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 [...]

6 Year Old Learns Programming In Less Than 10 Minutes With Bee-Bot at ISTE 2014

  There are a lot of companies out there making a name for themselves by saying that they are teaching kids how to program in a very short time. At ISTE 2014 we actually saw it happen when Terrapin Software taught our six year old special correspondent, Tatum, the fundamentals of programming in under ten [...]

STEMlete: An Online Community for STEM Students

   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 [...]

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Girlstart: Empowering Girls to Excel in Math, Science and Technology

We saw an awful lot at SXSW, but one of our favorites had to be Girlstart. The Austin-based nonprofits' mission is to empower girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). They go about this mission in a variety of different ways: The Girlstart After school program; Girlstart Summer Camp; the STEM Saturday workshops; Community Science Extravaganzas; [...]

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