Our EdTech coverage has, until now, focused mainly on students and in-class technology. However, there are a whole host of tools available to help teachers and educators advance their own skill-set. One such tool comes from Knowledge Delivery Systems. KDS has been providing a huge offering of resources to teachers since 2001, in pursuit of [...]
Business services company outlines offerings through mobile app Pro Services has earned appsbar’s App of the Day honor for showcasing how small businesses are utilizing the DIY app builder at appsbar.com to create mobile marketing initiatives that don’t require large budgets or technological expertise. The app serves as the mobile platform for Pro Services, a [...]
Cardberry Loyalty Card When Coin was introduced it caught on like wild fire. If you're not familiar with Coin, it's the single card solution that stores all of your credit cards. This way you have one, safe, secure card for all of your credit cards providing you less risk of losing one of your important [...]
One of the biggest problems I had in school was keeping up with assignments. It was not out of laziness or anything like that. Rather it was more a result of scribbling notes all over the place. Classes that I struggled in, necessarily, took priority over classes I did well in. The result was a [...]
Swift Optical Microscopes It is no secret that microscopy can be a pretty dull thing in class. Especially when students all have to take turns looking into the same microscope. While there certainly are exceptions, looking through a microscope at some squiggly lines is a fairly dull task. In a class of, say, 7th grade children, [...]
First impression app Getyou We just came across a pretty interesting new app. GetYou takes a lot of components and features that work in other applications and combines them into an oddly satisfying, game-like app. The whole concept of GetYou is based around what the founders call social feedback. Though it is disguised behind some [...]
Scootpad Web Learning Platform Throughout the course of ISTE last week, we saw a ton of great companies, a ton of interesting software, and some great robotics kits. Generally, however, all of these different products fell into a few main areas. As such, ScootPad really went against the norm. ScootPad offers a web based learning [...]
Funderbuilt Crowdfunding Crowfdunging is exploding not just in the United States but across the globe. Even a man making potato salad has raised tens of thousands of dollars on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Many people have challenged the potato salad kickstarter project but Kickstarter is not complaining, it's within their terms of service and the more [...]
We are just about all geared up for the National Association of Elementary School Principles 2014 conference later this week. We have already had a chance to speak with several exhibitors. Edtech JSBF is one such company. Edtech JSBF has a pretty unique app available. TEAM Student Tracker is a web based app that allows for easy communication between [...]
We are gearing up to hit the National Association of Elementary School Principles 2014 conference later this week. So far, we have had a chance to speak with a few different exhibitors for a preview of what we'll see at the conference. One of these exhibitors is Art in Action. Art in Action offers a [...]
