SIIA Innovation Incubator Program Picks Nepris as 2014 Finalist for Most Promising Ed Tech

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) picked Nepris as a finalist for the Innovation Incubator Program, which identifies and supports the development of innovative education technology products. Nepris bridges the gap between industry and education by providing an online platform to connect teachers with industry professionals in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM). Click to tweet: http://ctt.ec/8u6bR.

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Schoology Named Finalist in Three SIIA CODiE Awards Categories for Education Technology

NEW YORK – April 22, 2014—Schoology has again been recognized by the Software Information and Industry Association (SIIA) as a leading product in education. Schoology is a 2014 CODiE finalist in three categories: Best Educational App for a Mobile Device, Best K-12 Course or Learning Management System, and Best K-12 Enterprise Solution—a category Schoology won in 2013.
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Nepris and JASON Learning Partner

DALLAS – April 22, 2014 – A new partnership between Nepris and JASON Learning will make STEM come to life for millions more K-12 students taking part in JASON Learning STEM curricula. JASON Learning—a partnership of Sea Research Foundation and the National Geographic Society—is preparing dozens of session requests, which have been created by the nation’s top science teachers, for Nepris to closely tie JASON curricula to related career pathways. This will make it easier for teachers to virtually connect with those experts and bring them into their classrooms through online interactive sessions.

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Department of Defense Agency Awards Contract to Schoology

NEW YORK--The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently awarded a contract to Schoology as a result of a competitive RFQ seeking a learning management system. Schoology Enterprise will deliver instructional content to DoDEA K-12 students and allow collaboration inside and outside of the traditional K-12 classroom. Click to tweet: http://ctt.ec/l87Ba.   
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Education Week article on SXSW --Ed Businesses Seek to Learn What Educators Really Want

See the full article by Michele Molnar about SXSWedu popularity after only 4 years.

Most ed-tech companies attending the South by Southwest education conference last week would probably love to grow at the rate the conference itself has experienced: 650 percent since it began four years ago. "It's a reflection of the community's hunger for these kinds of conversations," said Ron Reed, SXSWedu's executive producer, explaining why more than 6,000 participants were converging for the four-day conference and festival.

Education Technology Startups Raised Over Half A Billion Dollars In Q1

Education Technology Startups Raised Over Half A Billion Dollars In Q1
3/26/14 by Jonathan Shieber (@jshieber) @TechCrunch

 

Education technology-focused startups raised over $500 million already in the first quarter of 2014, marking the single biggest quarter for capital committed to the sector in the past five years...

”Expenditures in K-12 software is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the market,” said Schoology chief executive Jeremy Friedman.

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Sparking Student Interest in STEM by Brining Industry Experts into the Classroom (from New Schools Venture Fund)

March 19, 2014, By Shauntel Poulson
I vividly remember scouring my bathroom and kitchen cabinets to identify chemicals in the products I used everyday. Sure enough the chemical formulas I was learning to write in chemistry class were listed as ingredients in my toothpaste, shampoo, and laundry detergent...
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