Disappointed with your current reading app? Want to shift to something better? Maybe you want to but you don’t exactly have a stellar knowledge of apps. Don’t know the first clue on what to look for, what’s good, bad or better. If that’s you, then here are a few questions to help guide you along in your search for the perfect reading app. Do you want it as simple as they come? Do you want a reading app that gives you the basics—and only the basics? Want nothing more than to be able to click on the app, read a book and that’s that? If that’s your idea of the reading app paradise, by all means, go with simple. There are a lot of reading apps out there that are pretty basic. If you like your reading experience sans the fuss and the frills, you won’t have a problem finding apps to give you exactly what you want.  Want something more advanced? However, if you love books—consume them in an almost inhumanely rapid pace—and find the idea of reading apps that are skimpy on the features sacrilegious, you might want to get reading apps with features that are more advanced. From pagination features that allow you to flip through the pages on the screen to background choices, a reading app that allows you more control over your reading experience sounds ideal. If you already own a smartphone, getting the free reading app from Nook should be easy. According to an article on Macgasm, it’s loaded with features that give you great leeway over your reading experience. And it supports embedded audio and video files so what’s not to love? What features work for you?​ The best reading experience for every person is different. So it’s got a lot to do with what you want. If you’re happy just having a portable library with you, then that works for you. No need to fix what’s broken, right? You don’t need anything more. Some though are a bit more particular in their needs as a reader. If you actually fall into the second category, you might have a reading app checklist that goes like this: Highlights Highlights help you remember why you loved a book in the first place. When you flip through the pages of your all-time faveeBooks, these are the passages that help you recreate the fun and thrill you went through with that hard to put down book, that rekindle your love for that unforgettable story or character. It also works like a barometer of your reading pleasure. The more highlights you find, the more you enjoyed that particular eBook. Adjustable font sizes This is important. Not all of us can boast of 20-20 vision. That works both ways, too. Some people really prefer tiny fonts on screen. Possibly because they dislike the idea of anyone reading over their shoulder. That especially happens a lot if your reading material is something you’d rather the world didn’t see (like trashy romance novels). Bookmarks According to an article on PCWorld, one of the best features of a reading app is that it allows you to save your place. Who wants to have to flip through pages trying to find out the exact spot they stopped whenever they get back into a book? That’s incredibly frustrating and seriously impairs the user experience. So bookmarks save the day. Searchable terms There are times when you really just want to look for a phrase or word in a book, whether to remember where you first read it or to find out when a specific event in the story happens. That’s why a feature that allows you to find words or phrasesmakes it easier for you to read the story the way you need to. Background An article on EBookfriendly also mentions that eye strain is a legitimate concern with reading apps. That’s why features that allow you to dim down the light are particularly useful. If you already work with computers, tablets and even mobile screens far longer than you want or realize, having this handy feature helps ease the strain you put your eyes through on a daily basis. Dictionary Let’s face it: some writers love to confuse us to no end by using words that no one else uses in normal, everyday human conversations. Nevertheless, you push on, determined to understand every word. You love a book that much you want to give it a chance to come alive in your head. That’s why having a built-in dictionary is great. While you often get the gist, based on context, there’s really nothing better than getting a clearer picture of what you’re reading. These are just some of the qualities you can look for in your ideal reading app. So get out there and explore. Good luck!

