There are tons of games out there that claim to teach even the youngest of children how to code. One of our favorite's is Kodable. Our 6 year old daughter has been playing Kodable for nearly two years. It's a wonderful game and it it teaches basic IFTT skills to young children. The problem is [...]
Epson, the global leader in projector technology, is on hand at the Florida Educational Technology Conference, the largest educational technology conference in the US. Epson promised to bring great news for classrooms utilizing projector technology, and that they did. This morning Epson introduced its new line of ultra-short throw interactive projectors – the BrightLink® 575Wi, 585Wi [...]
One of the companies that were are particularly excited to see at this years Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) is GameSalad®. GameSalad provides a wide variety of game development tools that make "iOS, Web & Mac game creation accessible to the 99% who don't like to code." The company's game development tools, "are a top choice by educators when integrating game development technology into their classrooms."
MOOC's like Corsera, Khan Academy, Udacity, and edx are taking over the online educations space. As the largest of these MOOCs are free or nearly free for users, the Chronicle of Higher Education took a look at where the funding is coming from. The results are pretty astounding.
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The internet is continuing to transform the education landscape. No longer are students physically bound to a university or institution. The build up was slow, but online education is in the exponential, hockey stick phase of growth.
Education has evolved a lot over the last few years. Things have definitely changed since I graduated from High School 11 years ago. But one thing remains the same and that is, homework. Of course when I was in high school I had a leg up over my parents because it least we had AOL [...]
