Ed tech startup accelerator Imagine K-12 has created a new Start Fund, enabling it to increase the amount of funding given to each startup from $20,000 to $100,000. Read more »
Pearson has acquired Learning Catalytics, a startup founded out of Harvard that enables instructors to ask students interactive questions that can be answered via laptops and mobile devices. Read more »
Educational-technology startups are poised to disrupt the trillion-dollar U.S. education market. Those companies that will succeed in helping change this space will offer tools and products that make learning a social, interactive experience students can access anytime, anywhere. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
In the past year, leading technology companies have made big strides in bringing tablet computers into classrooms across the country. But while the availability of new devices is certainly critical, the successful transition to digital textbooks relies on many interconnected factors. Read more »
A new proposal calls for a Consumer Reports-like rating body to evaluate new digital learning tools. Ed tech innovators like the idea in theory but they worry that it won’t work in practice. Read more »
Smarterer, a Boston-based startup, is shifting away from being a site for showing others what you know to being a platform for benchmarking personal progress toward educational goals. In time, it could partner with online learning platforms measure effectiveness and student performance. Read more »
Earlier this year, social learning company Grockit launched Learnist as a Pinterest-like platform for education. The company is on Thursday rolling out iPhone and iPad apps for the new platform. Through the apps, users can both create and consume content. Read more »
