prnewswire | June 05, 2020
Money Experience, the innovative edtech company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, today announced its partnership with Domain, a flexible and affordable higher education solution from Impact Global Education, a leader in hands-on learning. Domain is innovating education during the COVID-19 pandemic, and as part of the partnership, Money Experience's Essentials program will be included as a virtual learning resource in the Life Skills section of the platform. With many colleges and universities unlikely to reopen as expected this fall, Domain offers a flexible and affordable alternative. Developed by the education experts at Impact Global Education, Domain was designed for young adults who are interested in making better decisions about the next phase of their life, whether they choose college or another competency-based path.
Read More
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
ReadSpeaker | November 22, 2021
ReadSpeaker, a text to speech platform for students, today announced a collaboration with PowerSchool, the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Integrating ReadSpeaker with PowerSchool’s Unified Classroom™ Schoology Learning brings tools of accessibility directly into the learning management system, providing students, faculty and administrators with key tools to support reading, writing and studying while also addressing accommodations mandated in Individual Educational Plans (IEPs).
ReadSpeaker promotes a Universal Design of Learning experience for ALL students and teachers. For administrators, the learning tool interoperability (LTI) is easily implemented with a key and secret, providing quick and easy access.
ReadSpeaker is available directly within Schoology Learning, bringing seamless audio solutions to the digital learning landscape, and allowing schools to quickly and easily integrate audio across all platforms and content. Audio tools are a proven aid in empowering educators to help students stay motivated at any grade level. By integrating ReadSpeaker’s text-to-speech technology into Schoology Learning’s comprehensive reading, writing and studying toolsets, students can become more autonomous learners.
“From day one, ReadSpeaker’s mission has been to provide top-of-the-line accessibility solutions, but we are especially excited about this opportunity as it broadens our reach within the K-12 education space. As longstanding leaders in bringing accessibility to the higher education market, we jumped at the opportunity to collaborate with the leading provider of K-12 education technology, PowerSchool. With the level of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we feel it is our duty to do all we can to support students of all ages and abilities as hybrid learning environments and alternative ways of learning continue to gain popularity.”
Matt Muldoon, President, ReadSpeaker NA
PowerSchool’s Partner Program is an exclusive collection of Independent Software Vendors (ISV partners) and Learning Application partners who are critical to our customers and the company’s mission to power the education ecosystem with unified technology that helps educators and students realize their potential, in their way. From the office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool helps schools and districts efficiently manage state reporting and related compliance, special education, finance, human resources, talent, registration, attendance, funding, learning, instruction, grading, assessments and analytics in one unified platform.
About ReadSpeaker
ReadSpeaker is the most trusted, independent digital voice partner for global brands. With more than 20 years of industry experience, ReadSpeaker offers brands sophisticated text-to-speech solutions and expert hands-on assistance to create the most engaging bespoke voice interfaces. ReadSpeaker offers both SaaS and licensed solutions to support varying channels and devices, and consistently maintains brand trust through its commitment to data privacy. To date, the company – which provides more than 30 languages and 90 voices – has created more than 10,000 digital voice interfaces for brands around the world.
Read More
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Magic EdTech | July 17, 2021
Magic EdTech, a global leader in developing and distributing digital learning products, has just added Annu Singh to its leadership team to expand its global product and technology initiatives.
Annu will head Magic's products group and drive the company's rapid development by leveraging his experience developing cutting-edge enterprise platforms in competitive markets. Magic EdTech's main product, MagicBox, now has over 5 million users.
Annu has over 20 years of experience developing customer-centric platforms that enable organizations to reach their full potential.
Annu formerly worked at Hobsons Inc (acquired by EAB), where he managed product engineering and data science groups for the Higher-Ed Student Success product line and later delivery for all Hobsons product teams. Annu is deeply committed to advancing the noble cause of human capital development and has been a part of assisting over 15 million students in achieving their goals.
About Magic EdTech
Magic EdTech, a Great Place to Work-Certified company based in New York, develops digital learning products and platforms for education companies. Over the past decade, the business has served over 200 clients worldwide and has developed long-term relationships with most of them. Magic's expertise providing learning platforms with analytics to empower students and educators manifests in MagicBox, a cloud-hosted out-of-the-box SaaS platform that serves 5MM students globally.
Read More