Category: News
What To Know About Google Play For Education
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Google has released a major new education program called Google Play for Education that organizes and manages the way teachers share apps, books, and other learning content with their classes.
CrunchU: TechCrunch Partners With Udemy To Offer Online School
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TechCrunch has partnered with Udemy to offer an online school called CrunchU with courses on development, raising money for startups, and web design.
Don’t Forget To #ThankATeacher On National Teacher Day!
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Today -Tuesday May 7, 2013 - is National Teacher Day. The National Education Association (NEA - the driving force behind this day) describes National Teacher Day as "a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives". We can certainly get behind that.
Adobe Unveils Major Upgrades To Inspire More Creativity
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Adobe has a new naming scheme, more cloud-syncing, and a lot of upgrades for basic and power users alike.
A Powerful Photo From Syria For Boston
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Edudemic is based in Cambridge. The SWAT team and police are everywhere and it's very tense. I have been watching the news with Katie and it's absolutely terrifying. In the interest of helping me keep my mind occupied...
10 Current Events Resources For The Classroom
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International Politics is a hotbed of regional conflicts these days. Many of these regions are important to the United States. This week’s Learnist feature is all about key regions in the globe in which the United States has interest, either in terms of world peace, global economy, or where important events have occurred.
New Education Dive App Now Available
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There's a new Education Dive app available for iPhone and Android devices right now. Grab education news on the go!
President Clinton To Answer Your EdTech Questions Live
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President Clinton will be answering your edtech questions on March 15th. It's all part of the Global Education and Skills Forum happening in Dubai
How A School Gets Students Excited To Learn Outside The Classroom
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Science teacher Paul Austin says it’s important to get students excited to learn outside the classroom. From advanced placement to at-risk youth, a hands-on approach “levels the playing field,”
Big Ideas Coming To The Global Education And Skills Forum
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The Global Education and Skills Forum will bring government leaders and education leaders together to figure out the best ways to improve education.
SimCityEDU Is Coming Soon To A Classroom Near You
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Ready to do Common Core-compatible and video game-based learning with a twist? SimCityEDU is coming this March!
6 Education Conferences To Check Out This Year
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With the New Year comes an entirely new season of education conferences. Educators have a lot to look forward to in 2013. The variety of conferences scheduled to take place across the US and Canada offer so much for educators around the world to learn from.
This Week’s 5 Education Articles To Know About
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From Lynda to Udacity and California, there's a lot that happened this week while you were busy changing the world.
Swedish School Now Has A Mandatory Minecraft Class
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All 13-year-old students must now take a manadatory Minecraft course at the Viktor Rydberg school in Stockholm, Sweden.
Bill Gates, Ken Robinson, and TED Are Coming To PBS
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In an effort to bring the discussion into the mainstream, TED Talks Education will be airing on PBS this April with talks from Bill Gates, Sir Ken Robinson, and more.
Udemy Launches Teach2013 To Bring Big Names To Online Courses
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Could the future of education be taught by industry experts in an online setting? Udemy is trying to find out thanks to their new Teach2013 tool. It's basically a call for experts and thought leaders to teach their own online courses.
