Special Reports
Performance assessment making a comeback in schools
Spurred by a federal directive to use “multiple measures” of student success, performance assessment is reemerging as a strategy to delve more deeply into students’ skills....
Hosted VoIP: A better call?
As school districts replace their antiquated phone systems, a growing number of districts are choosing hosted, or “managed,” voice-over-IP service. Besides being easier to manage, hosted VoIP service also enables schools to leverage federal eRate discounts more effectively, its supporters say....
eSN Special Report: Smarter Education
For years, marketers have used sophisticated software to track consumers’ buying habits and web browsing activity, then crunch this information and make intelligent predictions to target their sales messages more effectively. Now, this same technology is appearing in schools and colleges as well—and observers say it’s a development that could revolutionize education....
eSN Publisher’s Report: Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth
Is cloud computing secure? That’s a question many ed-tech leaders have been asking as they’ve considered moving applications to the cloud. And the answer many are finding is: Yes, it is....
Reinventing Education, Revisited
The slumping economy hasn’t been kind to schools, especially in California—but that hasn’t deterred the San Diego Unified School District from its ambitious plan to give all students a technology-rich education....
eSN Special Report: Virtual desktops save schools money–and hassle
Why buy new computers, when you can hook up a simple device to a monitor and create the same experience through desktop virtualization--while potentially saving thousands of dollars on hardware, energy bills, and tech support? That's the question that is driving the enormous growth in virtualization among schools across the United States and worldwide....
eSN Special Report: The Interactive Math Classroom
In Audrey Cucci’s math classes in Frankfort, N.Y., it’s not unusual to see students moving around the room, engrossed in conversation, sometimes even laughing—and generally having a good…
eSN Publisher’s Report: Secure Social Media for K-12
Sponsored content: Seedplay provides the means necessary to envision, plan, seek funding, and complete an individual or team student project. …
Advanced analytics: Helping educators approach the ideal
In the business sector, companies have been using predictive analysis for years to improve performance, predict stocks, or take action and change direction when troubling trends appear. They…
eSN Special Report: Empowering the iGeneration
Thanks to the democratizing power of technology, which lets anyone with an internet connection tap into resources from all over the globe, it's now easier than ever for…
eSN Special Report: Learning in 3-D
The automobile, moving pictures, personal computers, cell phones, and social networks--all of these technologies, once considered frivolous, have made such a huge impact on our culture that our…
eSN Special Report: Beyond virtual schools
These days, virtual education can be more than a home-schooled child sitting alone in front of a computer. Purveyors of online-education products are creating various delivery methods to…
eSN Special Report: Teaching students with autism
As autism diagnoses continue to rise, an alarming new statistic indicates that autism is now diagnosed in one out of every 91 children, instead of one out of…
eSN Special Report: Small-group collaboration
Educators are increasingly seeing the value of having students collaborate in small groups on classroom projects--and whether such projects involve producing a written or multimedia presentation, solving a…
eSN Special Report: Reinventing Education
Beginning this fall, third and sixth graders throughout San Diego will use laptop computers to connect with their peers and work on projects that apply what they're learning…
Empowering Education with Video
Communication has changed, and students and educators are increasingly using video technologies in all aspects of education.…
STAR: School Technology Action Report
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…
Teacher Collaboration with Digital Tools
One of technology's most promising aspects is that it enables teachers to collaborate and share lessons plans, teaching tips, and other helpful information--both within and across districts, states,…
Transforming schools with blended learning
Blended learning—which combines face-to-face classes with online courses—is quickly gaining ground in education. In fact, some studies suggest that blended learning, also called hybrid learning, offers a better…