July 24, 2014
April 3, 2014
The latter part of last week I brought the warm Austin weather with me to Boston and made the rounds to visit old friends in both […]
March 18, 2014
One of the learning curves that an entrepreneur endures is achieving a level of comfort in pitching your idea to a room full of devil’s advocates. […]
March 6, 2014
With my degree in elementary education I generally understand the regular trade shows that teachers and administrators often attend (such as ISTE, NSTA, IRA, ASCD… the […]
February 20, 2014
I would say one of my favorite aspects about moving iCreate to Austin is being in the physical center of a highly energetic edtech environment. The […]
January 9, 2014
We’re jet-setting with most of the edtech community this month and next with the back-to-back shows of BETT, FETC, and TCEA. While we won’t have our […]
January 2, 2014
Today I checked out the newly re-opened Thinkery, an interactive children’s museum in Austin, TX. Many of the displays reminded me of the Exploratorium in San […]
October 8, 2013
This past weekend I had the joy of attending the RIDE Technology Conference in Providence, RI. In addition to the amazing experience of being able to […]
September 14, 2013
Today was a refreshing day at the Under Armour headquarters in Baltimore, MD. Around 100 local middle school girls gathered around female professionals from well-known brands […]
September 3, 2013
For years SXSW has been debuting fabulous musicians at their annual March festival in Austin, and recently the event has become the go-to debut for new […]
May 24, 2013
One of the things we’re excited about at iCreate is seeing where Red Bird shows up around the world – either just through travels, workshops, or […]
March 3, 2013
At the first annual Learnlaunch conference in Boston, many of the attending entrepreneurs had an opportunity to share their thoughts on whether commerce can change education. […]
February 17, 2013
Our February classroom spotlight – Kevin Murray of Fossil Ridge High in Poudre School District – created a quick overview video to expand on how he […]
January 27, 2013
A teacher from the Buckeye Union School District reached out to us this week to share a fabulous story about a field trip she took her […]
November 20, 2012
When we first started iCreate – almost 2.5 years ago now, yikes! – we really prioritized running hands-on teacher workshops. Why? It was great exposure for […]
September 26, 2012
Are you a student or educator in New York City? yaNY (Young Audiences New York) are running a special Animation Project at The Sony Wonder Technology […]
May 21, 2012
This past weekend was absolutely beautiful, and so it was a telling sign that only the most passionate, dedicated, (crazy!) educators and entrepreneurs were inside at […]
December 12, 2011
This past weekend I had the honor of attending — as a panelist — the 1st annual EdTech Boston Conference. This event brought together both entrepreneurs […]
November 14, 2011
As we approach Thanksgiving here in the United States we'd like to note we are very thankful to those who have given us fabulous compliments and […]
October 31, 2011
Tag-teaming with the post from last week, while we were in NYC we had the opportunity to observe the fabulous work the teachers at the Deaf […]
October 23, 2011
This past week we were invited down by Puppetry in Practice (PIP) of Brooklyn College to run a hands-on workshop to help the staff integrate stop-motion animation into […]
April 25, 2011
We were recently contacted by the Polaris at Ebert school in Denver, CO who has been using stop-motion animation in their classrooms for a few years, […]
January 19, 2011
Melissa will be demoing iCreate to Educate, some “greatest hits” animations, and SAM Animation at tonight’s Boston Tech Meetup event at the Microsoft Nerd Center. Other […]