EdTech: Amazing Virtual Reality Moves Into The Classroom With zSpace [ISTE 2014]

Zspace Virtual Reality Classroom The ISTE  (International Society for Technology in Education) Conference 2014 was full of awesome EdTech products. However, there was one product in particular that really stood out. The zSpace was far and away the most interesting thing that we, or at least I, looked at. Although the zSpace was one of the [...]

Wonderment: A Creative Platform For Kids Across the World

While we were at ISTE during this week, we had a chance to meet with a bunch of EdTech startups. In fact, there was a whole section of the expo floor dedicated to startups. Anyhow, one of these startups really stood out. Kidnected World is an incredibly unique company for a number of reasons. Firstly, [...]

Tackk: A Simple One-Page Website Builder [ISTE 2014]

Tackk Simple One Page Website Builder There were a ton of great products at ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 2014. The great majority of these products, in line with the EdTech theme, were education based. However, we came across one that can be used by just about anyone. Tackk is a simple website builder. [...]

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Graphite Can Tell You If Something Is Really Educational [ISTE]

Common Sense Media Graphite A year ago at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in San Diego Common Sense Media introduced Graphite. Common Sense Media is the company, that for the past eleven years, has provided parents, families, care-takers, and educators a simple and easy to use platform to find out if [...]

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Panasonic’s IR Audio System Is Best And Safest In Class [ISTE 2014]

Panasonic Classroom Safety Panasonic's IR Audio System for classrooms is best in class. It's a feature packed audio system for the classroom that insures that every student can hear the teacher clearly. What sits at the center of the system though, is actually around the teachers neck. A lightweight remote control of sorts is integrated [...]

Is That iPad Case Really Tough Enough For A Six Year Old [ISTE 2014][Video]

Big Grips iPad Case Test There are plenty of iPad case manufacturers out there that claim their cases are made for kids. Some have done exhaustive testing and deemed that yes they could be put to the test, and some have been implemented in classrooms and lived up to their claim. Our six year old [...]

Drawp Is Perfect For Students, Even Better For Teachers [ISTE][Video]

Drawp Art Collaboration App Drawp is an amazing new art app for kids. Drawp features drawing, coloring and painting creativity tools on an art engine that’s built for more professional applications. This means that kids can get even more creative than normal on an iPad. More and more kids are using iPads in and out of [...]

What’s The Buzz About Buzzmob [ISTE 2014]

Buzzmob School Communications Platform, ISTE 2014 A real communications problem exists in many schools and many school districts across the country. Schools use automatic voicemail, texting solutions, Facebook, and even notes home to communicate with parents. Typically all of these solutions are from different service providers sans the notes home, that's old fashioned print outs, [...]

Six Year Old Joins Coverage Team For ISTE 2014

Six Year Old Covers ISTE You don't get much more blunt then the opinion of a six year old. That's why 6 year old Tatum F is helping with our coverage of the International Society For Technology in Education (ISTE) conference coverage. With hundreds of products on hand in the ISTE exhibition hall, specifically geared [...]

Eureka! Classroom Mosaic Is The Missing Piece In EdTech [ISTE]

Teacher Observation Classroom Mosaic No one will dispute the fact that technology in education is exploding. This weekend will start the International Society For Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, the largest gathering of education technology in the world. Tens of thousands of educators, administrators and other ed tech professionals will gather for the three day [...]