Welcome to the February 2026 Edtech Show & Tell, in which our editors share some of the new edtech products that have caught our attention this month. These are not reviews or endorsements, but a showcase of education-friendly items, platforms, and more that we think might be noteworthy for you.
This month's new offerings include new Chromebooks, AI supports, switchers, and more.
Acer | Acer Chromebook Spin 311 and Acer Chromebook 311
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311 and Acer Chromebook 311 are Acer's first two education Chromebooks powered by the MediaTek Kompanio 540 processor. Packaged in durable designs that can handle challenging school environments, the new Chromebooks provide up to 15 hours of battery life, have fast-charging capabilities and deliver a reduced total cost of ownership.
Avantis | EduverseTHRIVE
EduverseTHRIVE is a purpose-built wellbeing and inclusion solution that combines a dedicated set of VR headsets with immersive, educator-led virtual experiences designed to support sensory regulation, emotional readiness, and inclusive learning in mainstream classrooms. Designed to support students with differing sensory needs, emotional states, and energy levels. EduverseTHRIVE gives educators practical inclusive tools to help learners regulate, refocus, and return to learning.
Brisk | Curriculum Intelligence
Brisk's Curriculum Intelligence enables districts to implement AI that is aligned to their curriculum and instructional priorities. Teachers can generate libraries of district-approved lessons and supplemental materials, avoiding starting from scratch. The system produces activities, assessments, and practice sets grounded in the curriculum districts have already invested in, while also providing guidance on standards alignment and pacing.
ClassDojo For Districts | The 2026 District Communications Playbook: What Every K–12 Leader Needs to Know
The 2026 District Communications Playbook: What Every K–12 Leader Needs to Know is a new resource designed to help district leaders modernize communication, strengthen family trust, and improve alignment across schools. The new playbook was created to address the reality of changing communication demands on school leaders, drawing on insights from districts nationwide to provide a clear, systemwide approach to communication that supports families, educators, and students alike.
Creston | AutoMeasure
AutoMeasure is an AI-powered configuration feature designed to simplify and accelerate the deployment of Automate VX multi-camera systems. Integrated directly into the Intelligent Video Room Designer tool, AutoMeasure uses advanced computer vision and spatial intelligence to automatically detect and calculate placement of cameras and microphones, ensuring every system is aligned and optimized for a high-quality collaboration experience. AutoMeasure brings automation and AI into AV configuration, reducing the manual measurement step of deploying Automate VX to 15 minutes.
Discovery Education & IBM | IBM Skills Build
Discovery Education has partnered with IBM SkillsBuild to provide free, credentialed professional development in AI, cybersecurity, and digital literacy for U.S. high school educators. The initiative offers self-paced courses, industry-recognized credentials, and classroom-ready resources designed for grades 9–12. The collaboration responds to new research showing that only about half of teachers feel optimistic about using AI in the classroom, largely due to limited guidance and training.
Epson | PowerLite 810E
This newly designed extreme short throw display produces an 80-inch display from as close as one inch away and up to 160-inches from 14 inches away – up to 2.5 times larger than a 75-inch flat panel display. Fully loaded with enterprise wireless connectivity and dual speakers, this lamp-free laser solution displays impactful and colorful images with 3-chip 3LCD technology and 5,000 lumens of color and white brightness, ensuring readability in ambient light environments.
Extron | DXP 42 HD 8K
The DXP 42 HD 8K is a compact 4x2 HDMI matrix switcher designed for professional AV environments. Supporting resolutions up to 8K/60 and ultra-wide 5K at data rates up to 40.1 Gbps, this switcher is ideal for applications such as Microsoft Teams Front Row systems. The DXP 42 HD 8K is HDCP 2.3-compliant and features Extron-exclusive technologies including EDID Minder Plus, which manages advanced display features, and SpeedSwitch for fast input switching.
iCEV | Custom Assessments
The enhanced Custom Assessments experience is designed to make assessment creation more intuitive, flexible, and reliable for educators. Informed directly by educator feedback, the update streamlines workflows, reduces complexity, and strengthens alignment between instruction and assessment without disrupting existing work. The enhanced experience unifies Legacy and Beta Custom Assessments into a single, consistent workflow, creating a more predictable and scalable approach to assessment creation across CTE courses.
