The 13 selections are in for the April EdTech Madness tournament.
The first 4 (well actually 21) out
None of these products should feel like their season was a bust. They all had a shining moment or two. Here’s the list in no particular order. I’ve linked a few of the real sleepers, so you can get to know them before next year’s season kicks off.
- Google Classroom
- Google Chromebooks
- Canva
- Canvas
- iPhone (screen recording)
- Microsoft
- Linux
- Google Meet
- Edji
- Techsmith
- FluentKey
- Jitsi
- Natural Reader
- Turnitin
- Hapara
- Securly
- Newsela
- Nearpod
- Animal Crossing
- IORAD
- Epic!
- Explain Everything
South by Southwest Division
Order of seeding: Flipgrid, Zoom, Schoology, WeVideo, Adobe Spark, Screencast-o-matic.
Top seeds are Flipgrid and Zoom (the winner of the draw between it, SeeSaw, and Screencastify). Sixth seed Schoology is the only product in this division that isn’t primarily focused on video.
North by Northwest Division
Order of seeding: Google G Suite, Screencastify, SeeSaw, EdPuzzle, Moodle, Osmo, Pear Deck
The overall top seed is Google G Suite. SeeSaw dropped to the fifth seed due to an unfortunate luck of the draw. The venerable Moodle has the distinction of being the only open educational resource selected to the field.
Stay Tuned
- Get your copy of the tourney brackets. Side bets are encouraged.
- Scoring system will be unveiled Monday, March 30.
- First Game – Wednesday, April 1st – PearDeck (13) v. Screencastify (4)