As a child, who was not scared of math? Or as an adult, how many have you encountered that said, "I wanted to be an engineer, but I was afraid of Mathematics"? Not all of us are born with affinity for numbers, calculations, problem solving, etc. Math will always be a challenge for any student in any educational level. At school or while doing math homework, there may be a cloud of gloom or dread looming over them while staring into space or at that dreaded task. As teachers explain a difficult concept, one may see frowns or even worse, looks of disinterest and sleepiness; some even attempt to skip that particular task. Fear or phobia of math may develop short and long-term negative effects for students, which may hold them back in their future educational endeavors, such as: Dreading and putting off doing homework Loss of focus in class Failing their exams despite studying hard Lose confidence  in  themselves  and in their abilities Not putting much thought in solving problems Avoid math courses  in college, or dropping/failing them How can one make students overcome their math phobia and be on their way to become math whiz, or algebra experts? Here are tips that you can try out: Make problems more interesting Making math problems relatable can always pique their interest to take their shot at solving them. You can look up articles on entertainment, sports, or music and incorporate elements in the problems. For example, when asking about speed, you can ask how long will Jon Snow and the members of the Night’s Watch tale to reach The Wall given their speed and distance from The Wall. Make a team challenge Team spirit is always welcome in the classroom for a group exercise can be an exciting activity for them. To spice this up, make a chain problem that each member can unlock, and they can only tag the next student when they provide the correct answer. Make it a monthly activity that they can look forward to. Be sensitive to each student’s level of math competence Like how solutions to math problems can vary, each student’s ability to solve them can also differ; an educator should not express frustration when a student lags behind. Make this your challenge in test or exercise-making, and analyze the results: Is the test too easy or hard? Did you cover all elements of your lesson plan? What can you do to improve your teaching strategies? These questions can help you handle even the most difficult students in the class — which leads to the next tip. Do not reprimand them for wrong answers Math is already hard as it is, and calling them out can be make students stressed out — which can lead to them to math phobia. Your comments should be constructive and encouraging, and make it a one-on-one talk with the student having a difficulty with math tasks. Also, motivate and cheer for them when they get problems correct. Be open to questions from students Be happy to receive inquiries from students, either for clarifications or for more info about the concept or formula. Indulge their questions albeit very simple or a bit far from the concept. Each student has different ways of analyzing a lesson, and this can give you insight on how a particular student actually learns. Don’t make them memorize; make them understand When people are asked to describe math, two words are usually mentioned: equations and formulas. While these will always be connected to math, it is not enough that they only memorize these. Explain carefully and extensively the rationale behind each equation/formula, and find ways on make them understand more how to apply them. In this way, they could identify and provide the correct equation/formula for a specific problem in their exams. Provide illustrations, cards, or other visual tools to help them better understand math problems and equations. Substituting terms that are difficult to understand with its commonly used equivalent is also an option. Ask them not to be too reliant on calculators and other devices Calculators can make a student’s life easier, but this can also promote laziness and even cheating. With the tip above saying that formulas are not everything when it comes to math, you should ingrain in them the concepts and how to apply them. However, you can make a compromise allowing them the use of calculators, only if the problem calls for it. There are many factors that can lead to math phobia. It is not only during the time that you notice a student lagging behind his/her homework or exams, schedule individual appointments with them and check how they are really doing in their academics. With your concern, you’ll not only be a teacher but also a champion in their eyes.

Last year, I attended EdCamp Los Altos. My goal was to really listen to what the educators had to say, and to try to understand what problems they faced every day. Boy did the EdCamp deliver! Given what we’re trying to help teachers with at Edusight, I was attracted to two sessions - making assessment meaningful, and reinventing the parent-teacher conference. Here are the top 3 things I learned about how teachers can make assessment more meaningful every day! Purpose: Start with the End in Mind Assessment for the sake of assessment is futile - the goal of assessment should be to inform instruction, rather than to check a box. Begin with thinking about what skills your students should display to demonstrate mastery, and assess to understand how progressing along this path. The results of assessment should dictate how you adjust your lesson plans and instruction to shepherd students further along the path to mastery. Assessment then, should be ongoing and informative. Instruction should adapt to results. Assessment should rarely be the endpoint, but rather a regular checkpoint along the path to mastery. Focus on Process: Knowledge Isn’t Always the Goal Increasingly, knowledge isn’t what we strive for as educators. Students knowing what will be on the test and memorizing concepts to prepare is a phenomenon of the past. Assessment should not just test knowledge, but