Most teachers get into the profession because they have a wholehearted desire to teach kids the skills, lessons and content they need to know to be successful. However a lot of the traditional teaching methods are broken. It's not that they aren't effective or students are lazy it's just the original concept of teaching only [...]
There are going to be a ton of apps on display at this years One Spark. That said, one of the apps that we are most looking forward to checking out is Drawer. Drawer is an app that allows users to share their favorite venues with friends, as well as keep track of places you want [...]
There are social networks cropping up for all kinds of special interests. There are mass social networks like Facebook, and Twitter. There's even a social network for you and your business life, of course that's LinkedIn, but what if your business could have a social network. Meet OneTock a new social network for your local [...]
"EventSocially is the authoritative source for all events and parties across the nation making social events much easier to connect to. Taking from what is the most popular and trending in social media, EventSocially will lead you to the most talked about and relevant party in your area."
"CultureHUB is a new media experience and technology for artist, filmmakers, musicians, entrepreneurs, photographers, authors, and creators of every kind. Users are able to discover, educate, store & share, monetize, and even order on demand manufacturing for their projects from within a simple and easy to use interface. "
With One Spark beginning next Wednesday, now seems an appropriate time to do a quick rundown of all the creator projects that we are looking forward to seeing.
Ryan Whitman created Join The Effort, a Jacksonville non-profit in 2011. The initial idea was to create a platform of sorts that helped recruit and encourage people to volunteer at various events, causes and other non-profits across Jacksonville. As an example, Join The Effort partnered with last year's OneSpark winner Re-Threaded. In that effort, a [...]
It doesn't matter if you moved into a new subdivision, apartment complex, or town home community, getting to know your neighbors can be a daunting and intimidating task. People can go years if not decades and never know that person that lives across the street, down the hall or even right underneath them. It happens [...]
Over the past year we've seen quite a bit of great educational technology. From our coverage of FETC, TECA and SXSWedu we've seen a lot of systems that help teachers manage students, assignments, grades and more. Diane Bixler, an educator for nearly two decades, has developed a new workflow management system for educators, with a [...]
If I'm correct, 3D printing shops are going to be as common place as your neighborhood Kinko's before too long. There are companies already paving the way like Jacksonville's Forge and Swarupa Studios. Swarupa Studios is hoping to gain attention for their bricks and mortar 3D Printing business at OneSpark next week. The idea behind [...]
