’s in absolutely no particular order. Each startup is doing something cool (we think, at least) and is worth knowing about.
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Chalkable
The Chalkable app store lists the best education apps from across the web. You can browse apps by category, such as History, Math, Science, and more.
Understoodit
Understoodit is a web-application that helps teachers measure classroom confusion.
noodle.org
Noodle recommends and connects you with the right schools, providers, experts, and tools to make your path to learning simple and fun.
Education Elements
Interested in blended learning solutions? Education Elements helps schools design and implement the right blended learning solutions for teachers & students.
Coursehorse
A simple way to find and enroll in classes being held near you. Available in NYC and LA coming soon.
myEdu
Using MyEdu helps every student tell his or her unique story in an interactive and fun web layout.
obeekaybee
Obeekaybee.com is a Qualified Online Teacher Database and Resource Center.
claco
Find, build and share resources with teachers across the hall or across the world — aligned with.
lore
The social network for education. Simple, elegant course management meets social networking. All for free.
learnist
Learnist makes it easy to share what you know and learn new things.
citelighter
Store, organize, and share your education and research for free.
straighterline
Straigherline provides students with online courses and the ability to earn college credits.
metryx
The Metryx Mobile Tracker is an exciting new application that gives educators an easier way to conduct formative assessments and monitor student progress on the fly!
LaunchPlan
Educating and helping students and professors write better business plans, feasibility plans, and marketing plans collaboratively in the classroom.
coursera
A must-know resource for all teachers and students. Coursera is one of the big names in Massive Open Online Courses right now.
udacity
instaedu
Get immediate homework help or set up afforable online tutoring with a tutor from a top college.
loudcloud
Improve Student Outcomes and Instructor Effectiveness with the only Adaptive Learning Management System that can be configured to meet your specific academic and technology needs.
knewton
Knewton is a technology company that uses data to continuously personalize online learning content for individual students. Knewton analyzes data about the performance of each student and similar students on the platform, as well as the relevance of the educational content, in order to serve up the best activity for each student at a particular moment in time.
rsmart
rSmart takes a different approach to higher ed technology. We make open source, community developed software easy to deploy, fully supported, and enterprise ready to lower costs, improve efficiencies, and reduce risk.
udemy
Udemy helps students make moves. Whether you want to get promoted, break into a new industry, start a company, further a passion, or just accelerate your life, Udemy helps you learn from the amazing instructors in the world, so that you can get there and get there faster.
Slideklowd
SlideKlowd creates interaction and engagement wherever there is an audience.
edX
EdX is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that features learning designed specifically for interactive study via the web.
Celly
Celly believes small messages change the world so we built a place where 140 characters builds movements inspires learning levels playing fields & promotes free speech
General Assembly
General Assembly is a global network of campuses for technology, business, and design
Adapt Courseware is a comprehensive online curriculum resource that personalizes the education experience, so you can achieve measurable learning outcomes, increased student retention, and higher student satisfaction.
Gradestreet is working to change the way school districts operate on a day to day basis. Currently in private beta, Gradestreet has the potential to be a major player in the EdTech world!
STIZZiL is an online educational resource offering individual and group lessons tailored to any student’s needs at his/her convenience and safety, taught by experienced U.S. licensed teachers through state-of-the-art interactive web tools, such as live web video. STIZZiL will match the best teacher to the right student based on an in-depth survey filled out by the student. Teachers undergo a rigorous background inquiry with only the best chosen to join the STIZZiL staff. All sessions are recorded and archived for student review and quality assurance
Another one for the list is Tutorhub, an online tutoring platform and market place web application. What makes it different is that it has its own online and real-time tutoring technology – others tend to use generic meeting based tech. It also includes a collaborative homework question and answer board, where students can work with each other to resolve problems online and in real-time.
LearnSprout!
The first-ever universal API that connects all these awesome solutions to a school or district’s student information system (SIS).
http://youtu.be/G8CsOWxGA4E
LearnSprout represents the latest thinking and best practices behind the development of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and has built the first-ever, universal API for K-12 education. We are working with some of the largest edtech vendors to reduce integration friction with schools. By tapping into live student engagement and performance data, we are uniquely positioned to act as the conduit for real-time, secure data integration between your SIS and all other edtech solutions.
