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May this Gobstopper (Now Called Curriculet) be Ever Lasting!

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Try out the student demo. I signed out the mobile lab and a class set of headphones, and assigned an act a day. Photo credit: K.Jarrett -- UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE as of 8/8/2013 I will be writing more about using Gobstopper in the very near future, but I couldn''t wait to share this. Gobstopper is MOBILE! Seriously ?!

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Income Share Agreements Dominate Y Combinator’s Latest Education Graduates

Edsurge

Presenters at this week’s Demo Day include coding schools, a program to organize student loans and a startup that matches nascent developers with senior mentors to build projects for potential employers. Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston, left, and CEO Michael Seibel take questions from reporters before the second Demo Day of 2019.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

At Camelback Ventures ’ latest showcase, there were no hackneyed “hockey stick” graphs boasting viral adoption—as one often sees at startup pitchfests and demo days. Camelback started with three partners in 2013: the Walton Family Foundation, NewSchools Venture Fund and Kapor Capital. Literator.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Post the recession, states cut inflation-adjusted spending on K–12 education by approximately 4% between 2008 and 2013. Kitaboo is a cloud-based content platform to create-publish-distribute interactive mobile-ready content. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. Related: 10 Point Checklist for Publishing Higher Education Textbooks.

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Reinventing The School Desk: Tip Tap Tap And The Internet of Things

Fractus Learning

Classrooms are embracing interactive whiteboards and mobile devices with enthusiasm. Although Interactive whiteboards, mobile learning, open content and learning management systems are proliferating within classrooms, when it comes to assessment processes, there is a fragmentation between how student data gets transferred seamlessly.

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50 Of The Best Video Games For Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

We’ve discussed before the logistics of how to teach with video games (especially for non-mobile games). Note 3: Also, though we’ve tended towards mobile games because those are simply more accessible to most players, the collection below represents a wide variety of video games for learning. Listly by Terry Heick.

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Announcing Flipgrid One (free and fabulous)

NeverEndingSearch

Glance view: It’s easier to watch and review Flipgrid videos from a mobile device using Glance. This is a huge improvement over our old 30-day demo and allows every student to benefit from Flipgrid. For me it’s one of those few wifi desert island must-packs. Featured topics and responses. Glance view.

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