EdTech: Ensemble Video Of all the various content mediums out there, video is growing the fastest. It is no coincidence, then, that video's adoption in the classroom is taking off as well. YouTube is a great platform, but is was not built for education purposes. However, while we were at ISTE, we came across a [...]
Project Based Learning App Field Day While we were at ISTE last week, we had a chance to check out a lot of great educational products and software. The sheer amount of educational products out there is pretty amazing. That said, the great majority of these products and software seem to offer the same experience [...]
Global Debate Platform Create Debate Over the past several months, as we have shifted towards covering more education based startups, we have seen a ton of inventive products. Though a lot fall outside of this, there seems to be a trend towards increasingly complex and robust technologies. However, we just came across a pretty [...]
Kajeet Smart Spot There is no doubt that the internet is a powerful tool for education. There are a huge amount of apps, tools, programs, and other resources available through the internet. However, a lack of access still presents a challenge to some school districts. There is one company, Kajeet, that wants to completely eliminate [...]
Our EdTech coverage has, until now, focused mainly on students and in-class technology. However, there are a whole host of tools available to help teachers and educators advance their own skill-set. One such tool comes from Knowledge Delivery Systems. KDS has been providing a huge offering of resources to teachers since 2001, in pursuit of [...]
One of the biggest problems I had in school was keeping up with assignments. It was not out of laziness or anything like that. Rather it was more a result of scribbling notes all over the place. Classes that I struggled in, necessarily, took priority over classes I did well in. The result was a [...]
Swift Optical Microscopes It is no secret that microscopy can be a pretty dull thing in class. Especially when students all have to take turns looking into the same microscope. While there certainly are exceptions, looking through a microscope at some squiggly lines is a fairly dull task. In a class of, say, 7th grade children, [...]
Scootpad Web Learning Platform Throughout the course of ISTE last week, we saw a ton of great companies, a ton of interesting software, and some great robotics kits. Generally, however, all of these different products fell into a few main areas. As such, ScootPad really went against the norm. ScootPad offers a web based learning [...]
We are just about all geared up for the National Association of Elementary School Principles 2014 conference later this week. We have already had a chance to speak with several exhibitors. Edtech JSBF is one such company. Edtech JSBF has a pretty unique app available. TEAM Student Tracker is a web based app that allows for easy communication between [...]
Grammaropolis NAESP Were you a child of School House Rock? Did you learn how a bill became a law by singing the School House Rock song about it? Did you learn what a conjunction was by listening to "Conjunction junction what's your function". Well creating characters, songs, videos and games about Grammar is exactly how [...]
