This group is for people working in the edu-tech space working to create new technologies and media – and creating potential for allowing DIY or self-motivated inquiry and collaboration and hands-on exploration. We're people and professionals who want to democratize and unleash applications to facilitate this kind of learning lends and fulfill our promise to those students whose needs are not getting met by the current educational system and market.

Women Developers and Programmers! Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a …

The purpose of this group is to promote networking among Educators in the Tri-State area.   We work hard so let's find time to unwind and mingle at upscale venues.   At the same time, let's tap into the wealth of resources available to Educators out there! All educators are welcomed! BRING SOME FUN! BRING FORTH WHAT IS WHITHIN! BRING POTENTIAL! BRING LEADERSHIP!

Discover what's happening at the intersection of Jewish life and technology at this monthly gathering of Jewish technology professionals. The NYC Jewish Tech Meetup offers guest speakers, networking opportunities, and seasonal hackathons. Connect with your peers, hear the latest from the field, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

This group is the founding Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Meetup. Founded in Manhattan in 2010, this ed tech meet up brings educators, ed tech entrepreneurs and investors together to create a cultural shift in the way we teach, learn and thrive as a community. We have teacher panels, entrepreneur presentations and investor feedback in a bi-monthly meetup series. It's a great place to talk about apps, community, politics, funding, education, training and professional development for a 21st Century global …

The people economy, the human capital marketplace, is ~70% of the US economy and yet the mechanisms for educating, training, credentialing, hiring and managing people are antiquated and ripe for disruption. How people learn, are recognized/rewarded for that learning, and maximize that learning and knowledge in the right role are inexorably linked, and yet too often discussed separately. For example, exciting innovations in self-directed learning are much less valuable to people if they have no w …

Wikimedia NYC is the nonprofit supporting Wikipedia and related projects (and resulting cultural and educational outreach) in the Greater New York City area. We also work with Free Culture Alliance NYC, and this account will also support meetings of everyone interested in that broader movement.

I am a speech-language pathologist currently working in a private special needs school in New York City. My experience has taught me that the greatest hope we have in helping children and teens with special needs is working together - parents, educators, therapists, siblings, doctors. Though we are all in this together, many often feel isolated. Many do not have enough information on how to navigate the day-to-day as well as the future ahead. Many feel overwhelmed with too much information. I am …

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Association (EIA) is dedicated to four goals: educating students with concepts of entrepreneurship building a support system for new and existing student entrepreneurs providing an outlet for entrepreneurial activity connecting students to resources We have events often, including guest speakers, demo days, competitions and hackathons. http://nyupolyeia.org/

Technology shifts and transforms, but the law often remains stagnant. This group asks a few simple questions: How can we use technological developments to address legal deficiencies? And how can lawyers start to think more like hackers? This monthly meetup challenges Legal Hackers to flesh out problems and then develop solutions through legal and extra-legal mechanisms. Join us as we tackle these tough issues and create tangible solutions. There are two requirements to be Legal Hacker: attention …

The Baruch College Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP) invites you to learn about the strategies and technologies that allow people with low or no vision to access computers of all stripes. To find out more about CCVIP, visit our website at: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip/

This is a group for anyone interested in Technology, IT, Cyber Security, Mobile Technology, Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, etc. Our goal is to connect with tech lovers like us and get together in great events such as Meetups, Seminars, Happy Hours (Yes, we love happy hours!) to share information, learn new technologies, discuss and network. We are looking forward to connect with you!

