Been

Welcome to Been for Education!

A safe, dynamic learning network for your class. Unleash your students’ curiosity! Been for Education provides a safe, dynamic way for your students to discover and share in collaborative learning.

“Been for EDU is amazing!…It has brought student engagement with technology to a new high for my students…The ‘surf together’ feature allows me to lead all 27 kids through a tour of websites without any unfortunate ‘detours.'”
– Kathy Krebs
4th Grade Teacher
Gum Springs Elementary

Classes become social networks with an educational purpose. Each class is wrapped in its own protective ‘bubble’ that maximizes students’ ability to interact.

“The developers are keen to the needs of educators and the need to provide a service that is safe and secure for even those students under the magical age of 13.”
– Discovery Education Network

Beens become unique gatherings for learning—of people, discoveries, commentary. Filled with student and teacher generated ideas. Guides for navigating the web. Forums for participatory learning.

Beens are instantly adaptable: for solo work, student to student collaboration, teacher to student guidance, student to teacher answers. Need to combine classes? Invite multiple classes to a Been.

“[Been] is ideal for Guided Learning, Flipping a Classroom, Project Based Learning, and can be used by any subject or curriculum. Educators can use it to create internet scavenger hunts, to research/introduce a topic, or any other number of possibilities.”
– David Kapuler
Technology Tidbits

Choose the right form of collaboration. Matched to each student’s own pace or synchronized across the class. Leave ‘breadcrumbs’ through the web for students to follow on their own. Chat live in a Been when on the same page. Use Surfing Together to get to the same page at the same time.

“It’s…[a] simple resource…The ability to have both synchronous and asynchronous learning is an excellent feature, and makes Been an incredibly beneficial tool. It’s perfect not only for the blended classroom, but for the flipped classroom as well…It’s user-friendly and full of potential!”
– Michael Karlin
The Ed Tech Round Up