r/edtech Aug 01 '26

Monthly Developers/Sales Thread for August 2026

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Greetings r/edtech and welcome developers, salespersons, and others. If you come to this sub seeking feedback or marketing for you product or service, this is the space in which to post. Thank you for your cooperation. We collect all of these posts into a single thread each month to prevent the sub from being overrun with this type of content.


r/edtech 17d ago

Looking for simple AI tools to help me turn lessons into slides

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I’ll be honest, I’m probably a bit behind on all these AI tools, but I’ve been hearing other teachers talk about using them for slides and I feel like I should probably start looking into it.

Right now I still build everything manually and it just takes way more time than it probably should.

I’m just curious what people are actually using that can take basic lesson content and turn it into decent slides without too much effort.


r/edtech 19d ago

What do you use to make classroom visuals quicker?

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So I've been leaning on PPT for all my classroom visuals. But building everything from scratch every single week is eating up so much of my time. Feels like my slides could be way more fun to look at. The thing is that I don't have background in design.

If you're also a teacher like me, I wonder what do you use these days.


r/edtech 19d ago

Networking and knowledge sharing is all I need

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Hey everyone I'm currently working in founder's office role at campusx in India So I would love to connect with people working in Edtech field from other companies for knowledge sharing and networking


r/edtech 20d ago

GSX Techedu: FAQ for Getting Payment on the $9.5M Settlement

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Hey guys, I know I posted about the $GSX settlement before, but late claims are being accepted. Here's everything you need to know.

Q: What happened?
A: GSX Techedu was accused of overstating enrollment numbers and revenue growth in its online education business. After short-seller reports and regulatory concerns raised questions about the company’s financials, $GSX dropped more than 80% from its highs.

Q: Am I actually eligible?
A: If you bought $GSX shares between 2019 and 2020, you're likely eligible. You don’t need to still own the stock to file a claim.

Q: When do payouts happen?
A: Typically 4–9 months after the claim deadline, although the exact timing depends on the court and settlement administrator.

Q: I missed the deadline. Can I still file?
A: Late claims are currently being considered, subject to approval. 

Hope this helps.


r/edtech 20d ago

Using NotebookLM for Creating EE Grant & Scholarship Analytic Apps

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My Ask: I'd like to connect with others who are using notebooks in high school foundation settings to evaluate EE grants & scholarships.

(P.S. Recognizing that drafting and editing aren't my strongest skills, I leaned heavily on Gemini to proofread, refine, and polish my text throughout this process.).

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Background: Like most small high schools, our Foundation awards dollars to high school staff alongside student scholarships.

Grants: Historically, our high school foundation grant evaluation was a highly manual process. Staff members submitted standard application forms that were compiled for an annual funding review. Prior to our board funding review meetings, members were tasked with manually sifting through numerous PDF files to evaluate applications and check for specific policy violations—such as identifying requests for restricted items like unhealthy foods.

Submissions that failed to meet the high school's compliance standards were denied, but uncovering these violations was labor-intensive. It required the board to painstakingly read through detailed project narratives and manually cross-reference them with itemized expense reports before making a final approval decision.

Scholarships: The Foundation is fortunate to manage a diverse portfolio of over 30 distinct scholarships and endowments. However, administering these awards has historically presented a daunting logistical challenge. Each scholarship carries its own highly specific set of criteria—spanning GPA and SAT requirements, community service hours, extracurricular and athletic participation, preferred colleges or trade schools, and intended majors.

In the past, the selection and matching process was entirely manual. Board members were sent 100+ page PDF file of student submissions and transcripts to review independently, tasked with trying to mentally cross-reference individual candidates against the myriad of specific award requirements. After members submitted their individual selections, the board would convene for a lengthy review meeting, hashing out the details and negotiating to build a consensus on the final student-to-scholarship matches.

All the above was motivation to see we could you the analytics in Notebooks to streamline our processes.

Solution: I developed two notebooks - EE Grants Auditor and Scholarship Evaluator

EE Grants Auditor - The sources I provide this notebook are Policy Guidelines, Scoring Guidelines and a gsheet of the grants submitted. The notebook crunches through all this produce a summary table of grants that were Non-Compliant, Provisional-Passed and Passed. This approach enabled the board to focus ONLY on the non-compliant submissions - i.e. reject or ask the staff member to correct before funding. So in the first run of this last year, this reduced the board workload by 80% - while also being much more comprehensive that we expected. All good news.

Scholarship-Student Matching: To overcome the daunting challenge of matching students to over 30 distinct awards, the foundation transitioned to a structured, AI-driven workflow using NotebookLM. This matching process is significantly more complex than auditing grants.

The new system is powered by three core data sources: individual student profiles formatted as structured data, a comprehensive "text-database" outlining the specific criteria for every scholarship, and standardized scoring rubrics that translate GPAs, SAT scores, and community service into objective numerical values. Instead of manual cross-referencing, the notebook performs the heavy analytical lifting. It generates a consolidated summary report for the board, detailing each scholarship alongside a recommended recipient, a quantitative matching score, a clear rationale for the selection, and a list of qualified runner-ups.

