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Video Killed the Radio Star...or Did It?
This image originally appeared at http://changeleadersnetwork.com/radio-silence Well, maybe not quite yet, because yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to appear on the Friends of Kevin Radio Show!...
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I am an Edupreneur.
Last week my friend Frank Catalano wrote a wonderful piece for the MindShift blog. He talked about the fact that there is a plethora of new companies looking to apply technology to the education...
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#LearnLaunch13 - Top 10 Takeaways for Edupreneurs
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the first LearnLaunch conference at the MIT Tang Center. The purpose of LearnLaunch is to provide support for the creation and growth of edtech startups in...
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Creating Effective (and Successful) Educational Apps!
I often get my inspiration for blog posts by reading the blog posts of others…and today is no exception. Yesterday, on the Edudemic blog, Jeff Dunn wrote a post called A Roadmap for Successful...
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The Problems with Free Educational Apps
I was talking to a school superintendent last week about how her district selects iPad apps for use in the classrooms. She said that the first thing they do is separate the free from the paid apps…and...
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Kids and Mobile EdTech
Edudemic posted an infographic yesterday that I loved. So I thought I’d share it here with you guys. I think it does a nice job of showing what’s going on with educational apps! Mobile learning and...
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From the Trenches of An Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program
Just this past week I finished up the 12-week program in the Merrimack Valley Sandbox Accelerator program. I had never been in a program like this before and I only knew one other person who had been....
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My 100th Post: Balefire Labs and #EdApps
I’ve been a bit off the grid this past week, so my apologies for not writing. That said, this is my 100th blog post! Wow! Thinking back to my first blog post, it’s been a really fun ride. For my 100th...
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EdTech Reviews: What is an "Objective" Criterion?
For most people this will probably be an incredibly boring post. You’ve been warned. For others, like me, who are very concerned with language in science, and precision of language, this is the post...
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Ed App Reviews: Will My Kid Like It?
This image originally appeared on http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/06/apple-inc-provide-30000-ipads-47-la-schools I’ve noticed something pretty interesting in ed tech. I’m wondering if you’ve noticed...
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HUGE News! Find the Best Educational Apps NOW!
Today’s the day we’ve all been waiting for, so I hope you’ll forgive my overflowing giddiness! Yes, today, my new business, Balefire Labs, launches!! Parents and teachers, we can help you find the...
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Karen Mahon never had the goal to start her own business, but after seeing too much instructional “j
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A passionate educator’s plea for quality lights up the edtech space. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero F
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What I Learned at my CHIFOO Talk
This past Wednesday I had the opportunity to give a talk at the Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon (CHIFOO). CHIFOO is a really interesting group. They are a local chapter of SIGCHI, the...
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A Great Math App for Kids
Just in case you didn’t catch it someplace else, I thought I’d share the free math app review that we published this week over on Balefire Labs. I’ve talked to you guys about the Native Numbers app...
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Musings on What I Forgot to Be Grateful For in Corporate Life
Today I’m sitting here, manning my own booth, at the Massachusetts Computer Using Educators Conference at Gillette Stadium. I’m here exhibiting Balefire Labs, which by now you know is my ed tech...
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Does Price Predict Quality of Educational Apps?
Skeptical about the instructional value of paid educational apps? Our research at Balefire Labs shows that you should be. We pretty regularly get questions and comments about paid versus free apps....
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How Can We Encourage Co-Creation in EdTech?
This image originally appeared at http://www.theguardian.com/innovation-nation-awards/innovation-education-technology-barriers It’s been a long week for me. I’ve been working on the next big thing that...
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What I've Learned about the Common Core State Standards and Educational Apps
Today I wrote a blog piece for Balefire Labs about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and educational apps. Over the past few months I’ve been doing a ton of aligning apps to the CCSS and I wanted...
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