Why the CEO of a pioneering firm assembled a brand-new leadership team.   PANEL DISCUSSION | moderated by Victor Rivero Jamie Candee is relentless in her pursuit to put the educator first in everything that her online teaching and learning company does. So it follows that Jamie, recently featured as one of the Top 100 ..read more

Owl Ventures’ Tory Patterson tells why it’s a good idea. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Tory Patterson is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Owl Ventures. He is actively involved and serves on the board of directors of Accelerate Learning, DreamBox Learning, LearnZillion and Newsela. Prior to founding Owl Ventures, Tory was a Partner at ..read more

You’ll never guess (or will you? Hint: they’re everywhere). GUEST COLUMN | by Rob Lipps A decade ago, students started watching lectures on their smartphones. Fast forward to today and mobile devices are turning them, and everyone else on campus, into content producers. Universities are now leveraging student-owned devices as part of their campus video ..read more

A different view on making and buying technology for student learning. GUEST COLUMN | by Marc Prensky Do we really need to continue to create, sell, and buy dedicated “educational” hardware and software”?  Venture capitalists think so—I just saw an investment figure of over $9 billion per year. But I believe this is a huge waste ..read more

Why we don’t see the summit from the classroom. GUEST COLUMN | by Elliott Levine Chromebooks or iPads? Microsoft Office or Gsuite? Laptops or tablets? Detachable or hinged keyboards? Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams? These are constantly debated issues across many school systems this past year. And while these appear to be important issues for ..read more

Can architecting a strategic infrastructure solve a decades-old education challenge? GUEST COLUMN | by Charles Foley The potential to create a better world through global learning initiatives has never been greater. All of the knowledge ever created has been captured, digitized, and catalogued to allow young people to learn and grow faster than ever before ..read more

A learning environment designer creates transformational experiences. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Bill Latham is CEO and senior program designer at MeTEOR Education, a company that inspires and supports communities and their students in creating transformational learning experiences. He also is founder of the International EdShift Conference and a co-author of the book Humanizing the ..read more

How this edtech strategy can narrow the achievement gap to help you cross the chasm. GUEST COLUMN | by Chris Twyman Education technology companies have to walk a tightrope between profits and social impact. Investors in these organizations expect to maximize their return in the form of profits. As long as customers can pay for ..read more

It’s clear that we need some sort of action, but where do we begin? GUEST COLUMN | by Kellie Ady With students accessing the internet on their own devices at all ages and spending significant time outside of school on the web, the topic of digital citizenship is only growing in importance. The sooner districts ..read more

Four key areas to consider when designing and evaluating digital learning games. GUEST COLUMN | by Natalie F. Masters Gamification is trending across the modern educational landscape, and digital learning games are exploding onto the educational technology marketplace. With so much discussion, even hype, surrounding games and learning, many educators are looking to the research. While the body ..read more