30 November 2017Andrea Ferrero, Co-Founder, Pockets Change
This week we have another guest blog post from Andrea Ferrero the co-founder of Pockets Change.
If you were in the classroom in the 90’s as computers began making their way into the curriculum, you might have fond memories of the pioneer simulation “Oregon Trail” or the geography romp “Carmen Sandiego”. In more recent years, you may have forayed into Minecraft adventures.
For me, things got exciting when my 6th grade teacher and art teacher teamed up to have us create tessellations in Paint. It was incredibly fun, but most of my time on the computer that day was not spent deeply exploring geometry (my 6th grade teachers goal). Nor was my focus on color schemes (my art teacher's goal).
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29 November 2017Kristine Scharaldi, Education Consultant
This guest blog post comes from Kristine Scharaldi, an education consultant and instructional coach with a specialization in the fields of educational technology, Mind-Brain-Education, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and 21st Century Skills/Global Education.
With over 20 years of experience providing customized professional development and training for educators, we turned to Kristine to hear how technology can benefit struggling readers.
If you want to support your struggling students through the help of education technology, you won't want to miss Kristine's post!
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28 November 2017John McGowan, Product Manager
As an early holiday present to all of you incredible teachers out there, we are excited to announce that EquatIO is now FREE for teachers!
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15 November 2017Jason Carroll, Global Product Manager
As a go-to tool for educators wanting to help students improve reading fluency and comprehension, Fluency Tutor® for Google™ remains one of the most popular literacy apps in the Google environment.
Starting today, we’re introducing even more features to help both students and teachers get the most out of Fluency Tutor - all while continuing to save valuable class time.
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14 November 2017Shauna Hanna
Texthelp CTO Martin McKay earns IDA Presidential Award in recognition of lifetime contribution to dyslexia and literacy.
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03 November 2017Emily Fitzpatrick, Director of Professional Development, EdTechTeam Canada
Originally posted on the EdTechTeam blog.
Texthelp has done it again! They’ve launched the EquatIO mathspace at http://equat.io/, a web-based tool that allows math learners to work freely in a digital space with equations, shapes, and freehand drawings.
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