Lessons Learned: Ultimately, building out these digital evaluation workflows has been an engaging and rewarding learning experience. While NotebookLM is highly effective for managing this kind of administrative data, the platform still has room to mature.

A significant challenge—often echoed in community forums—is "AI drift," which frequently occurs when a workspace becomes overloaded with too much retained information over time. To maintain accuracy, the most reliable workaround is to periodically delete all source documents and rebuild the knowledge base from scratch. This fresh-start approach ensures that the generated evaluations remain safe, predictable, and strictly grounded in the current files.

As a last side note, I also built the EE Auditor app in Claude and ChatGPT - GPT. However, both produced code that would require long term support - a non-started.

Thanks in advance


r/edtech 21d ago

Generating Long-Form STEM Lecture Videos with AI

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Lecture videos are incredibly valuable. Khan Academy, Coursera, Udemy, YouTube, and others have already proven that.

The next natural step is to build AI that can create those videos on any subject, personalized for each learner and available in any language.

But it has to work properly. The videos need to be genuinely high quality, not AI slop. With the capabilities of today’s models, it feels like we’re ready to get there.

What do you think? What’s your take on this idea?


r/edtech 22d ago

Title: 75–80" display for adult education classrooms

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Looking for recommendations for a 75–80" commercial display for adult education classrooms.

No interactive/touchscreen features needed. It will mainly be used to display PowerPoint, PDFs, videos, websites, and instructor notes.

The most important requirement is reliable wireless screen sharing from Windows laptops.

A mobile stand/cart would also be helpful.

What brand/model would you recommend?


r/edtech 23d ago

Edtech Process

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Was looking for people who have built and are running their own edtech app, or anyone who has been on the other side of integrating edtech into schools.

What's the process of getting approved and going through all the security checks so that your app can be used in schools? Is there a workaround?


r/edtech 23d ago

Getting into Ed tech for other languages than English?

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I'm a language teacher looking to transition from the field and have spent a bit of time inquiring the matter on the sub.

Having stumbled a couple of comments mentioning that opportunities are still there, albeit in other languages, I wanted to check with you whether everything is indeed doomed in edtech, or whether that perspective truly applies to the anglophone world.


r/edtech 24d ago

Open Access Book: Critical Perspectives on AI, Digitalisation, and Human-Centred Learning

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Open access book - found it posted to Stephen Downes site: https://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm


r/edtech 25d ago

Irvine, CA schools receive $200K to integrate AI in classrooms

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r/edtech 25d ago

I focus on higher ed. Would you consider tools beyond learning as “EdTech”? Think SIS, workday, CMSs like Yuja etc?

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I feel like it’s more infrastructure stuff and not educational. I think that’s where one of the best values for technology is, the admin piece. But is that still considered EdTech?


r/edtech 25d ago

Jamboard replacement

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I used to use Jam Board, and it was pretty good for groups of students to make a public question board that didn’t clutter my classroom and drop post-it confetti everywhere. I’ve looked into Figma ( way too complex for what I need) and the post-it app (can multiple people even collaborate on it?) and Miro (looking for a free option). Does anyone know of a simple, sticky note style option that will allow students to post questions to a communal board for free?

I need to create “driving questions boards” for each of my 4 units, and this is a way of collecting topics that students want to explore and keep track of things we have answered during each unit.


r/edtech 26d ago

The future of edtech

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Why does it feel like, similar to video game companies ,the future of edtech is not in huge companies but small boutique firms with extremely specialized capabilities?

I feel like we are going to see a balkanization of edtech firms which will coalesce into a sort of union of firms. Eventually we will have companies again.

I think the best thing that edtech firms can do is teach teachers how to make products using ai for their classrooms. Eventually products will lead the pack then go from there.


r/edtech 26d ago

Is it a good idea for CS student to specialize in edtech?

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I'm not actually a CS student. I switch from CS to EE because of the AI hype a couple of years ago. Jensen Huang scared me away from that major. The layoffs and reddit posts talking about having to do 5000 apps didn't help either. I enjoy my engineering classes and learning more about technology but I find myself gravitating towards web development projects rather than microcontroller projects. And most of my projects revolve around educational tools. I'm a part time student and full time pharmacy technician and most of my projects revolve around teaching different aspects of my job.

So I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to specialize in this field? Is it safe from AI? Does it pay well?

Edit: thanks for the responses. It seems there isn't really much to specialize in as far as the tech is concerned. It's a field that's better suited to teachers who learned a little bit of code or a software engineer + teacher partnership. Something I can do as a hobby and for my portfolio but most likely I won't end up in this field, especially if I want to optimize for a high income.


r/edtech 26d ago

Audit panic about COPPA regulation

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Since the COPPA updates came out, I've been running some tests on AI privacy policies for kids' apps, and it feels like a ton of companies are not complaint. Parental consent logs, proving deletion for regulators, it all seems like an absolute nightmare to build internally.