Bring your own Laptop + Creativity, and help us build Hoboken Landmarks or your best idea in our private, kid-managed, kid-administered Minecraft evnvironment. We'll teach everyone to Install Mods, Administer your own Web environment, create "government" for our new world. We're planning to PROJECT tje Monecraft environment at a local Hoboken park too. Brought to your by Education Division of MakerBar.com , Hoboken's Premier Workshop for Inventors, Makers, Gamers, Programmers, and dreamers of al …

If you're working at or are interested in starting an educational start-up, please join our group of founders and educators to explore opportunities. Please note, this meetup is only for those actively involved with a start-up or thinking of doing an educational start-up.  We will not accept vendors.  Investors are accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Are you an educator (teacher, principal, dean, talent executive, superintendent and others) that wish you could pick up the phone (or email) and receive answers to your most pressing questions and challenges? EXPERTLY is a social venture that connects educators to the experts that help them make better, quicker, and more decisions that positively impact kids. At each Meetup someone on expert bench will share their insights on academic, policy, technology, finance, and talent issues that can help …

The assistance that you've been yearning for has arrived! This groups purpose is to support you in ALL of your technology adventures and challenges in the classroom. There is so much technology being thrown at us in education and so little support. We will meet and encourage each other and learn what works and what doesn't. We are a community of instructional technology users and enthusiast who are passionate about integrating technology effectively. All technological skill levels are welcome, e …

This group brings together existing educators and learners, industry leaders and practitioners, tech entrepreneurs and investors to explore how collaborative approaches to professional learning can help to address the growing technology skills shortage in industry and how to learn and thrive as a community. We have teacher discussions, entrepreneur presentations and investor feedback in a monthly meetup series. It's a great place to talk about collaboration, apps, community, funding, education, …

"Teachers for Technology" is a new meetup specifically for teachers interested in education technology. Education technology needs your experience, expertise, and passion. Join us to help develop and test the most exciting new products and services from the ground up.

Are you having trouble meeting educators, inviting then into your development process, finding beta-testers for your teacher-focused technology innovation? This meetup group's purpose is to brainstorm how to overcome these challenges, and the main activity will be a series of a focus groups in which we'll invite teachers and technologists to provide feedback on new ideas and products developed by entrepreneurs that are designed to support educators engaged in e-learning.

Are you a teacher or are you entrepreneur? Wait: how can you be both? Exactly. Our meetup is focused on sharing best practice and experience in education technology. It's incredibly tough out there, and we'd like to make it just a little bit easier. Let's come together to help each other out.

There are a number of trends in the world that if left to follow their current course have the potential of becoming serious disasters. Devaluation of Human Labor - decreasing ability to improve one's situation through human labor Polarization of Wealth - decline of the middle class Freezing of Classes - end of upward mobility Impending Generational Conflicts over shrinking financial resources Widening Gap between Education Haves and Have Nots and related disparity in economic opportunities Cli …

Are you the most tech savvy person in your circle of friends? Do you love researching, trying out, and discussing the latest technology breakthroughs but have knowledge that stops short of a professional technology worker? Are you a tech professional who wants to get together with people who share a passion for all things digital? If you have been looking for a group of people to share your tech passion with this is the Meetup for you. We will get together and find ways to share our interest in …

EdTechWomen is a networked community for women and their supporters in education technology. The goal of EdTechWomen is to connect each other across sub-industries and to leverage women’s influence in education, now and for the future. EdTechWomen is inspired by women’s overarching influence in education. As educators, consumers, activists, organizational leaders, and mothers, women are the primary decision-makers when it comes to education.

Bringing together people interested in fostering innovation in the education world.

This is a group for computer Engineers interested in social good. We are going to focus on solving complex problems in order to create cutting edge technology to overcome one of the greatest challenges of our time - how to improve K-12 education by implementing technology.

Technology Against Terrorism is creating a community of Software Engineers coming together to meet like-minded Techies and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Software Engineers to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it. Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedback on what they seek from …

This group is for artists and performing artists, educators in K-12 and higher ed, teaching artists, arts and culture or recreational focused groups, technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in the intersection of the arts with education and technology. Regular meetings will host conversations around an array of topics engaging a diverse community of professionals.

This is a group for educators to meet and discuss the future of E-Learning. The pencil and paper, boring lecture classrooms are a method of the past! Students are involved in technology so much these days, that E-Learning is a necessity for the future of education. Together we can meet and discuss the effective methods of e-learning, share success stories, plan e-learning lessons and compile resources to use inside and outside of the classroom. Together we can work to make a better future for th …