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District Administration: Why you should let an edtech company live in your high school

“A business can be situated inside a high school and create benefits for both,” ISD 197 Superintendent Peter Olson-Skog says.

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EdTech Digest: Teachers Pivot to Help Millions More Students

Read this interview with Peter Bohacek and Matthew Vonk, who are former educators and the co-founders of Pivot Interactives, which was recently acquired by Discovery Education.

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ACE-Ed: Wicomico County Public Schools Adds Innovative New EdTech Tools

Pivot Interactives is helping educators in the district’s high school Chemistry and Physics classes actively engage students in the exploration of scientific phenomena while developing their scientific practice.

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Education Talk Radio: Teaching Science with Interactive Lessons

Listen in to the Education Talk Radio podcast, with Matt & Peter sharing Pivot Interactives!

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eSchoolNews: Pivot Interactives Named Best of STEM by Science Educators

eSchool News Staff- July 26, 2022 STEM Educators Honor Pivot Interactives with 3 awards at Best of STEM Awards 2022

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The Learning Counsel: App of Week - Pivot Interactives

Pivot Interactives, an award-winning platform for authentic, interactive video-based science activities, transform science teaching through active learning and scientific phenomena. Developed by educators, Pivot Interactives makes teaching science easier for teachers and more engaging for students.

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Twin Cities Business: Overcoming the Limits of The Classroom - Matt Vonk & Peter Bohacek

Twin Cities Business talks to Pivot Interactives Co-Founders, Matt Vonk & Peter Bohacek about overcoming the limits they faced in their science classrooms

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Top Awards for Innovative Early-Stage Education Entrepreneurs at Milken-Penn GSE

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition is considered the most prestigious & well-funded education business plan competition, awarding innovative ideas from around the world. Pivot Interactives won the ACT Prize in 2016, which helped make Pivot Interactives what it is today.

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Milken-Penn GSE Announces Business Plan Competition 2016 Finalists

The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition is considered the most prestigious & well-funded education business plan competition, attracting innovative ideas from around the world. Just as Pivot Interactives was getting started in 2016, it was named a finalist (and eventually a winner).

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e-School News: Announcing Iris

Pivot Interactives Announces New Iris™ Technology to Increase Students’ Active Phenomena-Based Learning. Digital tools broaden accessibility to acquiring scientific skills through practice for students

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The bigEDidea Podcast: Equity & Pivot Interactives

Listen to bigEDidea featuring our very own Linda Detwiler, teacher & customer success manager. Linda brilliantly describes the power of teaching, the difference between equity and equality, and why Pivot Interactives is a powerful tool to build equity in science education.

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Pivot Interactives wins three Best of STEM Awards

Pivot Interactives was the only STEM software to be honored in 2021 by STEM educators in 3 separate categories, - Phenomenon-based Teaching and Learning - Best Resource for Analyzing and Interpreting Data- - Breakthrough Technology for STEM Learning.

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The Physics Alive Podcast: Meaningful Science Experiences

Listen to Peter Bohacek, Pivot Interactives Co-Founder & CEO, on The Physics Alive Podcast talk about how pivots provide active, meaningful, and relevant science experiences to students.

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Pivot Interactives wins Best STEM/STEAM Education App from The Edvocate Cool Tools

Check out the winners for The 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards, including Pivot Interactives as the Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool!

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Pivot Interactives wins The EdTech Awards: Best Video Based Learning Solution

Check out the winners of the 2020 EdTech Awards, including Pivot Interactives in the Video Based Learning Solution Category.

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