Showcasing Minnesota Technology Innovation
SOPHIA.org, the "social education platform that empowers students to learn in their own way, helps teachers to innovate and puts college students on a path to a lower-cost degree" just announced that they have partnered with Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," to address the issue … [Read more...]
Educators have another option for classroom sites and blogs, "WordPress is an elegant solution for education professionals looking to create a website for their class, and today we’re excited to announce the launch of WordPress.com Classrooms. Whether you need a group … [Read more...]
SOPHIA.org, the online education platform offering a unique Many Ways to Learn™ learning model with more than 28,000 free academic multimedia tutorials taught by a multitude of teachers, has partnered with New Classrooms – a nonprofit organization that gives students a … [Read more...]
Exciting our kids about the world they will inherit -- not just the future but their future -- means that getting them engaged and excited about science, art and technology will enable them to invent it. A unique festival in Stillwater on January 5, 2013 is one that sets up … [Read more...]
Well, let's say nicely funded, anyway -- a fully subscribed seed round that fulfills their near-term capital needs. I wanted to write a post to report the latest update on this amazing Minnesota tech startup: Kidblog. You've seen me write about these guys before: earlier … [Read more...]
Minnesota startup Kidblog has been on a roll, but they're hardly taking the summer off. If you know the cofounders, Matt Hardy and Dan Flies, you've likely heard by now that they were invited by their latest investor, 500 Startups, to spend the summer working in its … [Read more...]
Even a casual observer can't help but notice that the pace of change is accelerating, especially when it comes to technology. As we've joked here on the Minnov8 Gang in many previous shows, summers used to be pretty dead as far as topics were concerned and we had to pull … [Read more...]
Whatever you call it -- learning, education or training -- it is undeniable that gaining skills in this time of accelerating change is critical for each-and-every one of us. Especially as the world undergoes continued and profound global economic and job disruption. The … [Read more...]
The University of Minnesota launched an online catalog of open-source books last month and it's just been revealed that the University will pay its professors $500 each time they post an evaluation of one of those books, according to this article on Inside HigherEd. … [Read more...]
Do you know why some people are 1 to 4% Neandertal? During her talk Lynn Fellman will explain how your Uncle Ned and maybe you have an "Inner Neander" during her art and science talk on April 28th. Lynn's presentation is one of many talks at Twin City libraries to celebrate … [Read more...]
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