Learnlaunch Summer Showcase

What has thirty edtech startups, two hundred teachers, and bottomless tortilla chips and salsa? It has to be the LearnLaunch Summer Showcase! The Summer Showcase has quickly become our favorite event of the summer. In partnership with the November Learning Building Learning Communities conference, we bring both entrepreneurs and educators into our space to meet, mingle, and try out the latest technologies serving the education sector. Last year’s Summer Showcase featured a broad range of startups. We saw an AI-driven college recommendation platform for high school students, an app that uses machine learning with built-in computer cameras to infer levels of student engagement, and a virtual reality science lab emulator designed by teenagers. And that was just one corner of one of the rooms open for demos! Showcasing Companies EnglishHelper - WritingAssistant WritingAssistant is the most powerful writing improvement software in the world. [hidden] Facebook | @WritingAssistant Twitter | @WritingAsst Boston Children's Hospital - Early Literacy Screener The Early Literacy Screener is an engaging, self-administered game that screens for risk indication of future literacy issues. The screener is designed for children between the ages of 4 and 6 to enable early identification and intervention. accelerator.childrenshospital.org ThinkerAnalytix ThinkerAnalytix is a nonprofit that partners with Harvard’s Department of Philosophy and classroom teachers. We help students discuss current issues and build logical reasoning skills using a research-backed method called argument mapping. [hidden] Facebook | @ThinkerAnalytix/ Topical Storm Free online software interviews students to bring out their ideas and help them write original essays. topicalstorm.com Twitter | @topicalstorming Genially Communicate, educate and engage by bringing your content to life. With Genially you can create interactive learning experiences for the next generation easily. Hundreds of templates available. [hidden] Twitter | @genially_en Facebook | geniallyofficial Instagram | genially_official GoPeer GoPeer leverages an available and underutilized labor force of college students to provide high-quality online tutoring for K-12 students at 1⁄3 the national average cost of professional tutoring. [hidden] Twitter | @GoPeer_ Facebook | GoPeerTutoring LinkedIn | /company/gopeer Voicelets A Voicelet is a fun and engaging voice-based quiz or study aid created and customized by a teacher, for use by students. Voicelets is like Quizlets, but for digital Voice assistants! [hidden] LinkedIn | /showcase/voicelets/ Lumos Learning Lumos StepUp offers smart guided practice to improve student achievement on the state assessments. It is an empathetic program that includes realistic test practice, auto-remedial, deep-remedial, AI Assistant, and integration with benchmarking tools. LumosLearning.com Facebook | @lumoslearning Twitter | @lumoslearning LinkedIn | /company/lumos-learning/about/ Talent Box Talent Box is a K-12 web-based application that helps teachers with any background succeed with bite-sized STEM projects in and out of the classroom. Talent Box helps you teach coding, robotics, digital arts, 3D design, animation, AR/VR, and more. [hidden] Facebook | @TalentBoxApp Twitter | @TalentBoxApp Instagram | @TalentBoxApp Pintrest | @TalentBoxApp LinkedIn | @Talent-Box-App Research Institute for Learning and Development ResearchILD is a nonprofit educational research organization that specializes in the development and dissemination of executive function strategies for elementary and secondary grade students through the SMARTS curriculum. [hidden] [hidden] Twitter | @researchildorg Facebook | /ResearchILD TheMissionZone TheMissionZone is a platform for real-world immersive experiences. Imagine an escape room, but instead of breaking out, you plan to break IN! The solution for each Mission involves learning STEM related topics. [hidden] Facebook | TheMissionZone Twitter | @themisszone Pay4Education Pay4 increases financial knowledge and transparency by empowering students and families with technology that enables students and their families to make smarter, personalized financial decisions that fit their budgets when “purchasing” college. [hidden] Facebook | Pay4edu Twitter | @Pay4Edu Instagram | @Pay4Edu Competentum Group We provide edtech firms digital content and software development resources with deep domain knowledge of education to build curriculum products. [hidden] Project Me Pro Project Me Pro is an online learning system delivering job search training to job seekers, interns, college students and grads. [hidden] Facebook | ProjectMePro Twitter | @ProjectMePro Thimble Thimble is an online curriculum and series of STEM kits that help educators teach their students electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering skills. [hidden] Facebook | thimbleio Twitter | @Thimbleio Peergrade Peergrade is a digital learning tool designed to help scale peer to peer formative assessments. [hidden] Twitter | peergrade inquirED inquirED helps schools shift to a PBL approach by providing a customizable inquiry-based curriculum with embedded PD. [hidden] Facebook | @inquiredlearn Twitter | @inquiredlearn SchoolBzz SchoolBzz simplifies school communications making it easier for parents to stay connected and become an active participant in their child’s education. [hidden] Facebook | @schoolbzz Twitter | [hidden] Validated Learning Co. Validated Learning hosts the world’s largest marketplace for trusted assessments and questions. [hidden] Facebook | @QuickKeyGradingApp Twitter | @Quickkeyapp - FAQs Can my company participate? Yes! Companies interested in showcasing must register, have a product that is in demo stage or beyond, be under a million dollars in revenue, and be willing to receive direct feedback from attendees. We have room for 30 companies in the LearnLaunch Café. Who will be there? Educators interested in new edtech innovations, entrepreneurs building edtech companies, professionals seeking to grow and connect with developers in the edtech space, and community members simply wanting to know more about the future of education are all welcome to attend. Is this an event for K-12 companies/educators only? There will be companies focused on K-12, early education, higher education, and workforce development at the Summer Showcase. Because of our relationship with the Building Learning Communities conference, many of the educators in attendance work in US K-12 schools, but there are attendees from all ends of the education sector. Schedule 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Open House - Come early to spend more time with the companies! Open to all. 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Pitches - Hear one minute pitches by showcasing companies! 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Product demoing and networking - This is your time to play with the newest products, network with other education innovators, and maybe even spark the next great idea. More Info below.