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Quality GPTs - Custom designed GPTs for businesses

QualityGPTs

GPTs, personalized for you.
 Agency providing easy to use AI tools to small businesses.

Swift Education Systems - education language learning mac applications k 12 education

Swift Education Systems

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Modern alternative to the traditional language lab
 We're building a modern all-software, mobile alternative to the traditional language lab. Affordable. Easy-to-use. No proprietary equipment. Deployable anywhere.
IDEAco - design technology k 12 education high school students

IDEAco

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Empowering and equipping communities of Changemakers.
 IDEAco is The Coalition for Innovative Development, Education, and Action, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our experiential learning programs incorporate exponential technologies and design thinking to empower Changemakers. For kids, our City X Project (cityxproject.com ...
Schoolishness - k 12 education

Schoolishness

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More teaching less paperwork via mobile software
 MySchoolishness is mobile software that replaces paper notes and paper money for tasks such as permission slips, attendance notes and payments. The purpose is to allow teachers to spend more time teaching children and less time on paperwork. We are currently in ...
Mrs. Judd's Games - education mobile games edutainment k 12 education

Mrs. Judd's Games

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We empower children to safely share their in-app creations & achievements
Mrs. Judd’s Games is a collaboration between Steve Gradman a senior marketing executive and Frances Judd, an early childhood educator and toy designer with more than 25 years of experience and expertise in the classroom. Together, they are reshaping the early childhood ...
The Honey Bee Company (Paige & Paxton) - education kids k 12 education teaching stem concepts

The Honey Bee Company (Paige & Paxton)

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Introducing little ones to science & technology in a fun and engaging way.
Paige & Paxton introduce children 6 and under to science and technology using traditional toys: books, games, puzzles and activity sheets. Our products introduce advanced vocabulary—instead of cat and dog, children learn words like beaker and microscope—and also ...
Imua - nonprofits college recruiting k 12 education non profits

Imua

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Collective Progress Towards Educational Goals
 Imua is a collective progress tool that empowers mentors to track students’ progress and guide them towards achieving their educational goals. Imua will enable organizations to establish a customized roadmap of short-term milestones that advance students towards ...
Special Learning, Inc. - health care information technology k 12 education healthcare services behavioral therapy, aba therapy, autism, psychology

Special Learning, Inc.

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Using technology to bring quality Autism and ABA intervention to the world
 Fact 1: There are over 70 million people in the world with Autism; less than 10% have access to quality training, education and intervention. Fact 2: Autism is a multi-billion dollar industry. Fact 3: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the only science-based ...
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NowBoarding ✈️

Invite-only mailing list.
We search the best weekend and long-haul flight deals so you can book before everyone else.

PInkThink - teenagers k 12 education Pre-Teen Wearable technologies

PInkThink

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Engaging and social mobile STEM games for girls ages 8-14.
 In order to make coding and programming accessible and relevant to young girls, PinkThink has created Codeable Style (cStyle) Bracelets. cStyle is a mobile app that easily teaches girls programming skills using a drag and drop coding method. Girls can use the codes ...
SKO Learning - k 12 education educational games

SKO Learning

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Lumosity + Literacy games for 5-12 year olds
 SKO Learning's educational games develop literacy and cognitive skills. The 30 games are set in immersive virtual worlds. The games were developed by cognitive psychologists and video game developers. They have been scientifically validated to increase reading ...
Smarty Pants Yoga - education k 12 education

Smarty Pants Yoga

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Smarty Pants Yoga mints confident female change-makers via yoga, literacy & mentoring.
 Smarty Pants Yoga is an after-school program that aims to mold elementary-age girls into confident leaders. Each one-hour session upholds this mission by fusing literacy enrichment, physical fitness, and social-emotional mentoring. Across eight weeks, girls read ...
Nobi - education k 12 education

Nobi

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K-12 Technology Integrator and Buyback Company
 We create a seamless way for K-12 technology directors to sell their used iPads. Partner with Apple Education Account Managers As a technology integrator, we introduce K-12 schools to startups in STEM, programing and robotics that we’ve created partnerships with.
GroupBuy123 - charter schools k 12 education private school

GroupBuy123

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Cost savings web based platform the education market uses for e-tech product purchases
 GroupBuy123 provides a web based platform to the educational marketplace, featuring damand driven group buying events for technology product purchases.
Invitation App - Share referral codes community

