Michael Stevens is an educator- but when he answers questions, 3.2 million people tune in to hear the answer. That’s because Stevens is the creator and host of Vsauce, an educational YouTube channel that addresses quirky but intriguing topics like “The Science of the Friend Zone” and “What is Deja Vu?” Stevens has made a […]
This week, the iStudio hosted a group of fourth graders and their big buddies from the College Mentors for Kids program. After the students heard a presentation on the importance of technology and research, they were given iPads to complete their own research task. The students each chose a country competing in the Winter Olympics […]
By Joseph Hurtgen The worst way to test an emergency alert system is when everything is going perfect. You can’t really get anyone interested in testing an emergency system if the weather is 77 degrees and there’s not a cloud in the sky. People won’t so much as turn their heads to hear about alerts […]
By Joseph Hurtgen In a 21st century classroom lag time must be reduced. Computers must have mega gigs worth of memory. Students must be able to see each other’s work. What we’re dealing with here is the need for technology to be more helpful than just merely technological. It can’t slow down the classroom. We’ve […]
By Joseph Hurtgen The exhibit hall of the ISTE conference is basically like the old America On-line variety of the internet. It allows for a walking tour of every major technological corporation, which have each brought out their best guns for the affair. Panasonic has developed an audio system for the classroom that doubles as […]
By Joseph Hurtgen Cisco has developed a security system predicated on video surveillance. They install a network of cameras, upwards of one hundred or more units in a given school along with an interface that allows administrators and teachers to access the video to watch in real time or to watch recorded events. At this […]