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Education technology, or ed-tech, is getting big in Baltimore and local experts think Maryland has a shot at being a leader in this technology niche.

But it won’t happen overnight.

“I think we have a unique opportunity to build an ecosystem,” said Frank Bonsal III, an ed-tech venture capitalist who leads Towson University’s business incubator. “An ecosystem takes 20 years to build. We’re on year three.”

Image: Jaclyn Borowski - Andrew Coy, executive director of the Digital Harbor Foundation, says students should play a bigger role in growing ed-tech.