Epson, the number one selling projector brand worldwide, made some major noise at Infocomm in Las Vegas last week, just ahead of ISTE next week in Atlanta. The company revealed several new projectors and refreshed several of their projector lines. One of the most exciting announcements is the new BrightLink Pro series projectors. With the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pixowl's Sandbox game is a STEAM focused virtual world builder for kids. The fun game, with infinite possibilities, drives kids with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) focused principles, to create virtual worlds. The game literally takes place in a sandbox and allows players to manipulate more than 150 physics elements. The game has [...]
There's going to be a time in the not so distant future where the term flipped classroom won't exist anymore. Why, because in education in the future all classrooms will be flipped. (If you're not familiar with flipped classroom we've got a great overview here.). While the US is struggling with common core in an [...]
By Marisa Sergnese, training and professional development leader at Steelcase Education Steelcase Education believes that pedagogy, technology and space are three key elements of an active learning environment. Just as we all grapple with the ongoing rapid-fire upgrades and updates to our digital devices, new technologies in education also continue to emerge. Consequently, teaching methods [...]
This week, President Obama hosted the first White House Maker Faire, proclaiming a National Day of Making and encouraging young people to be designers, engineers, and inventors -- not just consumers. And he called for more programs and activities to mentor and empower a new generation of Makers. You might expect that the Maker Movement [...]
We’re gearing up for the International Society for Technology in Education 2014 Conference (ISTE) coming up on June 28th. We have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Tales2Go. Tales2Go is an interesting approach to getting kids to read and enjoy reading. Essentially, Tales2Go is a sort of Netflix for streaming [...]
Kajeet is a wireless company that caters specifically to kids, well parents of kids. Their Kajeet smartphone service offers safe, affordable cell phones for kids. They offer a number of smart and feature phones direct from their website. They can also convert any Sprint phone not currently on contract to the Kajeet service. Their smartphone [...]
