Update 5/8/2014: The original article suggested that Amplify's vocabulary usage features were specific to the company's tablet. This has been updated to note that these features are a part of Amplify's ELA Digital Curriculum. There were some really good sessions during day three of TechCrunch Disrupt New York. However, the session entitled "Hacking the Classroom," really stood [...]
This year at SXSWedu there was a lot of buzz in the Google lounge about a new product coming down the pike. Thousands of teachers were already using Google Docs as part of Google Apps For Education as their own free LMS (learning management system). Teachers were adapting Google Apps For Education in the ways [...]
Typing. It is a skill that everyone needs. Yet it is one of the most gut-wrenchingly boring and tedious things to learn. Back in my day, there were some pretty awful programs to teach you to type - Mario Teaches Typing is the only one I can recall off the top of my head. There [...]
76% of twitter users access the social network via mobile phone, according to the social network. That means that even in environments where there is no pc or laptop to connect to the internet Twitter is still available, and it's proven time and time again that Twitter encompasses a wide variety of demographics. That's why [...]
On Wednesday, April 23, Microsoft and HP made a major bet on India. The two companies, in a move targeting technical and management students, "announced an HP tablet with Windows 8.1 with embedded Pearson educational content."Microsoft India News Center, "MSFT, HP and Pearson launch Windows tablets for higher education in India," 23 April 2014. [...]
Microsoft is expanding their Bing in the classroom program. The company is hoping to improve their market share against rivals Google and Yahoo and as we've seen time and time again, the classroom can be a very lucrative place to do that. The new Bing in the Classroom program actually has some really great points [...]
There has been a huge push to expose more students to coding and development. One of the biggest contributors to the gender gap in Silicon Valley and in the tech space across the country, is education. Seattle based code.org continues to find ways to help teach as many people to code as possible. You may [...]
Is your child ready for kindergarten? As the school year starts to wind down, parents everywhere are preparing their 4 year olds for their last summer at home, and hopefully it's off to kindergarten. Since there's no mandate on pre-k, nursery school or preschool, kindergarteners come into school with a variety of educational backgrounds. Some [...]
The International Society For Technology In Education (ISTE) conference is headed to Atlanta Georgia June 28th through July 1st. ISTE is the largest education technology conference in the United States and will see thousands of educators, education innovators and technology manufacturers converge in Atlanta to see and learn the latest about education and technology and [...]
Wearable technology is taking over our world. Computers are getting smaller,sensors are getting better and byte sized computers are becoming the norm. Over the last two years wearable technology and the internet of things have taken over. We're seeing fitness trackers on anyone looking to lose a little weight, prepare for a marathon or train [...]
