It’s been too long since our last “Meet an Edlio Team Member” post. For those of you just joining us, the “Meet Edlio” series let’s the world get to know our employees a little better. For some of our customers this is their first chance to see many of the friendly faces that they talk to each day. Next up to bat is Andrew Marenbach!
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“Spike,” the nickname we gave the lion in our logo, has always been a fierce competitor in the underground mascot world and now our logo was recently awarded Silver in the Education Category from the Brands Of The World Logo Awards.
Close your eyes and imagine that you have just created the best PowerPoint presentation of your life. You think to yourself, this presentation is really awesome, but it would be amazing if I could make this interactive by adding a survey, or quiz. Then, because you like to dream big you realize you want to add this presentation to your school’s website and share it with the rest of the world.
Whether or not we want to admit it, we have all been tempted to watch the cute video of the cat playing the piano, or the bull dog skateboarding on YouTube. That video actually inspired me to try and teach my bulldog to skateboard (with no luck). The fact is that YouTube videos have inspired and educated tons of people. Educators have long been aware of the educational possibilities that YouTube has to offer, but it was nearly impossible to prevent student’s from accessing all of those cat videos, and the rest of the YouTube library. With that in mind, many schools and districts block YouTube.
Now YouTube offers a solution to this problem with the new YouTube EDU and YouTube for Schools.
I remember being surprised when I received my first text message from my 10-year-old niece. Although, I shouldn’t have been that surprised because she really isn’t that different from most students her age.
Today most students own a cell phone or smart phone. Mobile phones help students access the school’s website on the go, and educators are beginning to realize the many possibilities that mobile phones offer the classroom and beyond.
Today was an extra special day at the Edlio offices thanks to Saddleback Valley Christian Schools. This morning, much to our surprise, both the Los Angeles and Austin, TX offices received these tasty treats from Saddleback Valley Christian Schools.
Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words, but are some pictures worth more than others? Well, according to a recent study lead by Harvard some pictures are actually worth 500 billion words! High quality and well edited photos are one of the easiest ways to take your website up a notch. A study by Stanford University points out that many users find websites to be more credible based on the quality of their images.
It’s time for another edition of our Meet Edlio series. This is your opportunity to see some of the awesome Edlio employees that you have been working with for so long. Don’t worry, I won’t keep you waiting any longer. Without further ado, please welcome Katie Massie to the stage.
There is something very fascinating about encoded messages and hidden content. Our minds immediately begin to try to solve the mystery and figure out what information is being protected by the scrambled imagery. I imagine this is one of the reasons QR codes (short for Quick Response Codes) are so popular. So what exactly are they and why should I care about them?
These day kids don’t simply go online; they are online.
Today’s “plugged-in” children are busy texting, playing video games, streaming video and connecting with their friends on social networking sites. While digital media and the Internet seem to be second nature for school aged kids, understanding how to interact responsibly in the Web 2.0 world isn’t.
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