Month: October 2014
How to boost parent-teacher communication
As we prepare for a new school year, many parents would like to know how they can better connect with teachers and stay informed with their child’s progress.
5 strategies to align district leadership with unions
Teachers are essential to a successful digital transition, and when it comes to the relationship between teachers' unions and school district leaders, open communication is the most important…
App of the Week: Tons of kid-friendly activities
KidQuest makes it easy with dozens of free things to make and build, with step by step illustrated guides.
Six key competencies for effective Pre-K-3 principals
Providing personalized learning environments and ensuring developmentally-appropriate teaching are just two of six competencies principals need to support teaching and learning during the transition from birth and preschool…
LAUSD plagued by student information system problems
With a few taps on a computer keyboard, a student's entire school history from kindergarten to high school graduation was supposed to show up on the screen. That…
Easy steps to OER creation
Open educational resources (OER) offer educators a chance to align learning materials to students' needs--and teachers can create their own OER through a surprisingly straightforward process, using materials…
Project-based learning gives students ownership of their education
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Using flipped learning to boost engagement
Supporters of flipped learning have proven that the instructional model is more than just a fad. As it spreads to classrooms across the nation, educators are leveraging the…
Robotics enters K-12 classrooms
The lesser-known elements of STEM are enjoying the limelight right now, with computer science and coding moving to the top of educators’ priority lists. Robotics, too, is following…
STEAM Ahead program gives students a taste of higher-level science, math, arts
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Connect students, teachers to engineering
eGFI is managed by the American Society for Engineering Education, which aims to promote and enhance efforts to improve K-12 STEM and engineering education.
Focus learning and make exam day like any other
The use of iPads in the classroom has opened many doors to learning and discovery—but keeping students focused can be a challenge, especially when using iPads for high-stakes…
16 educators new teachers should follow on Twitter
It’s no secret that new teachers need lots of support, and these days, teachers often find support online and through social media. In fact, following just a few…
Carnegie Science Center defends its offerings to girls after criticism in social media
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Top predictions for tomorrow’s classrooms
Given the fast pace with which technology evolves, it’s not entirely a huge stretch to say that a new learning tool could transform classrooms within a year.
7 STEM apps designed by students
Students from across the United States met with congressional leaders and the Obama administration to show STEM apps and games they've developed.
App of the Week: Busy bee storytellers
The Honeycomb Keyboard lets young children see and write rhyming words and sight words.