Modular Robotics STEM Throughout the course of ISTE 2014, we heard over and over how important it is to expose children to technology during school. However, while this was a common theme, a large majority of the products that were on display were incredibly complex. This was especially true in the case of robotics. Now [...]
We love to call it slacktivism but companies like Tom's shoes have made it so easy to give back just by purchasing their product. Now we've learned that Gripcase, the company that makes the iPad case our 6 year old ISTE correspondent loved, has applied the same model to their line of iPad cases for [...]
Tetrix Robotics In The Classroom If you loved Erector sets growing up, your kids will love Tetrix Robotics by Pitsco Education. There are a few companies doing robotics in the classroom right, and one of those is Pitsco Education with their Tetrix Robotics kits. These kits will remind you of Erector sets of the 70's [...]
The Techfaster team got sidetracked on Monday morning at the International Society For Technology In Education (ISTE) conference in Atlanta Georgia. Our six year old special event corespondent Tatum F, had found the Tale2Go booth. Tales2Go is a Netflix like service that streams a giant catalog of kids audio books to whatever device kids have [...]
Newsomatic Android Newsomatic, the app that we called "The Weekly Reader For Today's Modern Classroom" was at ISTE 2014 in the startup pavilion showing off a new way for kids to take in the news, and their hot off the presses Android version of the app. We already knew that Newsomatic presented five original stories [...]
While it may seem like a good idea, using a white board for a projector is actually really bad on the eyes. The glare that comes from most white boards. When white boards are used for projection screens there are often spots that are sometimes referred to as "sun spots" that appear in the middle [...]
Zspace Virtual Reality Classroom The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Conference 2014 was full of awesome EdTech products. However, there was one product in particular that really stood out. The zSpace was far and away the most interesting thing that we, or at least I, looked at. Although the zSpace was one of the [...]
While we were at ISTE during this week, we had a chance to meet with a bunch of EdTech startups. In fact, there was a whole section of the expo floor dedicated to startups. Anyhow, one of these startups really stood out. Kidnected World is an incredibly unique company for a number of reasons. Firstly, [...]
Gripcase iPad Case For Kids The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference was a lot of fun for our six year old correspondent Tatum F. As we were pulling out of Atlanta we asked what her favorite part of the conference was and she said robots and throwing iPads. The conference featured over [...]
Tackk Simple One Page Website Builder There were a ton of great products at ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 2014. The great majority of these products, in line with the EdTech theme, were education based. However, we came across one that can be used by just about anyone. Tackk is a simple website builder. [...]
