Education Technology

Azure for Students Starter FAQ

October 4, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

What is Azure for Students Starter? Azure for Students Starter gets you started with the Azure products you need to develop in the cloud at no cost to you*. This benefit provides you access to a free tier of the following services: Azure App Services—A fully-managed cloud offering that enables you to build and deploy native and web apps in minutes.… Read more

An Online Education Breakthrough? A Master’s Degree for a Mere $7,000

October 27, 2016 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

The master’s degree business is booming. College graduates looking for a leg up in the job market are flocking to one- and two-year programs that promise entry to lucrative careers. Top colleges are more than willing to provide them — for a price.… Read more

The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con

December 24, 2015 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

In 2012, I attended the ISTE conference in San Diego, CA. While I was only there for about 36 hours, it was easy for me to pick up on one of the hottest topics for the three-day event. The “flipped classroom” was being discussed in social lounges, in conference sessions, on the exhibit floor, on the hashtag and even at dinner.… Read more

What the Future of Tech Skills Education Could Look Like

December 24, 2015 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Our Ideas series is exploring how innovation happens in education. As one of the biggest, most successful tech companies, Google can hire pretty much anyone it wants. Accordingly, the company tends to favor Ph.D.s from Stanford and MIT. But, it has just partnered with a for-profit company called General Assembly to offer a series of short, non-credit courses for people who want to learn how to build applications for Android, Google’s mobile platform.… Read more

How Compatible Are Common Core and Technology?

December 23, 2015 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Carissa, a fourth-grader at P.S. 101, uses Google Docs on her iPad to discuss a book’s themes with a group.… Read more

Top 10 Education Tech Blogs

December 23, 2015 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Education is evolving fast. Every day, we hear about some new technology that will change the world and the way we learn in it. At Brainscape, we are dedicated to improving the way you learn with our own innovative smart flashcard technology (check out our subjects here), but there are many other educational technologies that are key to improving learning around the world. … Read more