- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- May 6 2016
- students
- software
- writing
- publishing
- Ed tech
BoomWriter
Digital education company BoomWriter Media, launched its first writing platform, StoryWriter in 2011, led by its co-founders Ken Haynes, Chris Twyman, and Ian Garland. The software allows students to write chapters of a book using an avatar, then vote anonymously on which chapter they like best, and at the end of the process, they have a finished book. Additionally, each task that a student completes earns them Boomer Bucks, which students can use to customize their avatar. Boomwriter’s software...
Neverware
The New York based company, founded in 2011 by chief executive officer Jonathan Hefter, provides cost-effective software that eliminates the need to replace desktop computers. Instead of periodically replacing hardware, Neverware allows schools and businesses to have the fastest available desktop computer speeds using the hardware they currently have.
Initially, the desktop system cost schools $149 per computer per year but in February 2015 the company launched a cloud version of its operating...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- April 22 2016
- startup
- code
- online education
- programming
CodeAcademy
The New York-based startup Codecademy was launched in 2012 by Ryan Bubinski and Zach Sims, both former Columbia University students. Codeacademy provides online education for basic computer programming. In many ways, the company is revolutionizing the path to learning how to code and getting a job, which all can be done through additional programming bootcamps or coursework via a website.
Codeacademy is also a one-stop-shop for online continuing and professional education for programmers and d...
GlassLab
Featured Ed Tech Startup
In a financial sense, GlassLab is not a traditional startup. It’s a non-profit that is transforming learning and assessment practices through digital games and technology. In 2012, the year GlassLab launched, it received $10 million in funding from Electronic Arts, the Entertainment Software Association, and the MacArthur and Gates foundations. In June 2014, the company was chosen to join Pearson’s ed tech accelerator program Catalyst, where startups are chosen based o...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- April 8 2016
- Ed tech
- startup
- education
- technology
- k-12
- publishing
- zaption
Featured Ed Tech Startup
Every quarter, Simba looks at several startups in depth, providing updates on new product launches and financing rounds completed. You can find these companies in the Simba report Ed Tech Startup Quaterly Dashboard. Every week Simba will focus on one of these tech companies carving out a niche in the education technology market.
Zaption
Tapping into the need for compelling video content is Zaption, a publishing platform founded in 2012 by father and son team Charlie and Jim Stigler. The publ...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- March 29 2016
- adoption market
- adoptions
- instructional materials
- k-12
- scorecards
New! Simba Information’s 2015 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2016 Outlook
Simba Information’s 2015 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2016 Outlook report consolidates Simba’s ongoing research of the K-12 textbook adoption market in 2015 in one report.
This report provides background on the textbook adoption process, examines in detail the sales results of specific state adoptions Simba tracked in 2015 and previews the landscape and trends in instructional materials adoptions in 2016 and beyond.
The 2015 edition can stand alone as the most comp...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- March 18 2016
- global
- law
- law journals
- lawyer
- legal
- legal publications
- legal publishers
- publishing
It’s a law publishing blog about publishing law blogs
The recent release of Simba Information’s report Global Legal Publishing 2016-2020 presents a very unique opportunity, one that I cannot let pass-the chance to publish a blog about law publishing and blogs.
I know, take a breath, gather yourselves because we are about to boldly go where only Seinfeld’s Cosmo Kramer-he of the coffee table book about coffee tables-would go.
The legal publishing industry is facing some of the same changes the science, technical and medical (STM) publishing face...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- March 8 2016
- teachers
- survey
- teaching
- adjusted
- math
- science
- digital devices
New Teacher Report Available
Simba Information’s New Teachers, Getting Adjusted: 2015-2016 covers the experiences of K-12 teachers with regard to the use of technology in the classroom and the amount of training received in the areas of classroom management and lesson planning, among other topics. Trends that are shaping the teaching profession are also examined.
For the purpose of this report, Simba partnered with MCH Strategic Data to poll teachers across the nation. A relatively short survey consisting of 27 multiple c...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- March 8 2016
- education
- k12 math
- teachers
- STEM
- survey
- instructional materials
- math educators
New Math Report
Schools have debated the best ways to instruct students in mathematics for decades. With the move to more rigorous standards and the growing acceptance of digital programs, Simba Information initiated research on the use of mathematics instructional materials during the 2015-2016 school year.
K-12 Mathematics Market Report 2016 looks at current trends in the elementary and secondary school mathematics market including what products are used most widely and the selection criteria educators use ...
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- January 14 2016
- education
- Every Student Succeeds Act
- k-12
- newsletters
- public school
Every Student Succeeds Act
When President Obama on Dec. 10 signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act, it was only the first in a rapid progression of events that could herald changes in 2016 facing the U.S. public schools and the $8.56 billion instructional materials industry that serves the school market. The president was also expected to sign the federal education spending bill that would increase funds for educational programs, the Education Department released the latest edition of its National Educational Techn...
