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SplashLearn Raises $18 Million in Series C Funding Round From Owl Ventures & Accel

eSchool News

Follow SplashLearn on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter. SplashLearn is available across all digital platforms (iOS, Android and Web). For more information, visit www.splashlearn.com. About Owl Ventures. Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital fund in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.2

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Is Creativity a Skill?

Edsurge

Respondents to a Twitter poll leaned slightly in favor of “yes.” Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com Jaime Casap: The best creative solution usually comes from collaboration. I posed this question in the office—and got a hung jury. It combines elements of both.

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The iPad Loophole

The Electric Educator

Facebook accessed through the Google Earth App Twitter accessed through the Screen Chomp App Over Christmas break we were forced to remove the following apps, all of which contained this loophole. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash). Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Saturday, May 2nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Featured Teacher: Lisa Parisi , Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Details to join the webinar at [link]. Register for free today at [link].

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. “Some colleges cancel their contracts with online education provider Lynda.com after double-digit price hikes, saying the company is pricing itself out of the higher education market,” Inside Higher Ed reported in January.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

Graphite Blog

LinkedIn Learning : Formerly Lynda.com, LinkedIn Learning is a subscription-based site for courses in media production and beyond. Videos LEVEL UP: A Student Reporting Labs Original Video Tutorial Series (by PBS News Hour): These excellent short tutorials (and supporting worksheets) cover essential video and audio production techniques.

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

and a Link to a Free Resource with More Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I went through an incredible course on Lynda.com in January to help me use it better each day. So many of these tools are new to me. It is amazing how I use them every single day. Omnifocus (Task Management).

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