Behind the Scenes, Beyond the Bot: Kiddom Customer Success
Through partnership, the Customer Success team at Kiddom is committed to helping educators ensure quality of learning at a distance, or in-person.
Through partnership, the Customer Success team at Kiddom is committed to helping educators ensure quality of learning at a distance, or in-person.
While we must do what we can to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, school closures come at a cost for low-income and disadvantaged families. Here’s a list of sources for free meals in areas affected by the virus.
Team members from Kiddom share the books that caught their eye this summer. These reading recommendations will satisfy every educator’s busy and curious mind.
Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product?
I am no stranger to educational technology. As a teacher for ten years, I was an evangelist for using technology in the classroom. I was an early adopter of Google Docs (and eventually Google Apps for Education) as well as an LMS that harnessed the power of online socializing and put it to use by […]
As technology continues to find its way into the classroom at a rapid pace, valid concerns from teachers continue to surface. Will educator responsibilities and/or impact be minimized? Will teachers no longer be needed? What parts of the job might be enhanced via technology? In fact, these questions have been raised by educators since the […]
Kiddom’s mission is to build technology that unlocks the potential of all teachers and learners. In fact, we believe it takes a village to raise a child.
Dear Educators, For many of you, the 2016–2017 school year has come to a close. On behalf of the Kiddom team, thank you for your passion and your service to students. We’re incredibly grateful you trusted Kiddom in your classroom. This year, Kiddom got a major facelift. Based on feedback from teachers like you, we […]
There is no right way to learn. For this student, it took enthusiasm — I credit Mr. Boyle with getting me re-engaged in school. I’m forever grateful.
When I was thirteen, I met a person who would redefine what I expected from a teacher. And for this, I consider myself very fortunate. I have had many teachers who cared about me, but no one influenced me as much as Fernando Acosta. For context, I did secondary education in a brand-new school in […]
Is there a direct correlation between early childhood learning experiences and high school graduation rates? Are students’ academic learning outcomes in later years, predetermined by the quality of their early childhood education? Research on the subject is all over the place, but, from what I have read, science strongly suggests the answer to these questions […]
In honor of World Teachers Day, I’m sharing a piece I wrote on Yo Mista! a few years ago about one of the most passionate and inspirational teachers I’ve ever had. I’ve made some minor edits, as I originally wrote this when I was still teaching high school. Here it is: I recently Googled “John […]
“Yo Mista… why this place really called the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop? Do they really mean gay?” This place does well with immature teenagers I recently took two of some of my closest students out for ice cream to tell them I wasn’t coming back to teach this school year. I’ve known David and […]