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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Teacherlists NAESP As a parent of an elementary school student, and having been through 12 years of back to school preparation myself I am intimately familiar with the back to school list. It seems that most parents either get the back to school list in the mail, or it's posted on a wall at the [...]
Lumos Smart Hub ISTE 2014 We saw a ton of great stuff at ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 2014 Conference. That said, one of our most favorite products was the Lumos SmartHub. In a nutshell, the Lumos SmartHub is an in-classroom device that works as the centralized hub for all the various classroom [...]
Modular Robotics STEM Throughout the course of ISTE 2014, we heard over and over how important it is to expose children to technology during school. However, while this was a common theme, a large majority of the products that were on display were incredibly complex. This was especially true in the case of robotics. Now [...]
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. [...]
