Grammy award winning pop culture icon Pharrell Williams addresses a packed house at his Alma Mater about FOHTA and education (photo: courtesy Brandon Stokes via Facebook) EverFi, one of the leading EdTech companies in the world, and Grammy award winning producer and performer Pharrell Williams have a lot of things in common. One [...]
There are a ton of smart things out there. The internet of things knows no bounds. The major drawback, however, to the internet of things is the autonomy of each smart device. You have a smart thermostat, fan, and lights, but you need to open a different app for each one. What if there was [...]
Anyone who has ever designed a website knows how important wireframing is. It is a great way to map out the look and feel of a site before diving in. However, there are very few good wireframing resources out there. Often, developers and designers use Photoshop and or some other image editor to create [...]
McREL EdTech NAESP Another company that we have been able to speak with leading up to National Association of Elementary School Principles 2014 conference later this week is McREL International. It is a bit of a mouthful, but McREL is a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan education research and development corporation." Essentially, that means that they perform a [...]
Sculpteo's Cloud Engine API lets developers implement easy 3D printing directly into their mobile, desktop and browser apps. Users can order their 3D printed designs directly through the apps—which then send order information to Sculpteo—or be redirected to Sculpteo.com. And the process is as easy as app developers want it to be. Here are four [...]
Right after Apple CEO, Tim Cook made his appearance at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference this week, he and Apple executive Eddy Cue went to their Austin Texas plant where the new top shelf Apple Mac Pro is manufactured. Apple's PR department made a big deal out of the trip, picking up on the momentum [...]
By trade, and education, Marissa Mayer is an engineer. She was employee number 20 at Google and their first female engineer back in 1998. As she grew with the company she helped invent things that we use, and take for granted everyday. Mayer's name is found on several Google patens for technology still in use, [...]
If you've been thinking about getting a shiny new Xbox One but you've been waiting to pull the trigger than today is the day you may want to get to your neighborhood Gamestop. Tomorrow (June 9th) is the day that the new Kinect-less Xbox One hits the stores and in celebration (or to blow out [...]
Schools across the nation have been upgrading technology at a steady rate over the last five years. Laptops, Chromebooks and tablets are finding their way to seats in as many classrooms as they can. Even the school system in Los Angeles set out to deploy iPads for every seat in their system. The Los Angeles [...]
There are a ton of resources out there for STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teachers and students. However, we just came across one of the most unique approaches to STEM education we have seen. STEMlete is an incredibly unique website. The STEMlite team was kind enough to answer a few questions for us about [...]
