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Discovery Education offering schools free digital textbooks
During a conference on digital learning, award-winning Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told peers, publishers, and congressmen that going digital in schools is more than just incorporating cool…
Ten of the best virtual field trips
To help educators save time, we've chosen these 10 virtual field trips based on their relevancy, depth and quality of resources, and potential for student excitement.…
Occupational therapy for special-needs students moves online
The San Francisco company PresenceLearning has provided live online speech therapy to thousands of K-12 students in the last few years through a process known as “telepractice.” Now, PresenceLearning has…
Digital learning MOOC now open to school leaders
Enrollment opens today for a first-of-its-kind Massive Online Open Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed) that will help school district leaders make the shift to digital instruction in their schools.…
What makes a good broadband network for schools?
A panel of broadband experts recently agreed that high-quality access for schools and districts means more than providing a connection to the internet—good broadband provides a foundation for innovative initiatives,…
Top ed-tech news: February 2013
Federal officials have imposed sweeping changes designed to protect students’ online privacy … Publishers answer the call for more digital textbooks … Educators use popular video games as teaching tools:…
Digital Learning Day aims to change education’s direction
With an overwhelming 25,000 educators participating in Digital Learning Day on Feb. 6, ed-tech supporters used technology-based projects, lessons, and enthusiasm to mark what they called a perfect time to…
College credit recommended for free online courses
Students may soon be able to receive college credit for the free online courses that are reshaping higher education, the Associated Press reports. …
How online class about online learning failed miserably
In the you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff category, here’s an amusing piece about the failure of a MOOC (massive open online course) that was designed to teach more than 40,000 students the fundamentals of…
Pennsylvania taps the brakes on cyber charter schools
All eight applications for new cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania for the 2013-14 school year have been rejected, a decision that comes as state legislators debate charter school funding and…