Seward Incorporated

In late November, Seward participated in the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 2011 Innovation Incubator Program. The program is designed to highlight innovative educational technology products and services, as well as be a vehicle for networking and collaboration. Our participation in this program got me thinking about innovation not only in the field of educational technology, but in general.

For quite some time, eLearning producers have relied heavily on the use of flash technologies to provide a consistent, engaging, and media-rich platform for delivering learning material to the widest variety of people. Flash technologies have been the platform of choice because they offer extreme flexibility coupled with deep market penetration.  Having the Flash plugin [...]

Far from being a one-off experiment, Humble Bundles are starting to become a regular fixture of the video gaming marketplace. What does this trend mean for consumers, developers, and the game industry?

Christmas is fast approaching! By now you must be thinking about plans for the holiday season, everything from baking to decorating. The biggest challenge that many of us face as Christmas beckons is deciding on the perfect gift(s) for our loved one(s). Many have fussed over the recently released tech tablets from Apple and Amazon. [...]

As more and more tablets come on the market, the prices have dropped considerably. With the soon to be released Aakash tablet by the UK-based Datawind, the affordability of tablets for education development projects is now a reality.

In the past few years, I have started to hear more and more about online programs for K-12 students, both supplemental programs and full-time programs. As a college student, I took quite a few online courses, but in looking back to my K-12 days, I think it would’ve have been nice to have these options available.

Adobe has recently announced that October will see the release of their newest Flash player, version 11.
The major emphasis of this release is an update to the player’s 3D rendering capabilities. While 3D capability was first released with version 10.3, this update will supposedly render a thousand times faster, putting performance on par with [...]

Introduction: Unprecedented Price Hikes
On July 17th, 2011, Netflix, A company that offers online video streaming, Blu-Ray Disc and DVD rental via mail at a flat rate and a fierce competitor for On Demand cable and Video rental stores like Blockbuster, announced a significant price hike for its services effective September 1st, 2011. Customers who [...]

An estimated “7 Trillion text messages are going to be sent in 2011 from 4.8 billion mobile phones” according to ABI Research. With so many text messages flying around out there, you might be wondering just who is sending all these messages?

In an age when people are becoming more acutely aware and conscious about the choices they make regarding resource and energy consumption, there are a few things you can do to help your office become “greener.” While you might already be doing many of the things listed here, take a peek and you may find some additional ideas.