Invitation codes

The referral community
 Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

Infiniteach - k 12 education edtech behavioral therapy, aba therapy, autism, psychology

Infiniteach

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Autism Innovation
 Infiniteach is changing the way we approach autism education. We're developing an innovative digital learning platform that makes best practice autism strategies accessible and affordable for all families. Skill Champ, first iPad app and MVP+, allows parents ...
pilotED - education nonprofits k 12 education

pilotED

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Students of Color. Empowered.
 pilotED is a college-readiness non-profit offering programming for students of color starting in the sixth grade that focuses on exploring minority identity, enriching academics, and building student voice. Each year, a teacher-selected group of 6th graders joins ...
Textfyre - education k 12 education teachers

Textfyre

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Online Education Platform with Real-Time Assessments
 Textfyre provides an online interactive story portal containing curriculum based content for grades 4 through 8 with real-time assessment capabilities tied to the new Common Core State Standards that replaces existing textbook material, lowering the cost to states ...
SchoolRush - k 12 education private school

SchoolRush

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We help moms become super-moms
 SchoolRush is a convenient, easy to use App that will transform the way schools, teachers and parents communicate.
Stemgineering Educational Products - education k 12 education educational games teaching stem concepts

Stemgineering Educational Products

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Creating learning tools for America’s young scientists and engineers
 The products link learning with hands-on tools based in Science Technology Engineering & Math (STEM), increasing motivation in science and engineering fields by engaging innovative adolescents through contemporary technologies and learning tools. The company ...
Hooray Learning - k 12 education

Hooray Learning

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Gdocs with interactive writing prompts and games
 Hooray Learning engages, educates, and empowers young learners and their guides. Through our interactive portals, students, educators, and trusted adults collaborate on creative skill-building across key academic disciplines.
Webanywhere - enterprise software education k 12 education

Webanywhere

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USA Moodle Partner scaling up with UK HQ
 Established in 2003, Webanywhere works with over 4,000 educational establishments and businesses, supporting over 3 million learners worldwide. With a background in the education sector, we have successfully transitioned into workplace learning, enjoying rapid ...
Classkick - k 12 education Higher Education

Classkick

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Students Learn Together
 Numbers - Launched fall 2014 - 150K downloads - Average 30% wk/wk growth - 50 states / 70 countries - 45K questions answered/week - Engine of growth: 65% of signups are word-of-mouth, 100% are organic, $0 spent marketing Created by teachers and engineers, Classkick ...
learnmetrics - education analytics big data k 12 education

learnmetrics

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SMART data for education
 Learnmetrics brings the tools and frameworks from business intelligence to the world of education. With Learnmetrics, our users can • Get a 360° view of data to help inform decisions and set goals • Decrease focus on administrative tasks while increasing ...
ThinkCERCA - education k 12 education

ThinkCERCA

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Tools & content for critical thinking in schools
 We teach critical thinking by delivering the tools and content teachers need to design personalized lessons, engage students in peer-to-peer collaboration through argumentation, and track student progress in expressing critical thinking through arguments across ...
Green Light Product - SaaS nonprofits hospitals k 12 education

Green Light Product

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SaaS for Social Workers and Nonprofits
 Green Light is a Software as a Service Corporation that easily provides a way to connect Social Workers/Case Managers in hospitals, schools, and mental health institutions with the Nonprofits/Organizations in their community that provide resources for their clients. The ...
101min.com - e-commerce education k 12 education educational games

101min.com

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Better Education, Faster
 We provide Grade tests via 101min.com. The site is under development and will be formally launched in October of this year for Math and Reading streams upto Grade 8. We started working on it 2 weeks back. The site will follow a subscription based model of $8 per ...
Brave Champs - parenting k 12 education toys educational games

Brave Champs

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Educational Board Game for kids 4 years and up
 In today's world, kids know what Batman or Spiderman can do. But do they know that the real life heroes like firefighters are the real champions? Hello and welcome to Brave Champs, the interactive educational board game for children of all ages. My name is Niketa ...
Edventory - education k 12 education

Edventory

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Accelerating Professional Growth

Overgrad - education college recruiting k 12 education

Overgrad

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Connecting education to economic opportunity
 Bootstrapped since the fall of 2013 by Ryan Hoch (former Teach For America teacher) and Kevin Hoffman, Overgrad serves over 30,000 students across 100 high schools with nine paying university customers, including two of the three largest universities (University ...
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