Peter Gault – Quill.org
Quill is a not-for-profit that “has adapted research-based writing instruction into a free, open-source digital platform”(Quill, 2022). They do provide a paid version of their service for schools that include premium features, but the foundation of their mission is to provide all students with the ability to access quality writing instruction. I have used Quill […]
Osmo by Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler
Osmo was founded in 2013 by Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler. Pramod Sharma is the founder, and Jerome Scholler is the co-founder. Osmo is a company that has created around 30 applications to pair with their reflective technology for iPads. The company uses reflective artificial intelligence to provide children with a hands-on technology learning experience. […]
Charles Miller, co-Founder and Partner GM of Flipgrid at Microsoft
Please note: This is a repost from Kevin Spachuk on Feb 1, 2020 I would rate this 5/5! I use this learning technology with my class throughout the school year. Last year, we used it school wide – including parents. It is such an amazing collaborative learning technology. It is very easy to use and […]
Saqib Shaikh, Founder of Seeing AI
Saqib Shaikh is the founder of the visual narration and reading app Seeing AI. Saqib lost his sight when he was 7, and was introduced to talking computers when he attended a school for the blind. In this article he shares that he always hoped for “something that could tell you at any moment who […]
Shir Ekerling – Founder of AccessiBe
AccessiBe offers a suite of services: Some free and others paid. They advertise powerful tools such as their AccessWidge that use AI to go in and fix issues of accessibility directly within the code of the website. It has an easy-to-use interface that allows users to customize their approach to accessibility. AccessiBe also offer a […]
Empowering people, Bridges to Health and Equity
Due to its clinical severity, the Coronavirus outbreak declared in January 2020 was an international public health emergency. The term “pandemic” refers to the geographic distribution of disease, reaching all continents, data from the World Health Organization. In the health area, in addition to exposing access problems and system equipment, the pandemic acted as a […]
Dylan Field – Co-founder and CEO of Figma
Venture Description: Figma is a cloud-based design tool that allows team collaborative designs. Similar to many other online design tool in functionality and features, Figma simplifies the tools and design process but more productive and effective than other programs at helping designers to work collaboratively and efficiently. Figma is founded by Dylan Field, who is […]