also process. Are students understanding how to apply concepts? Can they communicate what they’ve learned effectively? Are they able to think critically about new information on the concept, and synthesize what they’ve learned well? The minor word of caution is that there is some value to memorization and knowledge-based learning, especially in early foundational concepts (e.g., multiplication), so even though a knowledge should not be a focus of assessment, a complete departure from assessing knowledge is also not recommended. Student Self-Reflection: The Power of Metacognition A really powerful tool in making assessment meaningful is student reflection on their own performance. Whether it’s self-reflection or group discussion on each others’ work and the meaning of what they learned, students benefit tremendously from looking back and identifying specific things they did well, and specific things they can improve upon. Self-reflection also provides the additional benefit of building character. Students learn to give and receive feedback and constructive criticism; to be tactful and respectful in giving, and to be open and receptive while receiving. Students are empowered by self-reflection, and having them clearly outline what they learned and what they need to work on also provides a framework for accountability! While I could never do justice to the depth of discussion in that room, I hope the brief lessons outlined provide some food for thought for how you can make assessment meaningful this year! How do you make assessment more meaningful? Share with us on Twitter, or Facebook, or shoot me an email at vikram@edusight.co. Until next time! Vikram

Download Listen in a New Window iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Leave a Review Clammr It Subscribe via RSS Subscribe on Android Follow @TeacherCast Leave a VoiceMail Jeff sits down with Vikram to discuss why Edusight is simply the best standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student achievement. About Edusight Edusight is a standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student learning with grades, notes, photos, and audio/video comments. Use Edusight on the web to manage assessment, grading, and standards seamlessly (includes Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and state standards). Edusight Notes for iOS lets you capture learning evidence in the classroom as it happens - quickly take a note or record a video of students as they learn, tag standards, and instantly add it to their portfolios! All of this evidence comes together in beautiful, easy-to-digest student portfolios that can be shared with students, parents, and administrators in real time so everyone is engaged in improving student learning. Why Edusight? Edusight is used by over 140 schools and districts across North America, including schools in New York, Chicago, California, and Ontario. Edusight is available for individual teachers for free - always. For schools and districts who wish to manage Edusight at an organizational level, we offer premium subscriptions which include features like SIS integration, reporting modules, teacher collaboration, and administrator dashboards. Educator Feedback "The best designed gradebook I have ever encountered." - Mike R., Instructional Leader at a top Canadian private school "What used to take me 2 weeks to learn takes me 15 minutes with Edusight!" - Maria A., kindergarten teacher, Brooklyn public school "Edusight is SO MUCH EASIER TO USE than my last gradebook." - Stacy I., high school teacher, Palo Alto charter school Current Features standards-based or traditional gradebook iOS apps (iPad / iPhone) to document notes, photos, audio and video standards tagging for all evidence of learning simple student portfolio student / parent web access analytics and data visualization for teachers, students, and parents Edmodo Single Sign On and roster sync shared data across school accounts, allowing teachers to collaborate when working with the same students across classes (premium feature) administrator analytics (premium feature) Integrations with other systems - e.g., SIS / LMS integration (premium feature) Upcoming: Google Classroom integration Links of Interest Web: https://edusight.co Twitter: @edusight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edusight Email: hello@edusight.co YouTube Walkthroughs: http://bit.ly/1J1tYaI Customer Testimonial: https://vimeo.com/123037422 Additional Information Launched September, 2014 As of July, 2015 - 2000+ teachers, 10% weekly growth Vision: to help everyone in K-12 education make better decisions with data Imagine K12 Fall 2014 cohort Based in Toronto, Canada, with customers across North America Official vendor for NYC Department of Education and Chicago Public Schools About Vikram Vikram was born in India and lived in Chennai and Toronto before earning a degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo. Always passionate about teaching, Vikram spent years tutoring and teaching his peers throughout high school and college. After working with Fortune 500 executives as a consultant, helping them find insights in data, Vikram decided to use the skills he learned to help teachers in the classroom, founding Edusight in 2014. Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying Educational Podcasting Today or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today.  I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Ask Me Your Podcasting or WordPress Question Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Do you need help creating an awesome WordPress website?  I am available for 1:1 consulting.  Please visit my homepage and I will help you launch your personal brand today! Contact Me Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Check Out More TeacherCast Programming TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/appspotlight) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Need a Presenter? Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!

