Welcome to the January 2025 edtech Show & Tell, where our editors share some of the new edtech products that have caught our attention this month. These are not reviews or endorsements, but rather a sampling of education-friendly hardware, software, platforms, and more that we think might be worth mentioning to you.
This month's new offerings include a lithium-ion battery system, a screen-sharing platform, a digital earth science curriculum, and more.
Eaton | Samsung Gen 3 Lithium-ion Battery System
Eaton's Samsung Gen 3 lithium-ion battery system is a complete solution that provides power for energy storage and emergency backup power for uninterruptible power supplies to improve the usability and reliability of critical IT infrastructure. Featuring lithium-ion batteries, removable battery modules, and a DC-rated circuit breaker, Eaton's Samsung Gen 3 lithium-ion battery system enables 24/7 uptime in critical applications. of data centers while reducing the total cost of ownership.
Nvidia | Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit
The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is a compact computer that delivers up to 67 TOPS of ai performance (a 1.7x improvement over its predecessor) to run generative ai models such as vision transformers, language models large, vision-language models and more. For just $249, it offers developers, students, and creators an affordable and accessible platform. Existing users can experience this performance increase with a software update.
Philips | Share screen
Philips ScreenShare is a new presentation software solution that offers secure and unrestricted wireless content sharing and connection experiences. Philips ScreenShare transforms any teaching or meeting space into a secure, connected environment, without any additional hardware. Philips ScreenShare, pre-installed on all new Philips Collaboration BDL3152E and BDL4152E interactive displays, and available for download via PPDS Wave on existing models, offers near-universal compatibility, connectivity and inclusion.
redesign | CBE catalyst
CBE Catalyst is a team-based online professional learning community to accelerate the implementation of competency-based systems in schools and districts. It is designed to give school and district teams maximum flexibility to design a CBE pathway that fits their vision, community, and capacity. An annual membership includes: CBE Ignite Essentials; CBE Tools and Resources; Question and answer sessions; Community of Practice; and more.
Laziness | Earth Sciences Curriculum
The new NGSS-aligned Earth science curriculum is designed for Earth science and career and technical education IT courses and leverages the Slooh platform, which allows students to capture images that identify surface features of Earth and atmospheric phenomena, as well as participate in Quest learning activities covering natural topics. disasters, landmarks, urban business planning and more. Several missions focus on satellite IT and teach students how satellites are manufactured, launched, maintained and monitored.
Sonnet | Dual 10G SFP28 Thunderbolt Adapterr
The Twin10G SFP28 adapter adds dual-port 10Gb Ethernet optical network connectivity to a wide range of computers, allowing users to connect to 10GbE-enabled network infrastructure and storage systems over LC fiber optic cables . The adapter connects to computers with Thunderbolt 5, 4, or 3 ports, and at just 4″ x 8.25″ x 2.8″ it's small enough to fit in most workspaces. One speed fan Variable and temperature controlled makes it suitable for use in noise sensitive environments.
