This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about the presence of immigrant classmates with gains in academic performance for students born in the U.S. Ryan shares an article that talks about the possibility of ELA teachers using video games to teach literary devices and concepts.

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Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology Series for 2021 where we interview Ed-Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Sarah and Ryan interview William Glass and Luis Noriega of Terrapin, a provider of hardware and software to teach students to code. Our guests talk about the history of the Logo software program and how they are inspiring a new generation of future coders with the technology. They also provide their perspective on how coding can be taught to students as young as four and how it can be used to teach a wide range of subjects. Find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.terrapinlogo.com.

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021. Our guest is Jenny Li, the President of the Education Business Unit at FoxIt Software. FoxIt is a leading PDF software provider that specializes in creating digital document solutions for K-12 schools. Ryan and Sarah talk to Jenny about the future of digital document software for schools and how digital document innovations are being used to supplement, and not replace, current document-based learning activities by teachers and students. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.foxitsoftware.com.

Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)

This week, we begin our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021 where we interview education innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Our guest on the program is Dr. Jeffrey Carpenter, the Co-Founder and EVP of VantagePoint Consulting. Jeffrey talks to Ryan and Sarah about the areas in higher education that are ripe for tech disruption and what that can mean for students, parents, counselors, faculty, and administrators. Jeffrey also talks about VantagePoint’s Return on College platform, which helps K-12 counselors demystify the college experience for their students. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.vantagepoint-inc.com and www.returnon.college.

Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021 where we interview education innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Our guest on the program is Eddy Boyette, the Eastern Zone Manager for Lumens, a camera equipment provider and manufacturer for K-12 schools. Ryan and Sarah talk to Eddy about the latest tech tools that help educators reach remote learning students and provide them with live instruction. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.mylumens.com

Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021 where we interview education innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Joining us on the program are representatives from ViewSonic, a provider of visual display hardware solutions for K-12 schools. Ryan and Sarah talk to our guest’s about ViewSonic’s latest innovations in classroom learning and e-sports, including some really cool interactive display technology. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.viewsonic.com.

Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology 2021 series where we interview ed-tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Our guests this week are Mathieu Lillo and Daniel Bird of Isograd, a provider of digital skills certification programs in K-12 and beyond. Our hosts talk to Mathieu and Daniel about skills gaps that exist between what employers need and what K-12 education is providing, and how certification programs can help to bridge that gap. You can find out more about these programs by calling 833-ISOGRAD.

Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021 where we interview education innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Joining us on the program is Eric Ogden and Troy Seefeldt of full-service education tech solution provider Trafera. Sarah and Ryan talk to our guests about how schools can use the technology to improve instructional uptime and how Trafera’s approach to ed tech has changed amid the pandemic. You can find out more about our guests’ work by visiting www.netsweeper.com.

Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021 where we interview education innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Joining us on the program is Chris Mertens, VP of Sales for Samsung. Ryan talks to Chris about the work that Samsung has been doing to make the classroom environment more inclusive for online students and the achievements that schools have had in implementing hybrid classroom models. Gamified learning is also discussed! You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting https://www.samsung.com/us/business/solutions/industries/education/.

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)

This week, we continue our Big Ideas in Education Technology series for 2021 where we interview education innovators from the Future of Education Technology Conference. Joining us on the program is OverDrive Education General Manager Angela Arnold. OverDrive is the makers of the Sora student reading app. Ryan and Sarah talk to Angela about how the pandemic has changed the ways teachers are using digital books as learning tools. Angela also provides a look into Sora’s most exciting new features. You can find out more about our guest’s work by visiting www.discoversora.com and [email protected].

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Hosts: Hosts: Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)