Download Listen in a New Window iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Leave a Review Clammr It Subscribe via RSS Subscribe on Android Follow @TeacherCast Leave a VoiceMail Jeff sits down with Sue Ann Towle to discuss the new Pearson Tell, a brand new interactive assessment experience for English Language Learners.  About Pearson Education Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. For more information about Pearson, visit http://www.pearson.com. Links of interest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pearsonplc Twitter: https://twitter.com/pearson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PearsonEducation Sue Ann Towle, Director of Channel Management, Pearson As Director of Channel Management for Pearson, Towle is responsible for securing, fostering, and expanding relationships with product channel partners based on geography, focus, or market for nine Pearson assessment products. She proactively assesses, clarifies and validates partner needs on an ongoing basis and leads solution development efforts that best address end-user needs while coordinating necessary internal resources. In her role as product manager for WriteToLearn, a popular fully automated online literacy tool, Towle was focused on all aspects of sales, marketing and support for the product including product strategy and competitive and marketing analysis. She has conducted hundreds of product presentations at numerous ed tech conferences including ISTE, IRA, ASCD and NCTE. Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying Educational Podcasting Today or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today.  I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Ask Me Your Podcasting or WordPress Question Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Do you need help creating an awesome WordPress website?  I am available for 1:1 consulting.  Please visit my homepage and I will help you launch your personal brand today! Contact Me Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Check Out More TeacherCast Programming TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/appspotlight) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Need a Presenter? Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!

The Setup One of the first tasks I was asked to accomplish upon starting my new positing of Technology Integration Coordinator was to create a series of PD courses for the new school year.  My mission was simple.  Teacher takes a PD course, and then they need to have a customizable certificate generated for them … they also needed to have a survey at the end of this process. How did I accomplish this? First I must confess that my original plan was not the best.  I created individual forms, individual surveys, and this lovely process took me just over 6 hours.  I then reached out once finished to my Google Trainers Voxer group to see if there was an easier way for this.  This was the moment of clarity when several amazing Google minds all shouted at me… USE AUTOCRAT!!! In typical TeacherCast fashion, I knew this was time for me to do a podcast on the topic.  It was then that I was introduced to Trevor Beck from the great country of Canada who took me under his Google Wing and showed me how this process actually works. Video 1: Using Autocrat to Create PD Certs This process of creating PD Certs through autoCrat is simply awesome.  Teachers can also use it to create Student of the Month certs, something I am heavily advocating in my new school.   Video 2: Using formMule to create Surveys In this second video, Trevor shows us how to use formMule to round out the user experience with a PD Cert and user feedback survey.   What Do You Use autoCrat and formMule for? Are you a fan of the great work that Andrew Stillman does? If so, leave a comment below sharing how you are using these two awesome Google Add-ons.  We would love to hear from you.  Also don’t forget to tweet @AStillman below. Did you see the AWESOME Google Addons that @AStillman created for us? #Autocrate #FormMuleClick To Tweet

Take a quick look at the world around us; the TVs are slimmer than ever before, the mobile phones have gone smarter and tablets are here to replace those big desktop computers. Everything has come under one single finger-touch of the user. Things are not done the same way now like they used to be a few decades ago. Wearable technology is growing with each passing day, increasing convenience and feasibility in every field and for every person. Times have also changed when it comes to wearable technology now. The growth of wearable technology is gaining extreme popularity after the extensive use of laptops and smartphones. Below is the list of wearable tech that will show you the positive impact it has made in the world and learn how you can take advantage of it, especially in your school: 1. Google Glass Google glass has been recognized for changing the means of future education. Because of its cutting edge device, the process of learning for both the student and teacher is speeded up much smoother. Teachers can now capture video or photos and can share them with their students. Google glass also helps in making your very own short documentary about the subject being taught, which helps in enhancing the story telling in the classroom. It even has a wonderful feature of recording attendance by using facial recognition and even sends report cards to the parents directly that keeps the parent-teacher communication connected. 