Twitter Hashtags for Education and Technology

After reading an awesome edudemic article, we would like to know the most popular Hashtags in Education and Technology.  If you are not familiar with Hashtags on Twitter, you should check out edudemic’s great post describing them. Additionally, you can find us on Twitter to begin conversations on giving power ...

What do Ignite! Learning and Santa have in common?

They both like being social!     Make sure you join others who care about education and technology on our Facebook and Twitter. We hope you have a very social holiday season! Ignite! Learning

We are gathering toys for the Austin Children’s Shelter!

Ignite! Learning decided to help out a local charity, Austin Children’s Shelter.  Here is my personal story of how it has been going. I woke up this morning to pick through my closet full of items I knew I would never use again.  This “clean-out” wasn’t only attributed to mild ...

Gonzales ISD Turns Around Science & Math Achievement With Ignite!

“I am contacting you to let you know the Ignite! system has had really impressive results in grades 5-8 in our district.” I received this type of dialog in an email along with astounding visuals from a passionate Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Gonzales ISD, Denise Graves.  Denise not ...

We are SMART with our education technology partners

As the global leader in instructional technology, SMART™ Technologies absolutely understands today’s teacher. As a service to districts everywhere, Ignite! Learning collaborated with SMART™ to create a combined solution that leverages the power of SMART™ Response clickers, the interactivity of the SMART™ Board, and the ubiquity of SMART™ Notebook with ...

Sept/Oct Spark of the Month – Sparkito!

Go ahead, call me Little League. Everyone wins this time around.. The last six weeks have been unbelievably exciting. We have new district-wide customers in Georgia (nice work Sonya!) and deepening relationships in the Rio Grande Valley (David, Patty, Olga, Angela - teamwork pays!); we have new community partnerships (Feria Para ...

Instructional Materials Allotment – FAQ’s

We have attached a PDF (bottom) that includes Frequently Asked Questions about the New Allotment Funding System. In short, each district is entitled to an annual IMA from the state for each year of the biennium. The Instructional Materials Fund (IMF) allotment calculations are proportionate to the PEIMS student enrollment ...

Looking at education technology, differently

We had a moment of silence yesterday for the loss of a true innovator.  All human’s lives are important and deserve their respect, but you find yourself pausing a little longer for someone who helped progress and define your own. We would like to remember this timeless video that will ...

A dog is dancing in the office!?

We had a visitor in the office today. This guest was not your typical individual who usually come to our office to discuss the future of education technology. In fact, he only came to dance… Check out the funny video on our Facebook Page It was a delight to have ...

A math lesson plan example from Ignite!

There are thousands of teachers using Ignite! right now to excite their classrooms.  Regardless of subject, grade, and location, we are dedicated to provide interactive materials, instructional support and integrated assessment designed to their current common, state, local, subject, and grade-level priorities while simultaneously integrating existing technology, supporting classroom instruction, building teacher capacity ...