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Selling Technology to Educators is as Hard as you Think
The wall of red tape keeping innovation out of schools has got to come down. And right now we’re witnessing a surge of entrepreneurs and investors looking
Girls Learn more than Programming at App Boot Camp
img I’ve always thought App Boot Camp was an ambitious project. Last year, when MentorMob, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, and Motorola
Better Essays in Half the Time with sCoolWork
It’s coming up on a year since Kris Chinosorn and I traveled to New York City for the #140edu conference. And we’ve kept in touch
EdcampSTL – Teachers Trade Tech Tips in St. Louis
Teachers describing to each other how they use technology to improve learning in their classrooms is a powerful thing. Earlier this month, that’s exactly what
Plotting a Digital Badges Revolution in Orange County
This last week I flew to rainy—but warm—Orange County, California, to attend a workshop for all the winners of the Digital Media and Learning Competition. Sixty
Give your Talents a Megaphone
MentorMob is a lot of things. It’s an online platform anyone can use to organize the best free learning content on the web. It’s a
Only the Best: How to Build a Collaborative Online Community
MentorMob is Growing up Big and Strong MentorMob has been live for just over a year helping people all over the world organize and share
How EdTech Makes a $200 Textbook Obsolete
Education is ripe for disruption, and Open Educational Resources (OER) are primed to lead the pack for change. In today’s education environment—where OER make high-quality learning
Finding a Better Way to Teach
There had to be a Better Way A year ago, Cheryl was frustrated. She bought into the idea that her role as a teacher was to
Ewan McIntosh TEDx Talk: Raising the Next Generation of Problem Finders
I don’t want young people that can solve a psedo-problem—a fake problem generated by their teacher. I want young people that can go out into