EdTech Startups to Check Out from #edtech2011
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Source: EdTechUp
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From Jen Medbury’s (@jenmedbery) keynote at Educators & Entrepreneurs Summit: The Future of Education Technology on Saturday, December 10, 2011. (Jen conducted a poll, the raw data is available.)
I’ve transcribed the list, and added in website links.
- CareerVillage.org (students asking career questions)
- iCreatetoEducate.com (students building their own content with stop motion animation)
- Inigral.com (private Facebbok communities)
- ClassDojo.com (realtime behavior management)
- Zaana.org (enabling Kenyan girls to create solutions to address gender inequity)
- SkillShare.com (marketplace to learning anything from anywhere)
- Socrative.com (engage the class using any device)
- TenMarks.com (personalized math instruction for every learner)
- MotionMathGames.com (mobile learning games that let kids play with numbers)
- GamesForLanguage.com (language learning)
- ClassMetric.com (measure student comprehension as you teach)
- BoomWriter.com (publishing for kids)
- Playrific.com (safe place for kids to play online)
- RecoVend.com (connect educators to information, experiences and knowledge of their peers across institutions)
- Testive.com (rapid diagnostic tests)
- ElevenLearning.com (community-powered textbooks)
- StudyEgg.com (platform to create more effective learning)
- EdSurge.com (edtech newsletter)
- Unlocking-Potential.org (school turnaround organization)
- EmotionMining.com (research and discovery)
- CollegeSnapps.com (mobile guide to college application)
- Skill-Guru.com (Standardized testing prep)
- BabyGenius.com (musical system to prepare students for kindergarten)
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