Usually, we cover education companies that have launched. However, we had a chance to ask Micky Dionisio about his new project, Ignite Teaching, currently in Alpha. This project looks amazing. Mickey described it at, the "perfect mix between the ease of Keynote, the power of Photoshop, collaboration of Google Docs and fun of Class Badges." Sounds [...]
More and more school systems are replacing transparencies and overhead projectors with document cameras. Document cameras are typically all in one mounted cameras that allow a variety of angles, zooms, and then projection via a computer to a smart board, projecor or a monitor. Document cameras bring a whole new level of interactivity to the [...]
We're at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference (AETC) this week and we have had the opportunity to speak with several exhibitors. Among these exhibitor companies is Book Systems. Book Systems is library and textbook/asset management software developer. They are used by more than 10,000 schools and libraries worldwide. We had a chance to ask the Book Systems team [...]
There are a ton of educational games out there. Most are just that, educational games; bland and boring. However, there are a few gaming companies that really stand out. The best of which actually trick kids into learning. That is, making a game that is so fun, the educational aspect is not even noticed. [...]
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 Curriculum Associates. Curriculum Associates offers educators research-based, classroom-proven materials that give every student the chance to succeed. We recently had a chance to ask Courtney Marsh, of Curriculum Associates, a few [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