2. iPods iPods in classrooms increase the learning time and has a wonderful feature of creating tutorials that you can hear later. It is a very useful tool that has benefited the students from iPod’s multimedia, flexible features and its mobile capabilities. Students can always use it for calculators, maps, storing audio books and much more. 3. Smart Watches Smart watches have been very useful in education and are the most accurate information displaying device. It has an extremely simple and a wonderful system that lets the students send messages to their teachers if they are too shy to ask out loud. The teacher than sees the question on the watch and answers as a general question rather than naming a particular student. It is also used as an alarm or remote for reminders. If there are any changes made in class or assignments, then the students are noticed through the smart watches. 4. Productivity Wristbands These are wireless wristbands that are excellent when it comes to Physical Education. It helps in keeping the track of sleep quality, feedback of progress, number of walked steps and everything else related to student’s personal metrics. 5. VRG This wearable technology has surely taken entertainment to the next level by providing a realistic 3D experience. This is even used by the teachers to record videos that help them explain how to solve a particular problem or explaining about a chemical experiment. Students can even perform and share their video after recording that helps their teachers assess them individually with more care. 6. GoPro It is a high definition small personal camera that can be easily mounted anywhere and worn too. Students are extremely excited to learn from GoPro since it gives them a wonderful platform to research and explore. Students can use this camera to take pictures during their class for presentations and projects. This device is an excellent choice for the classroom. Wearable technology has been introduced for everyone involved in education to discover, learn and lead in this fast moving world. It is entering in our daily lives steadily and has especially increased the excitement to study. Make the best use of these mind blowing wearable technologies in the classrooms and take your education to the next level. About Eileen Burton: Deems herself as a tech nerd, Eileen Burton is a small town person with a lots of passion for everything tech. She’s also a professional consultant for now working with an elite education consultants that help clients who want to buy academic assignment.

If a software company wants to give its product away free to educators, that’s a good thing for schools, teachers and students, right? After all, there’s not a lot of money in education budgets these days. And if software companies—along with their visionary, deep-pocketed investors—now find it fashionable to give their products away so as to show a large user base and good growth numbers, isn’t this a boon that works in educators’ favor? Many companies give away products that educators can use for free. In a so-called "freemium" model, some of these companies offer premium versions with expanded features if you pay a little money. What do these services have in common? They all start out free, and students and teachers can quickly adopt them without requiring buy-in from administrators and districts. On the surface, free sounds good. Teachers get easy access to try stuff without any centralized budgetary or IT approval required. In most cases, users just create a user ID and log in. If they want to add student and parent access, they just create additional accounts, also for free. But IT professionals and school administrators we speak with tell us they’re starting to worry about the very real risks and pitfalls associated with free systems in education for five main reasons: 1. Free systems usually aren’t very robust Free solutions in education are usually relatively simple technology. The feature set is designed to minimize support costs instead of supporting sound pedagogy. So, district and state grading schemes, stranding, streaming, state standards and more are simply non-existent. Support for school or district wide reporting and data analysis is absent. And what region doesn’t have unique assessment and reporting standards? 2. Free systems aren’t integrated with district systems Free systems are typically not integrated with the school or district main student information system (SIS), the identity management system that controls logins across multiple applications (e.g. Microsoft’s Active Directory), or any attendance database, report card system or resource scheduling system. Sometimes there’s no data sharing of assessment results into your online gradebook. It’s hard to connect to systems like this and do it in an elegant way, so very few free tools do. 3) Free systems often push the administration burden to teachers Because they’re not connected to district systems, free sites typically have no knowledge of which students are in a given class or school. Teachers are often left with the challenge of inputting students and classes for a gradebook or student rewards system, for instance, and removing and adding students as they come and go. When it comes to parent communication, some teachers take on the burden of running their own email lists, managing updates themselves as parents and their email addresses change. Some technically advanced teachers even attempt websites for individual classes and resource sharing. Teachers shouldn’t be shouldering these additional responsibilities! This opt-in nature also makes for inequity across a school or district. Students with the keen teachers get access to the cool tools, but other students are left out. Often, teachers in the highest-need schools are already overwhelmed. The last thing they need is to become experts in CSV files or email service provider list management. When you add up the number of hours it takes for teachers and administrators to manage "free" systems, how free are they, really? 