Teacher Observation Classroom Mosaic No one will dispute the fact that technology in education is exploding. This weekend will start the International Society For Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, the largest gathering of education technology in the world. Tens of thousands of educators, administrators and other ed tech professionals will gather for the three day [...]
EdTech Fablevision ISTE As Fablevision enters graduation age, they've seen a lot of changes in the classroom and specifically technology in the classroom. Common core standards, reading, writing and arithmetic, and standardized testing are all an important part of a students education, but the backbone of a well rounded student at the [...]
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 Atomic Learning. Atomic Learning is a content repository of sorts, offering training and learning resources. We had a chance to ask the Atomic Learning Team [...]
There is no question that the traditional textbook will soon be a thing of the past. They are, simply put, outdated. A science textbook from 2009 is filled with information that has since been proven wrong, or has since been updated to a significant degree. It does not make sense to keep using such [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
