SXSWedu panel “Edtech Reporting: Why It Sucks and How to Fix It” discussed how journalists can engage education technology, start-ups, and educators without getting cynical or caught up in the “new and shiny.” [View the story “Reporting on education technology” on Storify]
Waltrip High School math teacher John Baird first began using sequential art comics while he taught literacy soon after leaving college. Students who otherwise resisted writing liked to imagine dialogue and a storyline to go with the pictures and speech balloons and seemed eager to write. It wasn’t long, however, before John was exploring other […]
Enzo Monfre is founder and CEO of Enzoology Education, a company specializing in science curriculum development. He creates video and other high interest content for science classrooms. Enzo is eleven. Mikala Ulmer created BeeSweet Lemonade, making lemonade sweetened with honey from the family’s bees. Mikala is seven. Charlie Sandefer’s company is Ask Dr. C. He […]
Inaugural SXSWedu Winners are LearningJar (HigherEd) and BloomBoard(K12). [View the story “LearningJar and BloomBoard LaunchEdu Winners” on Storify]
Storifying LIVE the final rounds of LaunchEDU [View the story “Final Rounds of LaunchEDU at SXSWedu” on Storify]
The inaugural SXSWedu LaunchEdu spins off of SXSWi’s Accelerator to highlight the best of educational technology and innovation. [View the story “LaunchEdu Highlights Education Tech Innovators” on Storify]
John Boyer has a unique message: gigantic classes can build an environment with tremendous sense of communities and connection, engage students, and turn them into excited, lifelong learners. For three years, he’s been experimenting and perfecting the process. See preview here He has help with that, including one specialist in instructional technology, Katie Pritchard, and […]