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• New After-school and Summer Camp Programs Offer STEM, Arts, and Sports Enrichment Nationwide With New Funding
  SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the launch of enrichment provider Brains & Motion Education (BAM!)
• , a tech-enabled company unlocking the potential of students year-round through after-school, structured recess, and summer camp with STEM, arts, and sports programs.
• These types of enrichment activities can and should be available to every student, regardless of their zip code."
• Epstein, an education industry veteran, was brought in to launch the company from the assets of an enrichment company.

• KITCHENER, ON, Oct. 16, 2023 /CNW/ - Amid the surge of record-breaking wildfires, storms, floods, and scorching heat waves, Canadian edtech company Forward Education is working with Let's Talk Science to accelerate the global adoption of climate change education in K-12 classrooms.
• Let's Talk Science will distribute over 1,000 Climate Action Kits, created by Forward Education, to equity-deserving youth across Canada.
• "We're on a mission to bring climate action and coding to millions of students around the world," said Jeremy Hedges, CEO of Forward Education.
• The Climate Action Kits integrate STEM-based learning, coding and robotics to teach students and teachers about a variety of climate change issues and their technological solutions.

COVID-19 radically shifted the way we work and learn. It presented an opportunity for institutions to rethink the future of higher education. Our work through the Contextualising Horizon project with the Australasian Society of Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) uncovered some powerful trends in Asia Pacific, including Indonesia, to help us prepare and plan for what awaits the higher education sector just beyond the horizon.

Seven postpandemic priorities

• The pandemic also forced universities to address long-standing issues around mental health disparities and digital accessibility, which became more widespread during the pandemic.
• In light of these changes, our project identified seven technology and practice priorities for higher education in the Asia Pacific region.
• Redefining pedagogical practices Panelists questioned long-standing practices including exams and lectures and their continued relevance in the modern educational context.
• For example, the Australia-based Transforming Exams project aims to enable authentic experiences, empowering learners by using discipline-specific computerised e-tools during campus-based exams.
• One study suggests that active learning approaches and authentic assessments lead to a more engaging student learning environment, promote employability and improve student learning.
• To accommodate this, it is likely that the role of campus spaces will evolve.
• This is important for the future as we need to ensure workload returns to pre-pandemic amounts, particularly for staff.

• Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) (“Boxlight” or the “Company”), a leading provider of interactive technology solutions, today announced the Company’s financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
• “Although demand remained softer than expected during the second quarter, we delivered record gross profit margin and strong profitability for the second quarter,” commented Michael Pope, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
• The decrease in cost of revenues was attributable to the decrease in units sold, along with lower manufacturing and shipping costs in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the prior year’s second quarter.
• Boxlight Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), will hold a conference call to announce its Second Quarter 2023 financial results on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.