Education Technology Meetup + Code/Bronx Info Session @ Manhattan College

Scroll down to read about our full list of EdTech demos below from Newsela (https://newsela.com/), EverFi (http://everfi.com/), Buncee (http://www.buncee.com/), and ReadWorks (http://www.readworks.org/).

Are you curious about how education is being reshaped by technology? This Meetup is perfect for techies with an education interest, teachers who are filling their classrooms with tech, and anyone who wants to get involved in one of the industries with the largest growth potential within tech.

The ed tech industry received nearly $3 billion in investment in 2015, up from $1.87 billion in 2014 -- yet our schools are not transforming fast enough to keep up with today's rapidly changing job market.

Come hear from some of today's hottest edtech startups and tech-saavy teachers to learn about how technology will transform education forever.

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Code/Bronx Info Session (4:30pm - 5pm):

Code/Bronx (http://www.codebronx.org/) launched in winter 2015 with the Bronx Borough President and Code/Interactive to bring coding programs to every school in the Bronx. Come learn about upcoming professional development events and opportunities to get a coding class in your school.

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Tentative Schedule:

4:00pm: Networking and Food

4:30pm: Code/Bronx Info Session

5:00pm: Networking, Food, and Code/Bronx Sign-Up

5:30pm: Education Technology Demos

6:30pm: Networking and Food

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EdTech Demos:

Newsela (https://newsela.com/) - @newsela

Newsela is an education technology startup dedicated to transforming the way learners access the world through words. The founding team members combine powerful technological know-how with real-world experience earned in the classroom, the newsroom, and the boardroom. Launched in June 2013, Newsela publishes high-interest news articles daily at five levels of complexity for grades 2-12 using Newsela’s proprietary, rapid text-leveling process. Common Core–aligned quizzes attached to articles give educators and parents insight into their students’ reading strengths and weaknesses. Newsela develops nonfiction fluency and critical-thinking skills necessary to master the Common Core standards for informational text.

EverFi (http://everfi.com) - @everfi

EverFi is an education technology company that partners with corporations and foundations to provide online learning courses to schools at no cost. EverFi’s courses aim to engage and teach students in a variety of critical skills such as STEM readiness, coding, entrepreneurship, financial literacy and digital literacy/citizenship. Our co-curricular, digital courses deliver content that engages 21st century learners by leveraging gamification, simulations, and assessments. Our standards-aligned courses provide meaningful metrics to teachers by not only measuring knowledge gains, but also student attitudes on these important skills.

Buncee (http://www.buncee.com) - @buncee

Buncee is a web-based creation and presentation tool that allows students and teachers to create engaging and interactive presentations, lesson plans, digital stories, research projects, and more using their in-house graphics and multimedia resources. Buncee has been integral in enhancing student engagement and creativity in classrooms within all 50 states in the US, as well as 127 countries worldwide.

ReadWorks (http://www.readworks.org/) - @readworks

The ReadWorks team is excited to unveil our new digital technology platform to the edTech meetup community. The new platform will begin serving teachers, students, and parents in 1-to-1 and blended learning environments this spring. The nonprofit ReadWorks is the leading venture in the United States for improving teacher effectiveness and student learning in reading comprehension.
ReadWorks provides the largest, highest-quality library of authentic nonfiction and literary articles in the country for K-12 students, along with carefully-selected vocabulary, formative assessment questions, and cognitive-science based reading comprehension lessons - all aligned to the Common Core and state standards. ReadWorks is free and meant to be shared broadly. With our current, non-digital website, ReadWorks has more than 650,000 active teacher users in more than 65,000 U.S. public schools, with 2,000 new teacher registrants joining every day. Additionally, 60% of our active users are in public schools where more than half of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch.