The Tech Edvocate
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The Secret to Building Great EdTech Products? Teachers
From as early as calculators and laptops, to as current as SmartBoards and virtual classrooms, EdTech’s entire purpose is to serve students in the ... -
Buses with Broadband
While flipped classrooms and iPads for every student are fantastic ideas to increase educational opportunities, implementing these ideas in rural and low-income school districts ... -
How to Use Social Media in The Classroom
Social media is everywhere. Even as adults, we are always glued to our phones and goings on featured there. Students today live and breathe ... -
9 Questions You Should Ask Before Buying an Edtech Product
There are a lot of Edtech products on the market, and not all of them are created equal. You don’t want to be the ... -
How Does Gamification Affect the Learning Process?
Education is any practice that constructively modifies the way we behave, think, and feel. We as humans always have the desire to learn, regardless ... -
How Virtual Reality is Changing Education
We all know how wildly popular Pokémon GO was when it first launched (and continues to be). With as many as $5.7 million spent ... -
What the Heck is a Makerspace?
Makerspaces are popping up across the nation, but a startling number of educators are unfamiliar with the premise. So, what the heck is a ... -
How EdTech can Increase Student Engagement
Students not paying attention to their teachers is an age-old dilemma. Pre-cell phones, that meant note passing instead of note taking. Today, it’s that ... -
Top 5 Apps for Teacher Communication
In today’s social climate, waiting for even a couple of hours to receive a return email can be considered rude. Add in the fact ... -
The Edvocate Launches a New EdTech News Site!
The Information Era dramatically changed the way we educate our children. We live in a world of rapid change and the resemblance to yesterday ...
