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Best Practices in School Technology: Winter 2013

Jeff Festa — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:07:16 +0000

Interactive, mobile technologies present limitless learning opportunities.

How to improve student achievement by up to 20 percent, foster greater student engagement and interaction, and sustain ed-tech funding in schools: These are among the many best practices in school technology we’ve published in recent weeks.

In this special collection, we’ve assembled the top ed-tech best practices from the eSchool News archives. These articles are sure to inspire success as you work to implement technology effectively in your own schools.

—The Editors

Projecting success

Meris Stansbury — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:55:55 +0000

A way to measure color brightness, new and easy ways to share content from mobile devices with the whole class, and the emergence of interactive projectors are some of the game-changing recent innovations in digital projection technology.

In this School Technology Action Report (S.T.A.R.), the editors of eSchool Media have compiled the best articles we’ve published about digital projectors in recent months.

Inside this special digital publication, you’ll learn about:

• A new way to measure and compare the color brightness of projectors.

• New projectors that make any wall an interactive environment—without needing a computer.

• iPad-ready projectors: How to share content from mobile devices with the whole class easily.

Go to page 2 for the full PDF report.

Strategies for eRate Success

Jeff Festa — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:33:02 +0000

As you prepare to apply for your schools’ annual share of $2.3 billion in eRate discounts on telecommunications services and internet access, we’ve assembled this handy collection of tips, tricks, and other advice—made possible by the generous support of Schoolwires—to help you navigate the eRate process successfully.

Improving High School Graduation Rates

Jeff Festa — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:27:00 +0000

The Obama administration has made raising the nation’s high school graduation rate and preventing dropouts a key priority, and many schools are turning to online credit recovery programs and other technology-based efforts for help.

With the generous support of K12, we’ve put together this collection of stories from our archives, along with other relevant information, to help you boost graduation rates in your own schools.

—The Editors

Helping Students Learn with Reliable Wireless Connectivity

Jeff Festa — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:48:48 +0000

The explosion of mobile devices in schools underscores the need for fast, secure, reliable, and easy-to-manage wireless internet access—enabling students to learn anytime, anywhere, while letting school leaders focus on instruction rather than solving IT issues.
With the generous support of Aerohive Networks, we’ve assembled this collection of stories from our archives, along with other relevant resources, to help you provide fast, reliable wireless service in your schools and communities.
—The Editors

STAR: School Technology Action Report

eSchool News — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:38:43 +0000

Stay on top of the key developments affecting education technology. Become a star in your classroom, school, district, college, or university with the STAR series—carefully selected reports composed of current news and must-have information on ed-tech’s most important topics, prepared by the editors of eSchool News, eCampus News, and eClassroom News.

Empowering Education with Video

eSchool News — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:45:43 +0000

Communication has changed, and students and educators are increasingly using video technologies in all aspects of education. Knowing how to produce, edit, and distribute video gives high school and college graduates a valuable and much-in-demand skill. School systems also are increasingly using video on their web sites to keep parents informed about school events—and many educators are using video to bring lessons alive for their students.

With the generous support of JDL Horizons, we’ve assembled this collection of stories from the eSchool News archives, as well as other resources from around the web, to help you understand the many ways that video can empower your teachers and students. (And don’t forget to check out all the resources available on our own video platform, eSN-TV, as well: www.eschoolnews.tv.)

—The Editors