If you’re an ed-tech startup, when school is out for the summer usage of your product may dramatically slump. Use creative methods to keep educators interested in your product over the break.
After finding barriers to entry in the K-12 marketplace, we’re taking a backdoor approach through summer reading.
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Market Expert Says Entrepreneurs Should Keep the Needs of Busy Teachers, Administrators Top of Mind
Education providers should pitch products that solve specific problems faced by teachers and administrators–and that acknowledge the complexity of K-12 systems, says Brian Napack of Providence Equity.
The ed-tech startup boom is being driven by former teachers. They know what is needed in the classroom and what works with students. They have also used both good and bad teaching tools in their classrooms.
The Natick, Mass. public schools’ blended learning transition has been going on for seven years and the results so far have been impressive. Teachers and students report that using computers more deeply improves their education. What ed-tech company wouldn’t want to be a part of that?
Ed-tech startup companies won $140,000 in a University of Pennsylvania business plan competition for products including interactive physics videos, digital tools to improve vocabulary, and a coding game.
The Small Business Innovation Research program, run through the Institute of Education Sciences, funds companies seeking to bring ed-tech products to commercial viability.
When you provide feedback to a teacher by coaching them virtually, new strategies come into play.
Volley Labs’ investors include Zuckerberg Education Ventures, and adaptive-literacy software developer LightSail takes in $11 million in Series B funding.
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