Newsletters / Oct 20, 2020
ClassTag Gazette: October 2020
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Our team at ClassTag was met with a huge honor last week when we were announced to be the winner of the Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESA) for 2018. GESA is an initiative led by a group of leading education innovation organizations from across the world. Last week LearnLaunch Accelerator hosted the US East Coast and Canada semi-finals of the 5th year of the Global EdTech Startup Awards. The Awards identify, showcase and recognize the world’s most promising EdTech startups for 2018.
And the winner is…@classtagme! See you at @Bett_show 2019! #edtech #startups @LearnLaunch @LearnLaunchX #edchannels pic.twitter.com/TNyXXZUG2M
— EdTech Times (@edtechtimes) September 28, 2018
GESA is the world’s largest EdTech startup awards competition. Initiated by MindCET, GESA was co-founded by the Open Education Challenge (EU) and EdTech UK in 2014.
Over 2000 startups from across the world have applied to GESA, for the opportunity to be given a global voice and to be crowned the Most Promising EdTech Startup of the year! In addition to promoting the best EdTech startups, GESA helps to build local EdTech ecosystems, connect to a global market and provide mentoring.
Today GESA has become a significant player in promoting EdTech innovative solutions that address real educational problems. [from https://www.globaledtechawards.org/]
This year, ClassTag was awarded the Most Promising EdTech Startup of the year, based on the following criteria:
1. Addresses a clear pain point, relevant to the market
2. Provides an innovative pedagogical approach
3. Has an outstanding user experience
4. Shows potential for tremendous growth in its user base
5. Operates in the context of a sustainable business model
“At ClassTag we want everyone to #TeamUpForTeachers: parents, our corporate partners, broader community. This award and competition is an amazing platform to drive even more support for our mission and, more importantly, the recognition for the teachers who are going above and beyond for their students even if it means jumping over the hoops to connect with all families or spending their own money out of pocket.” – Vlada Lotkina, co-founder and CEO of ClassTag.
ClassTag is a completely free, all-in-one parent communication app with an easy-to-use collaborative platform that lets teachers effortlessly engage with parents. Stemmed from a belief that teachers shouldn’t have to go out-of-pocket to get their students what they need, ClassTag recently announced $3,000,000+ in free classroom supplies, software and tech for teachers as part of the ClassTag Rewards program.
Now teachers can not only improve parent engagement, but earn ClassTag coins while doing so and redeem them for much needed supplies. Join 80,000 other teachers and explore ClassTag today!
