PlanetHS: An Extracurricular Program Management Platform

   It is hardly a secret that schools are a logistical nightmare. Scheduling is a nightmare, programs are constantly cut due to a lack of funding, it is hard to keep track of school activities and important dates, the list goes on. That is just the regular in-school hours problems. When you add in extracurricular activities like [...]

All College Application Essays: App Showing You College Application Essay Requirements

       One of the problems that students face when applying to colleges is of a logistical nature. There is no one-size fits all application to colleges. Each university has different requirements for their application process. Thus, if students are applying to several universities, it can be quite a hassle. However, one professor, Dr. Rebecca Joseph, thinks [...]

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Gaggle: One of the Longest Standing Teaching and Learning Platforms

           There are a ton of educational software platforms out there, but none as mature as Gaggle. Gaggle launched in 1999 as a student email service. Today, Gaggle has expanded well beyond email, and now has products in just about every major component of education software. Currently, Gaggle is used in 15,000 schools in 57 countries, [...]

Connect Your School With Buzzmob

There are a handful of technology companies that are trying to build a social network around schools and education. Most of them have fallen short though, by trying to mimick a Facebook for XX school. While novel in their approach and idea, at it's roots a Facebook style social network for schools misses the communication [...]

The Clip Chart Goes Digital With ClassDojo

Classroom behavior can be one of the biggest challenges for a teacher, especially at earlier levels of education. That's the time when a teacher has to not only teach a class but teach students the fundamentals of behaving properly in a class setting, one of the earliest group settings a child will ever experience. As [...]

Shooloo Brings Students into Curriculum Creation

The majority of math-based apps, software, and games are developed by adults, necessarily. Text-books are written by adults. Courses are taught by adults. While there is nothing wrong with that, Shooloo thinks incorporating students into the creation of these components helps the learning process. The Shooloo Team was kind enough to tell us about their product, [...]

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Vocabla: A Different Approach to Language Learning [Interview]

           There is no shortage of language learning applications and software out there. The great majority of these apps, however, are more focused on intensive learning. It can be quite difficult to learn through the typical intensive approach. One company, Vocabula, thinks that learning a language is easier when approaching with a more systematic, [...]

Class Charts, Using Big Smart Data For Class Seating Charts

Maybe sitting next to your BFF Jennifer in 6th grade English class wasn't the smartest idea, but did you know that seating in class can make a huge difference in the way students learn. Sometimes a smart class seating chart isn't just based on making sure two students aren't going to talk to each other. [...]

Easily Turn Lessons Into Game Shows With FlipQuiz

Getting students engaged in learning can be tricky. Often times the easiest way to reach students is by making the curriculum fun, and game shows have often been a part of that. The problem many educators were facing is the fact that a lot of the software available to turn lessons into interactive games was [...]

Preparing For An EdTech Summer, You May Need This EdTech Buyers Guide [Infographic]

This year while the kids are enjoying a summer off, EdTech advisors, educational IT specialists, teachers, administrators and EdTech buyers across the country are going to be busy with a handful of good EdTech conferences. Atlanta will play host to the largest EdTech conference in the US, ISTE. Texas will play host to the TCEA [...]