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iPad app helps student communicate
Nine-year-old Anastacia Marquez has lived with multiple brain tumors since she was less than a year old. But she communicates more precisely and efficiently now, thanks to a specialized application…
Seven standards for effective professional development
Terms like “work collaboratively,” “share what you know,” and “problem-solve as a team” are commonly associated with the kinds of 21st-century skills that most people agree today’s students should learn—but…
Author: Only community can save public education
Think of it this way: Would you support a presidential candidate you knew nothing about? What does this candidate think about taxes? How is this candidate helping those around him?…
Software program allows for smarter music education
Seventh-grade cellists Lindsey Williams and Taylor Wilson squeeze into a small, cluttered room at Owensboro Middle School's north campus. In front of them, a laptop tuned to SmartMusic shows an…
One district’s experience with iPads
The sign in the hallway tells Renville County West fifth-grade students what they'll need in class: social studies book, pencil, folder, iPad.…
Homebound students use robot to continue learning from home
Teacher Ben Edwards points to the number 75 written on the board in his seventh-grade math class at Mohawk Junior High School in Lawrence County, Pa.…
Inquiry-based approach to science a hit with students
John Scali’s class at Concord High School in Wilmington, Del., doesn’t look like your typical honors chemistry class.…
An appliance approach to data backup
What are we hearing in the educational arena regarding IT today? Use resources as efficiently as possible. Get more out of what we have. Leverage a well-working IT implementation across…
How to engage students with wireless tech
Education has certainly changed from when I was in school, but when one of my grandkids started pre-kindergarten this year, I realized just how different things were since my youngest…
Using Dropbox as a course management tool
Today’s classroom teachers are increasingly seeking out simple ways to effectively share information and collect assignments over the internet. Numerous institutions now encourage the use of course websites organized…