4) What’s free today might not be in the future - or may even be GONE How can you budget to maybe have to pay at some point for a tool you count on using today for free? What if there’s no money in your budget the year the vendor decides to start charging? What do you do? Stop using the system? The freemium model is not working for everyone. Many companies that are giving their software away—and their investors—are waking up to the fact that freemium is great when it works, but it doesn’t actually work all that often. If a vendor doesn’t find some way to make money, no matter how much capital they’ve raised, their funding will dry up and they’re going to end up out of business. In other words, even the most well funded companies need to crack the revenue code, and not all will. And that’s going to lead to even bigger headaches for schools that will cost even more to fix. Companies need revenue to continue development and to support existing installations, i.e. to survive. 5) You may find yourself paying an unexpected price Users of social media like Facebook have been learning the old saw, if you’re not paying for a product or service, you’re the product. While there are guidelines in education and laws in many countries worldwide aimed at protecting student data, even big companies like Google that should know better have made mistakes. Now, if Google can mess up, how many other companies may cut corners as they try to monetize teacher and student information because that’s their only path to revenue? At some point free solutions can suddenly come at an unexpected cost. That cost may be through licensing fees, fees for upgrades, or service fees. Maybe advertising you may not want. Or perhaps that cost comes in the form of lost data when a company goes away because it couldn’t stay in business and refused to give you a way to export your data. District IT personnel sometimes get involved, but not always for the reasons you might think. IT staff are increasingly being called on to police teachers’ applications to mitigate school districts’ legal exposure. How many well-meaning teachers understand the potential for litigation for accidentally sharing a student’s academic information with someone they thought was a parent or guardian? Or maybe who was a parent at one time, but isn’t any longer after a court ruling? Teachers shouldn’t be expected to shoulder the added burden of knowing about and managing critical information that the school office or district is already managing. It’s only smart for educators to look carefully before tying themselves to free or freemiumservices. Schools and boards will forego free software for the right software. For instance, 29 New York City schools opted out of a free Department of Education-developed data management system in favor of a paid one. And users of free systems move over to our social learning and education engagement system, Edsby, all the time. The take away here is clear: "Free" solutions can cost your school or district real time, real money and real results. When looking for future systems, place special emphasis on platforms that integrate with your district-wide legacy applications, such as student information systems, so that teachers aren’t shouldering the burden of data entry. And last but not least, plan for properly managed school or district-wide rollouts to ensure that all students and teachers get the benefits of modern tools, not just the early adopting teachers and their students. About Scott Welch Scott Welch is Co-Founder of Edsby, a commercial all-in-one application for K-12 school districts that offers attendance, lesson planning, social learning, gradebooks, parent engagement and more. Details at www.edsby.com. An earlier version of this article was originally published in SEEN Magazine.

Download Listen in a New Window iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Leave a Review Clammr It Subscribe via RSS Subscribe on Android Follow @TeacherCast Leave a VoiceMail Jeff sits down with Mary Jo Madda and Michael Winters to discuss how EdSurge is one of the BEST resources for educators on the planet!  Learn how EdSurge was founded and how it operates today. About EdSurge EdSurge is a news and information company focused on the intersection between education and technology. EdSurge readers and fans are edtech entrepreneurs, educators, investors and education policy makers who are interested in technology K12 and Higher Ed. EdSurge has keynoted with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, hosted an edtech video chat at the request of The White House, is one of TED’s top "education blogs to follow," and in 2013 was awarded "Most Influential Community Builder" by GSV Advisors Links of interest https://www.edsurge.com/ @EdSurge @MJMadda @mjwints Thank You For Your Podcast Reviews Are you enjoying Educational Podcasting Today or other shows on the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today.  I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week. Ask Me Your Podcasting or WordPress Question Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Do you need help creating an awesome WordPress website?  I am available for 1:1 consulting.  Please visit my homepage and I will help you launch your personal brand today! Contact Me Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes Check Out More TeacherCast Programming TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/appspotlight) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com) View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Need a Presenter? Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!