Building a Cost-Effective Digital Classroom
If today’s students are to compete in an increasingly global economy, schools will need much more than textbooks and traditional pencil-and-paper approaches to succeed. Students need the benefit of technology-rich classrooms to give them marketable skills that they will use throughout their professional lives.
But often, technology has a hefty price tag, and many educators, administrators, and superintendents find it hard to stretch already-strained school budgets.
The stimulus package that Congress passed in February 2009 provides $106 billion for education–but that money must be spent wisely, in ways that will last and be most beneficial to each school.
With the generous support of NEC Display Solutions, we’ve put together stories from our archives that will help school leaders manage limited budgets while trying to create digital classrooms that will shape students for life in the 21st century.
–The Editors
Samsung Kicks Off K-12 ‘Return on Intelligence’ Gift Programs
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (February 7, 2012) – Samsung Techwin America’s Electronic Imaging Division (www.samsungpresenterusa.com), a leader in document camera technology, today announced the Samsung K-12 ‘Return on…
Shmoop Launches AP Statistics
Mountain View, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2012) – Mathematicians have a certain reputation. No, not that kind of reputation. Think Revenge of the Nerds, complete with suspenders and pocket…
CROCKETT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS WITH HATCH TO BRING INNOVATIVE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY TO PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN TO ACCELERATE STAAR READINESS
CROCKETT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS WITH HATCH TO BRING INNOVATIVE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY TO PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN TO ACCELERATE STAAR READINESS Hatch’s Research-based, Classroom Technology Solutions Help Ensure Students Are…
Photo Contest for Your School – Win $1,000!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 6, 2012 CONTACT: Mallory Jones VideoBlocks Phone: (866) 777-9354 x710 Mallory@videoblocks.com www.videoblocks.com VIDEOBLOCKS.COM LAUNCHES A PHOTO CONTEST FOR K-12 EDUCATORS – $1,000 Top Prize RESTON, VIRGINIA – February 6, 2012 –…
CASIO ANNOUNCES WINNER OF ITS PROJECTOR TECHNOLOGY GRANT
CASIO ANNOUNCES WINNER OF ITS PROJECTOR TECHNOLOGY GRANT Darden Middle School in North Carolina Awarded Short Throw Projector Package DOVER, NJ (FEBRUARY 7, 2012) — Casio America, Inc.’s Business Projector…
Revolabs Enhances HD Control Panel to Support Entire HD Line of Wireless Microphone Systems
Inspired by Customer Feedback, Additional New HD Line Features Include DIP Switch Display, Mute Groups, and an Expanded Control System API SUDBURY, Mass. — Feb. 7, 2012 — Revolabs…
PCI Education Debuts New Online Reading Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Award-Winning PCI Reading Program Develops Word Analysis, Decoding Skills San Antonio (Feb. 8, 2012) – PCI Education, the premier provider of resources for students with special instructional needs, announces…
The best and worst states for science education
"Don't know much about science" may be a good description of many students in U.S. public schools, at least if you're swayed by a new report issued by…
Sex abuse probe leads to removal of school’s entire staff
The entire staff of a Los Angeles elementary school—teachers, administrators, janitors included—is being removed from the campus and replaced this week after the arrest of two of the…
Mexico’s failing education system illuminated in film
Teacher's don't show up for class. Those that do spend hours talking on their cellphones. Federal education authorities are clueless to how many teachers the country actually has.…
Tennessee teacher evaluation systems have rough road ahead
Rebecca Sellers, an eighth-grade English teacher at the Lester Pre-K-8 school in Memphis, looked wary as she walked into the teachers' lounge on a Monday afternoon last fall,…
In Texas, a backlash against student testing
It is a precarious time for Texas school districts. Faced with roughly $5.4 billion less in state financing, districts this year will administer new, more rigorous state exams…
Obama requests funding to help math, science teacher preparation
President Barack Obama on Feb. 7 called for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to…
Boost your grant-seeking success by demonstrating strong credibility
You might have noticed that some funders require you to address the “Capacity of Your Organization” to carry out the project you’re describing in your grant proposal. If…
Chief Provides Flexible, Engaging Classroom Solution
After years of searching, Nebraska’s Gretna Public School District finds the perfect solution for its classroom technology needs: Chief Interactive. The solution is installed using existing whiteboards and…
NBC Learn nets a winner with ‘Science of NHL Hockey’
NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, and the NBC Sports Group have teamed up with the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to release "Science…
PublicSchoolWORKS Adds New Attachment Feature
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kati Elliott | KEH Communications | 410-975-9638 | kati@kehcomm.com Katherine Russo | KEH Communications | 410-975-9638 | katherine@kehcomm.com PublicSchoolWORKS Adds New Attachment Feature To Reporting Systems Feature allows for evidence…
Time To Know Users Cite High Satisfaction with Digital Teaching Platform
For Immediate Release PR Contact: Anne Smith, C. Blohm & Associates, P: 608.216.7300, anne@cblohm.com Time To Know Users Cite High Satisfaction with Digital Teaching Platform 76 percent reported the program made…
SCHOOL SPECIALTY’S uLOG DATA COLLECTION HELP STUDENTS BUILD SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY SKILLS
Featured at FETC 2012, Innovative Data Collection Sensors Turn Every Computer Into a Datalogger ORLANDO – Jan. 24, 2012 – As the number of jobs requiring scientific thinking skills and…
Schools in India stress on need for project-based approach for experiential learning
New Delhi, 6 February 2012: Besides providing insights into higher education in the new age, the One Globe 2012 knowledge conference, organized by Salwan Media, in partnership with…
At TCEA 2012, StudySync’s Ryan Bubalo to Discuss Technology’s Role and Potential In Shaping the Way Students Learn, Collaborate
WHO: Ryan Bubalo, Education Accounts Manager at StudySync (www.StudySync.com). Aligned to the Common Core and aimed at middle school and high school students, StudySync (Booth #435 at TCEA)…
3D technology helps autistic kids learn to read
A menagerie of virtual 3D animals that swim, eat bugs, and fly are building crucial reading skills in autistic children at Audubon Park Elementary in Orlando.…
Watch: Ten-year-old fifth grader makes shocking STEM discovery
Now that Clara Lazen of Kansas City, Mo. has been published in a major chemistry journal, she can set her sights on a new goal: graduating elementary school,…
Oklahoma politician links video game violence to teen bullying
Is there a link between violent video games and bullying? According to one Oklahoma State Representative, the answer to this question is "yes," and in an effort to…
Illegal school fees the target of new legislation
Bolstered by a recent court ruling, a Southern California assemblyman filed legislation last week that seeks to crack down on school districts that charge parents and students fees…