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Category Archives: Technology
Crowdfunding and Education Technology…is it for YOU?
On Wednesday night I attended an event put on by the Mass Innovation Night folks called “Crowdfunding Innovation.” There were a bunch of entrepreneurs there who are using crowdfunding to raise money…with varying degrees of success. Many of us have … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Android, Crowdfunding, Education, education apps, Educational technology, Entrepreneur, Indiegogo, IOS, IPad, Kickstarter, Project, Small business
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I am an Edupreneur.
Last week my friend Frank Catalano wrote a wonderful piece for the MindShift blog. He talked about the fact that there is a plethora of new companies looking to apply technology to the education market, but that there is still … Continue reading
Posted in Balefire Labs, Parenting, Technology
Tagged Android, App Store, apps, Balefire Labs, Education, education apps, Educational technology, Educators, Frank Catalano, Google, Google Play, Interactive whiteboard, IPad, IPhone, iTunes, IWB, kids apps, mindshift, mlearning, Parent, Smart Technologies, Teacher, teaching
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Social Skills Training with a Cool Gadget!
Last night I attended a Mass Innovation Night event for the first time. Mass Innovation Nights, for those who haven’t heard of them, are monthly meetings that showcase new, innovative products, mostly from entrepreneurs in the Boston area. Not only … Continue reading
Video Killed the Radio Star…or Did It?
Well, maybe not quite yet, because yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to appear on the Friends of Kevin Radio Show! Although I’ve done numerous webinars, video interviews and even internet radio in the past, I’ve never done true radio…where … Continue reading
Posted in Balefire Labs, Technology
Tagged Android, App Store, Apple, Arts, Balefire Labs, Education, education apps, Educational technology, Educators, Friends of Kevin, Friends of Kevin Radio, Google, iTunes, K through 12, Merrimack Valley, Merrimack Valley Sandbox Accelerator, mlearning, Music, Radio, Sound Files, Student, teaching, Technology, Transistor radio
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Huge Growth in Kids’ Device Use
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about kids and devices. It’s mostly as market research for my new business (more about that later) and, luckily for me, it’s also really interesting. I knew that devices were big with … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Android, App Store, apps, Education, education apps, education technology, Educational technology, Educators, Facebook, Google, IOS, IPad, IPhone, iTunes, K through 12, Learning, Market research, Parenting, Personal computer, Teacher, teaching, Technology
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Entrepreneurial Accelerator….We’re In! Woo Hoo!
I haven’t been nearly as good as I should have been lately with blogging. But I have a good excuse. Honest. Most of you have seen my other posts where I do product reviews and give feedback about what I … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Instructional Design, Parenting, Technology
Tagged Android, App Store, Ask an Expert, Education, education apps, Educational technology, Entrepreneur, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Google, Instructional design, IPad, Merrimack Valley, New England, Startup company, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Attention problem? Let’s blame classroom technology!
I don’t know how I managed to miss this story, but did you all see the piece in the NY Times a few weeks ago, Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say? If you didn’t, you should check it out. The … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior, Professional Development, Technology
Tagged Applied behavior analysis, Attention span, Behavior, Behavior Analysis, Child, Classroom, Dan Willingham, Education, Educational technology, Educators, Learning, New York Times, Steven Pinker, Student, Teacher, Technology
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Beyond Sal Khan: Education Innovators Doing Great Work!
As I mentioned in my last post, I was recently on a short holiday with my husband in Grenada. Beautiful place, very relaxing. On our connection in Miami I had the urge to get a fluffy magazine, so I wandered … Continue reading
Posted in Implementation, Technology
Tagged adaptive instruction, Arizona State University, Big data, data analysis, Dreambox Learning, Educational technology, Forbes, Gates Foundation, Instructional design, Jessie Woolley-Wilson, Jose Ferreira, Khan Academy, Knewton, Learning, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, teaching, Technology
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Algebra, Chocolate-Covered Broccoli and Insanity
As all of you know by now, I spend quite a bit of my time reviewing ed tech products. And as I’ve been reviewing educational apps I’ve always wondered what would happen when the day came when the material got … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Instructional Design, STEM, Technology
Tagged Advanced Placement Calculus, Algebra, algebra apps, App Store, Apple, Child, Classroom, Education, education apps, educational apps, Educational technology, gaming, Instructional design, IPad, IPhone, K through 12, Learning, Mastery learning, Math, math apps, Quiz, Recreation, teaching
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disrupt learning! 