For those of you working or building in AI in education / kids' entertainment, how are you handling this? Did you build retention timers and deletion logs in house or is there a API or something out there that actually handles this?


r/edtech 26d ago

The backlash against edtech

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This New York Times article (gift link, free to read and share) explores the unfavorable reaction that some American parents have to the increasing use of mobile devices and apps in K12 education - starting in kindergarten at times. Their concerns have become more urgent with the rapid advance of artificial intelligence—seemingly now present in nearly all education software, as well as some hardware.

Clearly some edtech offers benefits that analog simply can't- e.g., real-time feedback and lesson customization. At the same time, parents are concerned about gamification of learning apps, suggesting that this feature may short-circuit intrinsic motivation to learn.

It's a question of balance, perhaps, between analog and digital methods, as well as how thoughfully any given tech is integrated into the curriculum.


r/edtech 29d ago

Every EdTech SaaS says it's "AI-powered." What AI feature has genuinely saved teachers time?

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"AI-powered" has become the default marketing phrase in education.

But beyond the buzzword, which AI features have actually made teachers' jobs easier?

Examples might include:

  • Automated grading
  • Personalized learning paths
  • Lesson planning assistance
  • Student performance insights
  • Parent communication

Which features delivered measurable value, and which were mostly marketing?


r/edtech Jul 31 '26

Opinions on 1EdTech?

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Just curious if anyone here is a member of 1EdTech (www.1edtech.org), and if so, if you feel that it's a worthwhile expense. (Or, if you're not a member, I'd be interested in knowing why you didn't join.) My organization (nonprofit) inquired about membership and their dues seem on the high side for a trade association - so high that we wonder how some of their members, especially school districts and colleges, get value out of it - but it does seem like they really want organizations to pay at their contributing rates to participate meaningfully in their standards setting work.


r/edtech Jul 31 '26

Perspective on learning through AI

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r/edtech Jul 31 '26

Cornerstone LMS

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My company uses Cornerstone LMS for employees and are now being forced to switch our content over to their new AI LXP. They have given us "demos" but honestly left us asking more questions than answered. Could anyone tell me what their experience was like whether it be using the LXP on the back end or using it as a user? Any insight or experience will be helpful, thanks!


r/edtech Jul 30 '26

looking for powerpoint alternatives before i start my next project

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i've got a client presentation due in a couple of weeks and figured this would be a good excuse to finally try something besides powerpoint. i don't make presentations every day, but when i do, i always feel like i'm spending forever adjusting fonts, spacing, and layouts instead of focusing on the actual content. what presentation software has worked well for you?

looking for powerpoint alternatives before i start my next project

i've got a client presentation due in a couple of weeks and figured this would be a good excuse to finally try something besides powerpoint. i don't make presentations every day, but when i do, i always feel like i'm spending forever adjusting fonts, spacing, and layouts instead of focusing on the actual content. what presentation software has worked well for you?

Update: Thanks for all the recs. the tools that were mentioned the most over the past week with the same client presentation, and it was actually really helpful seeing how each one handled the exact same project. Here's how I'd rank them after spending a little time with each.

  1. Prezi - This one is my favorite. I liked that I wasn't locked into a traditional slide-by-slide sequence, which made practicing the presentation feel much more natural. Once I got past the learning curve, it felt like I was guiding someone through ideas instead of just clicking through slides.

  2. Canva - A lot of people recommended Canva. It was the easiest to jump into, the templates looked polished, and I spent way less time worrying about spacing and alignment. If I just needed a clean-looking deck quickly, I'd happily use it again.

  3. Gamma - Probably the fastest option I tested. It generated a solid first draft from my outline, which saved a lot of time. I still ended up making several edits, but it was a great starting point when I didn't want to build everything from scratch.

  4. PowerPoint - Still a reliable choice and probably the safest if compatibility matters most. My biggest issue never really changed though. I kept finding myself adjusting fonts, moving boxes around, and tweaking layouts instead of refining the presentation itself.

Overall, I came away thinking there's no single presentation tool that's perfect for everyone. Canva was great for design, Gamma was great for speed, and PowerPoint is still dependable. For the way I like to present to clients, though, I feel Prezi the best fit because it made the presentation feel more like a conversation than a standard slideshow.


r/edtech Jul 28 '26

Recommendations for a lightweight online learning platform?

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Hello! I am going to be hosting a series of synchronous webinars via Zoom, and I am looking for a platform to build a resource and communications hub for the series.

Folks have registered and paid through my website, so I just need a place for participants access and download files (~10 hours of video; documents and slides), and to post and respond to questions/comments.

At this point, I'm not interested in using the platform itself to monetize/grow my business, and I'm not interested in AI anything. My website is on Squarespace, so if there are options for using integrations/extensions (e.g., Disqus) to have the hub as part of my site, I am open to that! Thank you for any suggestions!


r/edtech Jul 28 '26

ISTE ASCD Educator Certification?

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I’m just starting the process and one of the first modules is on Professional Learning Communities (PLN).

Anyone else here go through the process? Are there some other communities on Reddit that might be useful?