How Can the EdTech Industry Effectively Develop Innovations in Education?
Mass education is necessary but the one-size-fits-all approach usually attached to it is outdated. To be very fair, mass education when it was first put into place, was a revolution. The idea of providing for no cost basic literacy skills to pupils regardless of their social status has changed the course of human history entirely […]
The Major Mess-ups That Made My Edtech Business Thrive
Self-awareness Is Key to Success’ – it is an ancient wisdom that we just cannot argue with. In building TeachPitch I have dealt with many ups and downs that have made the company what it is today. On my path as a founder I have made many personal errors and wrong decisions that I would […]
Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better – the Impact of Small Data in Education
Should I be worried that Amazon seems to know more about me than I do? Amazon definitely seems to know what I need to buy before I know that I need it. Should I be worried that Facebook seems to think it can manage my social circle better than I can? It decides which friends […]
La inteligencia artificial puede ahorrar dinero y conseguir resultado de élite mundial
La educación matemática en muchas partes de EEUU no está a la altura de una potencia mundial. Un reciente estudio para la Organización de Desarrollo y Cooperación Económica (OCDE) situó al país como el 41 del mundo en matemáticas de primaria. Desde 2003 la situación no sólo no ha mejorado si no que ha ido […]
Harnessing the Power of AI to Transform Education
Special Focus : Reinventing Education for the AI Age “Human plus machine isn’t the future, it’s the present,” Garry Kasparov said in a recent TED talk. And this “present” is transforming the world of education at a rapid pace. With children increasingly using tablets and coding becoming part of national curricula around the world, technology is […]
To Enable Powerful Learning, Put Pedagogy Before Tech
In many cases, there seems to be a tendency to water down expectations when it comes to integrating technology. During a recent presentation on digital pedagogy for deeper learning I asked attendees to discuss then share how they were effectively integrating technology in their classroom, school, or district. There was an emphasis on describing […]
How Artificial Intelligence Can Save Schools and Parents Money
Most math education in the United States doesn’t add up. A recent survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ranked the country 41st in the world for primary school math. Instead of improving its performance since 2003, America’s students actually delivered poorer marks. As the world becomes more and more dependent on technology, […]
Raising EdTech! An Entrepreneurial Journey
I started TeachPitch as an initiative to give a voice to teachers. A voice that they could use to ‘pitch’ directly to a community for support of any sort – from donations for a new school computer, valuable connections with other educators up to direct access to high quality learning content. Previously I had been speaking a […]
Can Great Technologies Replace Great Teaching?
Technology is far from new. In the history of mankind, we have devised better ways to work, live and learn. Since the invention of the wheel, and even before, human creativity and innovation have met no limits. We have conquered travel around the planet and even outside of it. We can communicate and work with […]
Creativity: the Key to Unlocking the Potential of EdTech
Whenever I get a new device, be it a phone, tablet or notebook, I spend the first few hours customising every setting possible and a few things that probably shouldn’t be customisable! For me “accepting the default setting” is an anathema. That device has to reflect me, my needs and priorities. Leaving anything on factory […]