As we are gearing up to hit the Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC) this week, we have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Lumens. We spoke to them while we were at the FETC Conference earlier this year. Anyhow, Lumens makes a ton of interesting products. The standout of [...]
As we are gearing up to hit the Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC) this week, we have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Lightspeed Technologies. Lightspeed has created a line of audio solutions that help "overcome classroom noise and provide crystal clear sound to all your students regardless of where they [...]
As we are gearing up to hit the Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC) this week, we have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Sayers. Sayers is an IT Solutions Provider that works with a ton of companies, offering services like cloud management, server and storage protection, virtualization, security, mobilization, [...]
It's no secret that teachers and educators have access to a gigantic amount of resources; an unprecedented amount even. Among these resources are teaching aids, and curriculum tools. However, the great majority of these curriculum tools come with pre-made lesson plans, and assignments. It needn't be so stock or pre-fabricated. That's where Edcite comes in. Edcite provides educators with a web-based [...]
There are countless MOOCs (Massive open online courses) out there. In fact, there are so many that it can be a pain to find one that interests you. However, we recently had a chance to ask Michael Howe a bit about how his company, GroupMooc helps users find the right one. What is GroupMooc? GroupMooc [...]
Have you ever had a presentation, whether it be at a business meeting or in a classroom that you could tell your audience was bored and was craving more interaction and communication? I experienced this and finally determined that it was not the students that needed to change, it was me. I have taught high [...]
There are a ton of educational games and apps aimed at young children. However, most of these are just that, educational games. Educational apps are almost inherently work/goal oriented. As such, they not really games; they are more like dressed up math problems. We just came across a company that makes games for young [...]
Grading is still one of the most time-intensive processes for teachers. Sure, there are scantrons, but you have to have access to the grading machine. Come exam season, you have to fight to get access to the Scantron machine. However, grading just got a lot easier. We had the chance to ask John Viebach about [...]
Social media has come to dominate nearly everything. Children are rapidly becoming the most active participants on social media. However, there is no real introduction to the various platforms, no real awareness of the norms. There is no real way to prepare kids for what they might encounter, or how they should act [...]
As ayone who has ever used Blackboard can attest, there is much to be desired in such a platform. It is a pain to navigate, nearly impossible to keep up with, and is just an overall bad experience. Using mobile? Forget about checking blackboard. Thankfully, alternatives are beginning to sprout up. One such [...]
