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EduVentures analyzes higher education investment trends, spotlighting student services, employer influence, and edtech at the BMO Back to School Conference.

M itch Weisburgh, founder of Games 4 Ed, discusses the market for games in education and the obstacles to reach current curriculum models. Weisburgh also talks about “game jams” and other ways to engage teachers in the process of game development and deployment within classrooms.

J ohn McIntire, Chairman at Yogome, discusses educational gaming, new methods to personalize the experience for students and his history in the business of education. Yogome is played by students in over 150 countries.McIntire, along with nearly 900 participants, including some 250 global education companies was in New York for the BMO Capital Markets 15th Annual Back to School Education Conference. Dr. Berger, in collaboration with MindRocket Media Group and edCircuit captured views from business leaders to investors taking a look behind the scenes of investment in education and technology.

Authors of the best-selling ASCD book Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success talk to Dr. Berger about why your effectiveness in the classroom is directly connected to your ability to self-reflect on your teaching practice and use the reflection process to get better at what you do. Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral discuss tools and strategies, from their latest book Teach, Reflect, Learn: Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom, to reveal deeper understandings of your practice and increase your power to make purposeful improvements. Their path forward includes:A short self-assessment to gauge your current self-reflective tendencies and provide a launching point for personal growth.Prompts and strategies to spur your development in the art and skill of self-reflection.Insights into the four stages that compose the continuum of self-reflection and how each stage contributes to your overall improvement.Goals and road maps for developing self-reflective tendencies, accuracy, and behavior.   

ASCD 2015 has wrapped in Houston. Check out highlights and prepare for next year in Atlanta, Georgia!

Priscilla Lavoie and Alieu Terry of Binder talk with Dr. Berger about their finalist status at SXSW Edu’s LaunchEdu program and how their solution puts students in control of their future.

Amanda Kruysman, teacher in the Fort Mill School District, talks with Dr. Berger about how social media and Twitter chats have impacted the community of teachers and the emerging trend of “Design Thinking” in classrooms around the country.

William Zhou, founder and CEO of Chalk.com, talks with Dr. Berger about his experience as a SXSW Edu finalist at the LaunchEdu program and the impact of feedback on innovation.

In an interview with edCircuit, Christopher Pruijsen, CEO and Co-Founder of Ster!o.me, discusses how technology is changing homework to better engage students.