We’d be remiss to not also mention Edcanvas, Class Dojo and Naiku:
http://www.edcanvas.com/
http://www.classdojo.com/
http://www.naiku.net/
Language Cloud (based in Tokyo, Japan) is a free learning management system (LMS) designed specifically for foreign language education. In short, it helps provide instructors with an easy to use online infrastructure for managing their classes, engaging and assessing students with supplemental lessons, and promoting an active interest in foreign language study through social interaction.
Mobimaths – Mobile maths app for problem based maths learning in context. Small company giving undergrads experience in developing for the commercial market.
The Singing Torah is an integrated bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah learning system enabling Jewish cantors and bar mitzvah tutors to more effectively and efficiently teach the next generation. Students learn more effectively by seeing Hebrew Bible verses while hearing the familiar voice of the child’s synagogue’s cantor.
Alleyoop is an online college readiness network for middle and high school students that offers online tutoring in math and science utilizing targeted recommendations and core gaming mechanics. It offers instructional videos, practice problems, interactive simulations and one-on-one tutoring.
Educator.com is a pioneering venture to help equalize education by assembling the best teachers in the country and making their lectures available to everyone. We cover high school and university level topics in mathematics, science, English, and computer programming.
Late Nite Labs http://www.latenitelabs.com creates online simulation science labs and assessment tools. Think of us as a flight simulator for your wet lab. We work with hundreds of institutions and to create custom or turn key science labs that engage and interact with students across the US and Canada.
Boundless is making the world’s open educational content more useful for students by connecting them with the wealth of high quality, openly licensed, and free educational content. Boundless has free online textbooks and study tools to make education more affordable and accessible for students.
CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to education materials for K-12 students and teachers all over the world. We offer FREE high-quality, standards-aligned, open content in the STEM subjects. By providing these free resources, CK-12 is working toward educational equity for all. To learn more, please visit our site or contact: [email protected]. Thanks!
BiblioNasium, Where Kids Flex Their Reading Muscles is a powerful platform that promotes literacy and helps children become better readers through a combination of social support, incentives, the right fit books and instilling the discipline to read regularly.
We are “GoodReads” for kids with features designed for this age group. We connect kids to friends, teachers/librarians AND parents, to share & exchange book recommendations. Integration with Lexile® allows users to personalize book selections based on reading levels. Teachers /librarians setup group or personalized reading lists and use easy online reports for monitoring and tracking progress. Digital reading logs, virtual rewards and social connections for kids, and reports and tools for the teachers and parents, make BiblioNasium a powerful platform for promoting reading.
USEED, Inc. is a social enterprise that is operating in the higher-ed market. Our mission is to empower the next generation of student leaders and innovators. Our flagship product is a fundraising platform that is catered to the higher-ed space, specifically addressing the needs of the students and the institutional offices involved. We are currently looking for other ed-tech startup partners as well as higher-ed institutions to work with as we continue to evolve our product, culture, and business.
zondle.com is a games-based learning cloud-based web and mobile platform that enables teachers, parents and students to create, play and share games to support teaching and learning. Unlike other games-based learning, zondle enables the user to choose or create sets of questions, covering any subject at any level, for any age group and in any language. Students then play and practise those questions in casual games of their choosing thereby maximising both engagement and learning. Learning becomes fun, effective and measurable.
We’re looking for some teachers and students to be beta testers for our software release. Please send this to your teachers. Go to social.edustruct.com and click on signup. Sign up as a teacher (don’t worry about school code) and use the software. I have to start collecting data to see if we’re on the right track. The software includes:
1. Public and Private Learning Communities
2. Group walls
3. Drop Box
4. Event Planning
5. Messaging service
6. connecting with outside resources to share with your classes
7. super admin panel- ( Admin has total control and view over the whole system)
8. Share ideas and documents with other schools- School to School Collaboration
9. Assignment Creation
10. Assessment Creation
11. Google Docs Integration
12. Google Hangout Integration
13. Safe-T-Net (Bully prevention)
14. Blogging
15. Video and Content Integration
16. Online Class Creation
14. much much more. (After beta release)- whiteboard functionality, Professional development communities, webinar creation etc….
Pass this on to as many teachers as possible.. Let me know if this is something you can do or you know of other teachers who can benefit from this.
I really appreciate your help on this and we’re striving to change education one classroom at a time.
Thanks
Mark