Ed Technovation

While we’ve witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we’re struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives.

A study is being conducted at three Queensland kindergartens to examine the educational benefits of iPad use for pre-school children.

From badges to LMS integration, gamification in the classroom is a big buzz word nowadays. The Youtopia team weighs in on why that is.

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s iPad app and its touch-screen gallery are intended to let the rest of the galleries display art without a lot of bells and whistles.

Augmented reality app maker Aurasma demonstrated how its software can bring magazines, posters and any enabled object to life by simply pointing a smartphone's web camera at it.

A few months back, we rolled out the Badges Competition Project Roadmap during our first grantee townhall webinar, a virtual opportunity for all 30 projects to share knowledge about designing and building their badge systems.

Why a project roadmap for grantee badge system design? No one-size-fits-all approach exists for building badge systems, but a roadmap offers useful guideposts to help thread knowledge and provide jumping-off points to spark ideas. Collaboration by difference -- especially the innovative type -- needs a blueprint that can then be adapted, tweaked, revisited, transformed, and yes -- even ignored!

This evening, in response to a Twitter question from Justin Staub, I created a 12 part MentorMob article series (technically it includes 11 articles and 1 audio podcast) addressing the question, “How Can I Webstream an Event?” There are multiple answers to this question, of course, which are appropriate for different situations depending on available equipment, money, bandwidth, etc. I titled this MentorMob series, “Lessons Learned Webcasting with Ustream.” I started using Ustream back in 2008 and it’s still my favorite webcasting platform.

The growth of tech and Internet use in schools has brought one unexpected benefit: Kids can get lectures from high-level scholars via Skype, and interact with them over the Internet.

An app developed by middle school students in Jefferson could one day help make Lake Hopatcong a more healthy place to swim and boat.

Follow these best practices to help special-needs students use technology for meaningful learning experiences.

Ipads Make a Difference for students in the classroom.

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The iPad one-to-one program at Burlington High School has inspired an environment of trust, collaboration, and digital literacy that will better prepare students for life beyond high school.

Check out just how much of an influence studies show iPads in the classroom are having on education.

The choices can get pretty confusing, if you don't know what you're looking for.

Kids FINALLY have a case for why they really need mobile devices to learn. The survey is the first of its kind and examines how middle school students are using mobile devices, revealing that these tools are actually helping kids learn math and science better, and increasing their confidence and motivation, despite the fact that most schools (88%) strictly forbid their use for learning.