Educreations
Originally posted by MET student Eva Somogyi on 31/05/2017 One of the biggest, fastest shifts in ed tech has been the evolution from the use of large interactive whiteboards to the use of mobile, agile multi-purpose apps. The Educreations app transforms an iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Teachers can easily produce video lessons that are […]
Brightwheel
Originally posted by MET student Scott Meech on 25/05/2017 Brightwheel is an app that allows preschools to organize schedules, do bookkeeping, instantaneously update parents on the daily activities of their kids, and provide student progress reports.For more information: see the Brightwheel website:)
Learn Education (Thailand)
Originally posted by MET student Joyce Chan on 25/09/2016 Learn Education is a company that proposes to implement blended learning technology tools to help teacher provide quality education to students in science and math subjects in order to improve the Thailand’s poor academics. NOTE: This pitch was given for a competition where prizes were already predetermined […]
MotivatED
MotivatED is a fictitious venture authored and pitched by ETEC522 student Danielle Couture. Welcome Investors and EVAs to MotivatEd, Game based learning is all the rage, yet this has left teachers juggling with large quantities of apps, passwords and associated costs Imagine if there was a low-cost solution to increasing student motivation and engagement […]
PrintPass
PrintPass is a fictional venture authored by MET student Victoria Olson. This is my original venture idea: PrintPass. It is a multi-user profile system for the iPad, that stores user credentials for third-party apps across the device. With a simple touch of the user’s fingerprint to the Touch ID sensor, PrintPass will simultaneously sign into all apps […]
IncentivED
IncentivED is an Elevator Pitch and Venture Pitch created by 2015ETEC522 student Craig Brumwell Introducing IncentivED: a crowdsourced rewards program for teachers to create and share customized field trip resources. IncentiveED is created on the principle that teachers know best what “works” with students. They are best suited to create meaningful and engaging field resources. […]
Waygo
Originally posted by MET student rrto on 18/12/2015. Waygo is an app that allows users to scan over Chinese or Japanese text and have it directly translated into English on the screen.
eduCanon
Originally posted by MET student leeyy on 20/09/2014. eduCanon is a free service that is designed to help educators apply flipped/blended learning. It also helps educators customize existing online content to the needs of learners in a medium that is designed for effective learning.
Essay Jack
Originally posted by MET student Amanda Klassen on 26/01/2020. Many of us have the experience of writer’s block. Moreover, while we may have been taught how to write the perfect 5 paragraph keyhole essay in high school, we are at a loss for how to approach 1000+ word essays in university. Essay Jack aims to […]
Knowledgeworks Future of Learning Forecast
Knowledgeworks.org is a private consultancy group founded in 2000. They are based in Ohio, USA and offer articles and workshops on personalized learning and competency-based learning to schools, districts and educational policymakers. Their market forecast document Navigating the Future of Learning Forecast 5.0 identifies 5 “drivers of change” that provide a thought-provoking counterpoint to both the large corporate […]