Kahoot is a new edtech company that's leading the charge to gamify quizzes and classroom participation. Classroom response systems are nothing new. They've actually been around since the 80's but until now, they've been clunky and outdated. A classroom response system allows a teacher to get a bit interactive by having students participate in an [...]
As we are gearing up to head to the TECA Tots and Technology Conference, we have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Data Frontline. Data Frontline offers a powerful cloud solution to school administrators. We had the opportunity to ask the Data Frontline Team a bit about their [...]
When I was in school, I took all of my notes by hand. I was one of the few. However, when looking back over these notes, it could be a real pain to find one exact sentence or fact. If only there was a way to upload my writing as text to a computer. [...]
By all accounts, mobile devices are drastically rising in educational use. Schools are rapidly adopting some sort of mobile device or another for the classroom. While the numbers alone are pretty encouraging, it looks like the trend will continue, if not absolutely explode. The infographic below speaks to this growing trend. 71% of districts surveyed [...]
Grammy award winning pop culture icon Pharrell Williams addresses a packed house at his Alma Mater about FOHTA and education (photo: courtesy Brandon Stokes via Facebook) EverFi, one of the leading EdTech companies in the world, and Grammy award winning producer and performer Pharrell Williams have a lot of things in common. One [...]
McREL EdTech NAESP Another company that we have been able to speak with leading up to National Association of Elementary School Principles 2014 conference later this week is McREL International. It is a bit of a mouthful, but McREL is a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan education research and development corporation." Essentially, that means that they perform a [...]
There are a ton of resources out there for STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teachers and students. However, we just came across one of the most unique approaches to STEM education we have seen. STEMlete is an incredibly unique website. The STEMlite team was kind enough to answer a few questions for us about [...]
So, it is no secret that schools collect an monitor a ton of data. Including, but not limited to attendance, grades, staff performance data, various student data and health records, state assessment records, special education data, among many others. Just collecting all of this data is a huge challenge, let alone managing it. However, one [...]
By viewing each school in totality, Edsby is able to keep all parties - students, teachers, administrators, and parents - informed and up to date. The robust education tools - for both students and teachers - though available from other sources, pair with the administration and parent tools to provide the most holistic view of a school possible.
For whatever reason, sometimes we get trapped in our own little U.S. bubble. Especially in the EdTech sector. However, we just came across a really interesting company based out of Berlin, Germany. bettermarks has created a ton of adaptive courseware for math educators. betterware's technology is pretty amazing. We had a chance to [...]
