Top Santa Cruz, CA Edtech Companies (6)
In 1999, our family pioneered the very first tech camps for kids and teens. We’ve since grown from 280 to 50,000 students per year, spreading our Silicon Valley startup culture around the world and online. No other program has our track record of long-term student success, our passion, or our reputation as the world's go-to summer STEM educator.
zyBooks are animated interactive textbook replacements built from scratch for the web. zyBooks have minimal text, and instead consist of question sets, animations, interactive tools, and auto-graded homework, so students can learn by doing. The zyBooks platform allows instructors to customize their zyBook and to monitor student participation and performance. zyBooks have been used in over 600 universities by over 250,000 student. We offer titles for introductory and advanced computer science and engineering classes, as well as other STEM disciplines. User studies have consistently shown improved student grades, thus supporting the company's mission to help more students graduate, especially in the STEM disciplines.
We believe. It starts there and it ends there. We believe that what happens in classrooms and schools change lives. We believe in students and what they have to offer. We believe the voice and actions of one teacher can have a profound impact in the life of a child. We believe in the hope and opportunity that schools provide. We believe in the vision of what schools can be. We believe you get back what you give. Our programs reach out to over 5,500 schools and 21,900 educators all united in a single purpose: to make schools safe and connected places for kids. Along with housing the internationally recognized Link Crew and WEB transition programs, The Boomerang Project is a company dedicated to both educators and students. Our goal is to provide resources and tools to help create schools that not only teach, but reach them as well. We deliver superior, informative, worthwhile trainings and products for both teachers and students alike.
HotChalk is a leading provider of education technology and services. The Silicon Valley company provides turnkey solutions for universities going online with professional degrees for working professionals. HotChalk leverages data and technology to support all phases of the student life cycle, and enables industry-leading student retention and graduation rates. We believe professors still matter. We believe degrees still matter. And we believe the Internet can make higher education better. Not just more accessible. Not just more affordable. Not just more convenient. Just better. To learn more, visit www.HotChalk.com.
Trust Assurance is the first and only Trust-as-a-Service blockchain-based platform that delivers a simple and secure means of exchange.
Digital Media Academy is a leading innovator in technology education in year-round curriculum and immersive experiences. We were founded in 1999 at Stanford University to provide technology-based professional development for K-12 teachers and technology immersion courses for students. In 2002, the Academy for New Media became Digital Media Academy and we greatly expanded our technology education programs and locations including Harvard, Oxford, Toronto, NYU and other elite campuses. Based in Silicon Valley, we engage leaders in tech and business and experts in academia in developing programs that give students the skill and confidence to be tech savvy and future ready. Our courses are infused with design thinking and exciting real-world projects that fuel creativity, hone soft skills collaboration and spark innovation. Among the more than 150,000 of the brightest students from all over the world, many attend top universities and have careers at leading tech companies. Digital Media Academy operates at the world’s most elite universities, including Stanford, Harvard, Toronto and Oxford. Our world-class courses and curriculum is delivered in one- and two-week full-day immersive and intensive seasonal programs called Tech Camps; and through our Certified Schools program for year-round, K-12 technology curriculum that integrates into common core subjects.
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