Sports Illustrated, the most widely read sports magazine in the country, is preparing to debut their first fantasy sports app. The app, called Fan Nation, should launch in the coming weeks and will allow users to be part of the fastest growing segment of fantasy sports, which is daily play. The release of Fan Nation [...]
There are a lot of solutions out there for web filtering. Many of them are geared towards enterprise and when they realized there was a market in K-12 they opened up a new vertical with those enterprise filters. The problem is, those filters, typically blocked entire websites. It's ok to decide that your administrative assistants [...]
There has been a big push in recent months and years to get kids into coding. This is no easy task. One of the hardest things, when starting out, is actually seeing and visualizing any sort of results. This is where Trinket - formerly Coursefork - comes in. Trinket is an incredibly unique product, and we recently [...]
There are an awful lot of home monitoring/smart home devices out there, with a lot of different functionality. However, we just came across one smart home device that packs in just about every single smart home function into one place. The Neoji, according to the creators, "is a sleek and elegant device that functions like [...]
Google's annual developer's conference, Google I/O, kicks off tomorrow in San Francisco. Consequently Google holds their annual conference in the exact same location that Apple does, the Moscone center. Google is also holding satellite I/O sessions across the country and around the globe. This is the third year in a row that they've offered people [...]
The intersection of 3D printing and education has brought about some amazing things. 3D Printers in the classroom have changed classrooms 10 fold since the time their 2d predecessors made it into classrooms in the 1980s. I personally have vivid memories of the creations we made with Printshop and a dot matrix printer. Can somebody [...]
If you’re following any educational organization on Twitter these days, you’ve likely seen the hashtag, #PBL (Project-Based Learning). But, what’s all the buzz about? Project-Based Learning is not a new idea. In fact, it dates back to the time of Socrates. You see, humans are not wired to retain meaningless facts like a computer; we [...]
Way back at CES 2014, we had a chance to speak with the team behind MYBELL. Here is what we said during CES: MYBELL is a customizable electronic bicycle bell. Think about MYBELL as ringtones for your bicycle. Users can upload any audio file to the bell via a micro-USB connection. The company has a [...]
Are you one of those people that just doesn't like Evernote? Yeah me too. It's good software but sometimes it just doesn't fill the precise void you need in a note taking application. One of those spots is taking notes in school. Sure Evernote and hundreds of other note taking apps on the market take [...]
Kickstarter and Indiegogo are filled with some amazing things. We've seen a great backyard weather station. We've seen solar powered roads and even the internet of things reach tooth brushes. Kickstarter has also provided a jumpstart to books, albums, movies and video games. But this week we found out that Kickstarter is even the place to [...]
