Creative Tension at #SXSWedu 2014
Days before SXSW 2014 erupted in the spectacle of a livestream from Edward Snowden, educators, entrepreneurs and investors…
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Brothers in Arms: Skyprep’s Sibling Cofounders Mix Business and Friendship
Babak Barkhodaei spoke about the power of three brothers working towards a common goal. He’s the CEO of Toronto-based…
Waterloo Startup Fora Makes Higher Education Accessible for Sub-Saharan Africans
Typing “Nigeria” into Google today will land you several news articles on the mosque attack in the northern part…
“It was long, tedious, and extremely stressful”: An Insider’s View Into Canadian EdTech Fundraising
My motivation for writing this piece was very simple. From the time I began to work with startups and fellow entrepreneurs,…
Majority of Canadian Schools Haven’t Adopted Mobile Learning
On the same morning we just announced a partnership between a Waterloo-based startup and the Ontario Teachers’ Federation,…
Waterloo’s Planboard Inks Deal with Ontario Teachers’ Federation for Online Tool
Waterloo-based edtech startup Planboard has reached an agreement with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation to provide its…
Athabasca Prof Launches IAM-Ready App, Determines Child’s Preschool Readiness
Edmonton and Athabacsa University-based startup iAM-Ready is launching its iPad app today to help parents and teachers determine…
Toronto-Based Edtech Startup Makes Call to Families for New Research Study
Toronto-based educational startup Thriver has opened a call for participants to join a research study. The goal is to gain…
Ten Themes That Will Define the Next Decade of EdTech
This article was written by James Colliander, Ian Fordham and Aron Solomon. The conversation began, innocently enough, in…
ClassDojo,The “World’s Fastest Growing Education Startup”, Launches in Canada
ClassDojo, a Silicon Valley-based education startup with over 17 million teachers and students using its platform, has officially…
Toronto Edtech Startup Raises $1 Million, Changes Name That Was Previously Really Bad
Toronto-based startup Class Messenger, formerly called WDWDT? (“What Did We Do Today?) has raised $1 million in funding from…
Kitchener’s Desire2Learn Beefs Up Adaptive Learning Platform, Acquires Fellow Canadian Startup Knowillage
Desire2Learn, the Kitchener-based education technology company that created the first integrated learning platform, has announced…
Flash-Enabled EdTech Browser Rover Hits 1M Mark, Adds Paid Subscription Plans
Apple has sold over 4.5 million iPads to educational institutions in the U.S., and more than eight million to educational…
Top Hat Monocle Partners With Pearson to Up Distribution for Classroom Response App
Toronto-based Top Hat Monocle, providers of an in-class student response system through apps that replace traditional classroom…
Top Hat Monocle Adds $1.1M to Series A, Looks to Lead Student Engagement Platform Pack
Toronto-based Top Hat Monocle, a student engagement platform that replaces traditional classroom clickers with a web-based…