The TeacherCast App Spotlight

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Suzanne Wendt from Pearson North America to discuss the brand new aimswebPlus and how it is allowing teachers and school districts the opportunity to provide quick and accurate assessment data from our classrooms.

Kiddom is a complete gradebook system for teachers looking for additional features in their day to day classroom assessments.

Welcome to the TeacherCast Podcast. In this episode, Jeff sits down with Mariel Warnock from School Specialty to discuss the launching of their AMAZING Foss System for Middle School students. Learn how your students can learn Next Generation Science Methods today!

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Margaret Weigel from Lego Education to discuss the amazing LEGO Mindstorms products and how they can fit into your STEM Education Curriculum.

Are you ready to shave not just minutes ... but HOURS off of your work week? ClassTag provides educators with the perfect platform to form a partnership between teachers and parents.

Pearson has many amazing programs that are focused on improving learning outcomes of K12 students and this year I was blown away by one of their new programs.

With over 308,000 students served to date, PledgeCents provides educators with a student first approach to raising money for class projects.

This year, I had the opportunity to sit down with Vlada Lotkina from Classtag. Classtag is a robust communication system that is connecting the classroom to the dinner table by bringing parents into the education conversation.

This year TechSmith EDU is offering 2 amazing apps to provide streamlined content creation so you can focus on your students, and not the technology.

Jeff sits down with Christy Brazemore from Voki to discuss how educators and students worldwide are using Voki's powerful talking avatars in their curriculum to meet not only their curriculum standards, but to engage the imaginations of students of all ages and subject areas.

Jeff sits down with Risa Snethen from Learning.com to talk about the many resources offered to provide students the digital and core literacy skills needed to get them ahead in the classroom.

Jeff sits down with Robert Kalman, a New Jersey Educator to talk about an exciting video game creation platform known as Bloxels. Bloxels offers students both a digital and tactile experience of creating their own video games. Check out Bloxels today!

Recap is a free video response and reflection app developed by the makers of Swivl. It gives teachers and parents insight into students’ learning and progress by introducing video as a quick, simple and everyday tool to collect student data. Recap provides evidence of student thinking, improves formative assessment, and supports personalized learning. Sign up at www.letsrecap.com!

Jeff sits down with Parviz Parvizi to discuss the new podcasting app Clammr.  Simply put, Clammr is one of the BEST ways to reach your audience today! Check them out at Clammr.com About Clammr Clammr brings social engagement and discovery to audio. Users are calling our app Audio Instagram and Audio Twitter.  Listeners get personalized streams of Entertainment & News in 18-second bites that they can launch automatically into full-length music, podcasts, and news. Audio content creators love Clammr as a way to make their content more discoverable and viral.  Blogs and video producers love us for reaching audiences when they can't look at screens. Links of interest * Web: http://www.Clammr.com * Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/clammrapp * Web Publishing: http://publisher.clammr.com * Helpful Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5x7Z_UUMu-Ev_k9ftnP1g About our Guest Parviz is co-founder of Clammr, a mobile app and platform making audio more social and viral. Users are calling Clammr, which features snack-sized audio clips of 18 seconds or less, the “Instagram of Audio.” Previously, Parviz worked at McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, the FCC, and O’Melveny & Myers. He has advised top 5 global media companies and mobile carriers on strategy and growth. He was a founder of McKinsey’s iConsumer research initiative on digital consumer behavior, authoring 3 of the Firm’s 10 most-downloaded media sector knowledge documents. Parviz holds a JD from Yale Law School and AB from Cornell. Share the Love * If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. * Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv  Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! * Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. * Email: info@teachercast.net * Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail * Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation  Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show * 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 View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast * Watch LIVE: 

In todays TeacherCast App Spotlight Podcast, learn how Chalkup can import existing data from your schools SIS and transform your classrooms into dynamic spaces for creation and innovation.