Formative assessment strategies for success
How can formative assessment be used to support the curriculum? This was the subject of a recent eSchool News webinar, during which two experts revealed their strategies for…
Month: April 2014
Two key steps to using digital content
Today, it seems like digital content is king. But how can districts effectively navigate the transition to digital content and digital resources? Despite digital content's benefits, including a…
Beat the ‘summer slide’ with free CCSS-aligned resources
A free curriculum resource helps schools and teachers ensure students beat the "summer slide."
Despite ‘bubble’ risks, ed-tech innovation soars
Veteran ed-tech journalist Frank Catalano shares useful advice to would-be ed-tech entrepreneurs: Namely, that rapid growth in the industry has resulted in a bubble; that education and ed-tech…
How to support a digital transition in schools
Planning, enlisting stakeholder support, and identifying the “why” are among the most important steps when it comes to moving from traditional classrooms to digital, connected classrooms.
$500 prizes for deserving teachers
Nominate a deserving educator on the contest's Facebook page and that educator could win prizes from places like Amazon, The Container Store, The Limited, Pottery Barn, DonorsChoose.org, TeachersPayTeachers.com,…
Challenge students with this digital citizenship contest
This past fall, Common Sense Media debuted its first music video, Pause & Think Online, an animated song for kids to learn about digital citizenship. We love our…
Students: Describe your goals, win an iPad Mini
This year's contest asks students to answer the following question: What is a goal you want to accomplish and why? Students can answer the question in the form…
Prizes for student projects on community traditions
The challenge asks participants to examine a local or regional tradition through the eyes of a community tradition bearer and create a video, podcast or slide show to…
Four clever online marketing tips for schools
Samantha Razook Murphy, founder of the all-girls summer and after-school program Curious Jane, shares four important online marketing strategies from a Google workshop.
12 free coding tools and apps
Educators and stakeholders agree that computer science skills are some of the most in-demand skills in today's workforce, and encouraging students' interest in coding and computer programming in…
5 tools every science teacher should use
Scott Barber, a 7th grade science teacher in the Berea City School District in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, shares five ed-tech tools worth using in the classroom.
When teachers don’t need technology
Any number of articles, studies, and research topics will tell you that students need technology in the classroom. We live in the digital age, they are natives, and…
How blended learning can help teach world languages
Blended learning allows students to learn at their own pace, but there are a number of challenges to making it work. During a recent webinar sponsored by Middlebury…
16 New Windows 8 School Apps: Building a 21st Century Learning Environment
Sponsored by Lenovo® and Microsoft® Schools investing in Windows 8 devices can now integrate an ever-increasing number of K-12 apps into daily classroom instruction. With more and more…
Rugged and Reliable: 7 Key Durability Features for K-12 Devices
Sponsored by Lenovo® and Microsoft® Concerned that your school's devices aren’t designed to meet the challenges of 24/7 student use? Consumer grade laptops are too easily damaged at…
Top ways to choose and use tech in early education
Making sure that young children benefit from technology isn't quite as simple as handing a child a mobile device with age-appropriate apps. But using a series of questions…
Will budget cuts force ed-tech entrepreneurs to listen to teachers?
There’s good and bad news for the future of K-12 education technology. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: An annual survey from the Consortium…
9 inspiring social studies apps
Math and science seem to get all the focus these days, but other core subject areas deserve just as much attention--and this includes social studies and history. Student…
5 easy steps to increase female engagement in STEM
Women today make up a large percentage of the work force, employed in almost half of the jobs in the United States. Yet, according to Tata Consultancy Services…
4 amazing STEM education videos on YouTube
One helpful page, YouTube EDU, features some of the most popular educational videos on the entire site. The videos are categorized by subject, from engineering to law, and…
iPad curation: Learning to appreciate beauty
Like most of us, instructional technology specialist Daniel Callahan isn’t a big fan of most of the eMail he receives, but on occasion he receives a message in…
Could mobile tech training boost achievement?
A new study reveals that providing mobile training to teachers could have positive results It’s no secret that mobile technology ... Read more
Why Email Archiving Is Critical for Your School District—and How to Choose the Right Solution
Discussions about email archiving should no longer focus on whether it needs to happen, but instead should focus on the best, most efficient ways to achieve your archiving…
Google for Education is a technology trend to watch!
There is a tidal wave called Google focused on the education market like I've never seen before. Developers at Google are not only giving Google Apps to K12…
Three critical requirements to transform virtual schools
Full-time, online public schools originated as alternatives to traditional education approaches and were even bandied about as ways to revolutionize the learning paradigm. Now, they too are in…
Groundbreaking: We can predict cognitive styles, and here’s how
While the education field’s acceptance of learning styles is helping students receive more options for learning, students are often lumped into one category without any explanation of why…
Here’s how youth can connect with education, job opps
Microsoft's updated YouthSpark Hub gives students a personalized experience as they search for educational opportunities.
Five new ed-tech innovations for schools
Products that make it easier for teachers to control students’ tablet computers and leave notes within the margins of online lessons are among the latest ed-tech innovations we’re…
Generous prizes lure international ed-tech startups
From April 23-25, more than 100 hundred ed-tech startups from two dozen countries will compete in Amsterdam for $35,000. Sanoma, a Finnish media company, is hosting the contest…
Mobile 101: Know before you go
In the Township High School District 214 in Illinois, mobile technology use is expanding each year through a series of pilots proposed and supported by classroom teachers. The…
College Board unveils changes in SAT that make test more practical
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New software gives teachers more control over student devices
The lines are blurring between mobile device management (MDM) and classroom management software, as both now offer some classroom-level control over students’ mobile devices.