One of the most buzzed-about education tech innovations this summer is not so high-tech. Actually, it is mostly wood-based. Occupying a school bus parked outside the annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education, a tiny startup called Breakout EDU this week generated waiting lines as teachers queued up to get a peek….
Using the Chrome speech API, dictation.io is a quick and simple speech to text web app. Requiring no registration, dictation.io works a lot like Voice Typing in Google Docs. Click the START DICTATION button and start talking. The document is saved in the browser, but I could see this being used to enter text into the computer…
Presenting to a packed house at ISTE 2016, educational technology expert Jason Ohler asked educators to dig deep and consider how they want to influence their students’ lives.“ Be a door-opener,” said the professional speaker and author. “Discover what is now important to you as a teacher.” But that was just tip of the iceberg….
Remember One Laptop Per Child? They distributed a few million cheap, brightly-colored XO laptops running a weird version of Linux called “Sugar OS,” and then… what happened? Well, I’m not sure actually. But OLPC Australia is carrying the torch, sort of. This offshoot now calls itself “One Education,” and has just announced the Infinity:One. Gone…
Fotor.com is online photo editor that is pretty powerful for what you can use for free. The site can be used without registration, and offers three modes: Edit, Collage, and Design. For each mode, not all of the features are available for free, but those features are identified with a little diamond flag. This is…
“We dropped over $10,000 last year on a math product, but I’m not sure if it’s really helped our students learn.” Sound familiar? Source: How Do We Know When Technology Helps—or Hurts—the Classroom? Educators at ISTE Weigh In | EdSurge News Trying to gauge the effectiveness of any teaching strategy is difficult, so this question…
Field trips and school outings create opportunities for students to share new experiences and get them excited about learning, but teachers often lack the resources for these out-of-the-classroom adventures.. Teachers at Community Consolidated School District 62 wouldn’t let a lack of resources stop them from igniting students’ sense of wonder by exploring the world together….
The app usually discussed with notetaking is Evernote, but Google has a contender with Google Keep. Each note takes on the form of a post-it looking note. Formatting is pretty limited, with a few font formatting options and the ability to include pictures. Instead of being only for text, a note can also be a…
XYZprinting today announced that their upcoming da Vinci miniMaker 3D printer is now available for pre-order. Amazon presently has it listed for just $229.99 with free Prime Shipping. Expected release is October of this year. Although this company’s da Vinci Jr. has been available for under $300 for quite some time now and will no…
For the 4th of July, I found a presentation from Mary Kate DiNorcia and Chris Simonetti on the physic errors in Independence Day. Enjoy!