15 edtech startups selected for the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator
Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator.
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Leading AI Company Launches Classroom Assistant Built on First Large Language Model Designed Uniquely for Education
NEW YORK PRNewswire/ — Today, Merlyn Mind, an AI company focused on building domain-specific AI platforms and solutions for improving human ... Read more
eSchool News wraps up Celebrate 25! and spotlights winners
eSchool News is celebrating 25 years in 2023, and during a March contest, 25 winners took home Amazon gift cards, with one additional grand prize winner receiving an…
ASU course encourages high schoolers to get their heads in the cloud
It’s an early morning wake up call for Trinity Smith, lead teaching fellow and student studying business data analytics at Arizona State University (ASU). During the Spring 2022…
Pikmykid Achieves Success With Positive Reviews and Excellent Ranking
TAMPA, Fla., Apr. 29, 2022 – Pikmykid, the leading provider of school safety and dismissal solutions, today shares its success ... Read more
CoderZ Launches Initiative to Engage Students in STEM with the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge
DERRY, N.H. – Aug. 18, 2021 – Starting August 1, CoderZ will once again bring a real-world industry perspective to ... Read more
New initiative targets 10,000 underserved students for in-demand cloud computing careers
The National Education Equity Lab (Ed Equity Lab) has launched a new initiative with Amazon Web Services (AWS) designed to prepare more than 10,000 students in underserved high…
Experience the Power of a Spoken Word Poetry
Good Deed Entertainment announced today that their spoken word, Rotten Tomato certified-fresh hit film SUMMERTIME, directed by Carlos López Estrada ... Read more
CoderZ Encouraging Title I Schools to Sign-up Students for the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge
The Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge has passed the halfway mark, but it’s not too late for teachers and students to ... Read more
CoderZ Contributes to the National Computer Science for All Movement
The CSforALL movement, to bring computer science to all US students, marked a major growth milestone today. Along with 126 ... Read more
CoderZ & Amazon Cyber Robotics Back-to-School Challenge
This fall, CoderZ and Amazon Future Engineer are bringing real-world industry to classrooms with the Amazon Cyber Robotics Back-to-School Challenge. ... Read more
New guide provides on-ramp and interstate for novice and veteran teachers
As educators around the globe swiftly moved to online teaching in the spring, Aaron Johnson, associate dean of Education Technology ... Read more
Educational materials for middle and high school from PBS
On the heels of Earth Day, WGBH Education launched a collection of digital resources featuring content from the new film H2O: ... Read more
Three key trends in robotics education
Robots are hugely popular with kids. Want proof? Four of the 20 best-selling toys on Amazon during the 2018 holiday season were robots, robotics kits, or other electronic…
City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge 2017
The Amazon Web Services City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge recognizes local and regional governments, and private and public schools ... Read more
Amazon wins $30M contract to sell e-books to NYC schools
Amazon.com Inc. has won a $30 million contract to sell digital textbooks to New York City's public schools. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Panel for Educational…
Amazon opens supercomputing service
A new option for Amazon Web Services has arrived, CNET reports: the raw computing power of supercomputing clusters now widely used in research circles.
Feds: Make eReaders accessible to all students
The federal government will help schools and colleges using eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle to comply with laws giving students with disabilities equal access to emerging education…
Amazon threatens eBook publishers as Apple looms
As Apple builds its electronic bookstore, Amazon.com is trying to use its clout to hold on to its early lead in the market, reports the New York Times.
Amazon launches free Kindle app for Blackberry
Amazon.com said Feb. 18 it is launching a new free Kindle application that will give customers access to over 420,000 books on a range of BlackBerry devices, Reuters…