Imagine Learning & AI For Education | Beyond the AI Inflection Point
Beyond the AI Inflection Point is a collaborative effort from Imagine Learning and the nonprofit AI for Education, as well as a consortium of 20 experts and student voices, that aims to gives K-12 leaders an actionable framework for thoughtful AI implementation. The initiative explores three plausible futures for K–12 education and is designed to equip education leaders with the clarity and tools to shape a future that best serves students.
Linewize | Text Analysis
Text Analysis scans webpage content as it loads, allowing schools to automatically block proxies, unapproved games, and explicit content even when these appear on new, obscure, or typically trusted platforms such as Google Sites, GitHub, Wikipedia, and major news and search sites. Text Analysis addresses some of the most common challenges facing K-12 IT teams, including: Stopping proxy and VPN workarounds on new or uncategorized domains; blocking unapproved games embedded within otherwise trusted platforms; and preventing access to shared documents that list proxy or gaming sites.
OnWord Stories | AI-Powered Reading Platform
OnWord Stories has launched a comprehensive AI-powered reading platform that reimagines how students experience literacy learning. To build essential comprehension and fluency skills, the personalized learning materials offer K–5 students access to high-interest stories tailored to their unique interests and reading levels. The OnWord Stories platform brings the joy of reading into classrooms by enabling students to generate personalized stories in minutes by following a series of prompts tailored to their interests and reading level. Teachers can create and assign stories, track progress, and integrate classroom vocabulary lists to support differentiated learning.
Otus & Discovery Education | AI-Powered Instructional Recommendations
Otus is expanding its strategic partnership with Discovery Education to deliver AI-powered instructional recommendations directly within educators’ daily workflows. The expanded integration helps educators move from insight to instruction by connecting Otus’ secure, unified student profile, spanning academic and non-academic data, to Discovery Education’s standards-aligned instructional resources. Powered by Otus AI, the experience aligns real-time student needs with targeted instructional support, enabling timely, informed decisions without disrupting teaching and learning.
PPDS | Philips Signage 5000 Series (D-Line)
The new AI ready Philips Signage 5000 Series (D-Line) is an evolution of the Philips Signage 4650 (D-Line), having been remodelled and reimagined using the latest breakthroughs in advanced UHD visual technology, energy efficiency, and processing power for unbeatable quality and performance. Taking versatility, 24/7 reliability, and usability to unprecedented levels and to even wider applications in educational spaces, the portrait or landscape mountable Philips Signage 5000 Series is available now across an extended range of screen sizes to suit, including 32”, 43”, 50”, 55”, 65”, 75”, 86” and 98”.
Symetrix | Cognio
Cognio is a software-driven Audio, Video, and Control (AVC) ecosystem designed to dramatically simplify system design, accelerate deployment, and deliver more flexible, scalable AV experiences. By seamlessly connecting its modernized software application with a distributed approach to smart devices, Cognio unifies design, configuration, commissioning, control, and ongoing operation into unified, streamlined workflows in which a single device can power multiple spaces, or multiple devices can support a single space, allowing systems to scale naturally across rooms, buildings, or entire campuses.
Wiingy | CoTutor
CoTutor is built to work alongside tutors, not replace them. Every learning experience on Wiingy continues to be led by expert human tutors. CoTutor simply ensures that what happens during a session does not fade once the call ends. Research shows that without reinforcement, learners forget up to 70% of new information within 24 hours. CoTutor directly addresses this challenge by transforming each tutoring session into personalized study materials that help retain and reinforce knowledge.
