EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
This Ed System Needs a Boost
Guest blogger Dan Maguire has a background in computer technology training and teaches 3rd and 4th grade at Marcy Open School in Minnesota. He says that the public school system is not geared for tech, but it could be. Tech and learning go together.
Torrance Robinson: What Happens when NYC Loses its Education Jobs?
Torrance Robinson reveals the big reveal at the end of his talk about eChalk and how it got started. After being asked about education budgets and how services like his are bought by districts, Robinson says that it will be interesting to see whole swathes of education jobs lost because of the utilization of choice in what is basically a blended learning environment.
Seeking the Disruption-Seeking Missiles for Education Tech: Lessons from a VC
First in a series of excerpts from the recent Startl meeting in New York City. I look at the comments from Albert Wenger, Partner, Union Square Ventures and coyfully coin a phrase -- Disruption-Seeking Missiles
Video: Gregg Betheil, NYC DOE Describes Ubiquitous Tech in a NYC Learning Environment
Gregg Betheil chats with edReformer after the Startl event in NYC tonight. He talks about his eight year old daughter and what her use of tech means for the quality and the method of education in the nation.
Interview: John Danner, CEO, Rocketship Education
John Danner, CEO, Rocketship Education does away with the myth that charters "skim from the top" and sets out architecture for bringing great charters to national scale.
TEACHED: We Finally have the Video Clip
Kelly Amis, Director of TEACHED, has changed the code on her Vimeo site, and now we can watch the eight minute trailer on edReformer.
Where Will the Money Flow Once the Dam is Broken?
If President Barack Obama sticks to his guns, says one politician, "education will never be the same again." Here's hoping that edupreneurs and reformists have a strong stomach and more fight in them.
Reviews of: Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology
A group of reviews and links to information about Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology by Allan Collins and Richard Halverson
Video and Q&A: Barbara Dreyer, CEO, Connections Academy
Barbara Dreyer talks with edReformer in the curriculum headquarters at Connections Academy, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Stephen Dubner Podcast about School of One
Joel Rose's School of One in a podcast at the New York Times.