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SchoolBzz is a cloud-based communications platform that streamlines how schools share information
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SchoolBzz is a cloud-based communications platform that streamlines how schools share information

SchoolBzz is a cloud-based communications platform that streamlines how schools share information. By simplifying the communications process into a single, easy-to-use tool, SchoolBzz enables ad...

An interactive learning experience for aspiring math beasts in grades 2‑5
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An interactive learning experience for aspiring math beasts in grades 2‑5

Beast Academy, developed by Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), is a comprehensive math curriculum for grades 2-5 designed by its creators as “the math curriculum we wish we had when we were kids.” B...

PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students
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PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students

PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it bo...

An all-in-one video creation platform to create, share and manage videos to empower learning
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An all-in-one video creation platform to create, share and manage videos to empower learning

Thousands of educators have turned to Screencast-O-Matic to create videos and screencasts for classroom instruction. This easy-to-use and affordable video creation platform takes teaching to the...

Math in the Fastlane: Fueled by passion, driven by research
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Math in the Fastlane: Fueled by passion, driven by research

Math in the Fast Lane is not a scripted program. Rather, their mission is to take something OFF teachers’ shoulders by providing research-based resources they can incorporate into their lessons ...

Students Build Apps with a Purpose in Mind
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Students Build Apps with a Purpose in Mind

Thunkable grew out of a research collaboration between Google and MIT, known as MIT App Inventor, which was inspired by MIT Scratch. Co-founders Arun Saigal and Weihua James Li took the premis...

Amazon Has the Most Education Apps
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Amazon Has the Most Education Apps

A look at the App Universe across Microsoft Windows, Amazon, Google Android and Apple's iTunes

How Education IT Departments Learn from Their Students: It's All in the Apps
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How Education IT Departments Learn from Their Students: It's All in the Apps

In the wake of the digital boom that echoed out from the pandemic era, schools have steadily been coming to grips with how to operate in a reality where devices are far more ubiquitous in cla...

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Three Near-Term Innovation Areas for K12
K12 human resources are crucial to utilizing the cloud successfully. Roles and responsibilities have all changed dramatically since the start of the pandemic, and a new trend to move to core co...
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
Today’s learning environments have changed markedly from just a couple years ago, prior to the pandemic. Tech devices are comprehensively in both the student and teacher hands, but are they missin...
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
Most administrators know there are still gaps remaining in their school or district’s digital transition. Recent studies including the 2021 Digital Transition Surveys for Administrators and Teache...
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
How come digital processes seem easier but are often harder to manage? A major shift to digital teaching and learning in schools has developed an additional digital traffic load for teachers and f...
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
Seeing the Levels of Chaos Helps Anchor Bringing Order Schools and districts that recently lost 4 percent of students to alternatives continued to lose students in 2021 at an accelerated pace (no...
Hybrid Logistics Security
Your district is a brand, and your network security helps power its reputation. With the accelerated move to hybrid learning environments over the past year, school districts across the nation are...