TCEA, the Texas Computer Education Association is one of the largest state wide edtech organizations in the country. Their annual conference in the spring brings educators from all over the country and the world to show off the latest in educational technology and teach teachers the benefits of how to use it and more. Flipped [...]
When I was in school, one of my biggest problems was my stubbornness. Whenever I couldn't understand a concept, or was having trouble, I refused to go to a tutor or lab. Rather than take the help that was available, I would try to figure things out for myself. Although I am not 100% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever gone to your son or daughter's school for a parent teacher conference and found their teacher on the Pinterest website? Before you worry that the teacher is more concerned with posting the latest wedding dresses, and neck tie fashions to the social network, they may actually be doing it for the class, [...]
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.
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 [...]
