Mystery Skype Calls Connect Your Classroom to The World
Mystery Skype sessions engage every student in the classroom as they search for clues and try and try and solve a mystery--where the other class is located.
Year: 2015
Esri releases free online activities for Earth Science
Esri is teaming up with GISetc for a free set of Earth Science materials, called the GeoInquiry Collection, designed to be used with a free subscription to its…
3 ways to be a better digital citizen, online and IRL
Practicing empathy, offering assistance, and staying safe are good behaviors both in the digital and real worlds. Here are the top tips from one digital citizenship expert.
SETDA partners with 9 hot ed-tech startups
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), which represents U.S. state and territorial educational technology leaders, recently announced its third annual cohort of Emerging Private Sector Partners. These…
Denver adopts Expeditionary Learning curriculum
Denver Public Schools (DPS) has selected Expeditionary Learning (EL) to provide the curriculum for grades 4-8 in the coming academic year. DPS will use EL’s English Language Arts…
App of the Week: myBlee Math
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If you can Google it, why teach it?
Are any of us better than Google as an instructor? Is there anything value-added vis-à-vis your classroom teaching? Might one contribute a unique understanding, or presentation, of content?…
How one school integrates 3D printing
Students at a Massachusetts charter school are getting a first-hand look at what it's like to integrate 3D printing into their curriculum. Teachers at The Sizer School, a…
New AP computer science course launching in 2016
The College Board and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will begin offering a new Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles course in the fall of 2016. Although most…
Educating parents of the Siri generation
In our digital world, some parents may feel lost at sea. Here's what they need to know to keep up with their kids online lives, and what schools…
Westmark School
Build and deploy a consistent network infrastructure that supports advanced multimedia requirements, improves network flexibility, and supports specialized education requirements.
Brocade Solution Guide for Common Core
This paper provides K-12 technology administrators with a blueprint for implementing a Brocade Network that not only prepares the School District for unforeseen potential issues with Common Core…
Brocade Campus Network TCO Calculator
You’re 3 steps away from seeing how Brocade can reduce your campus network acquisition, power, cooling, and support costs.
What do teachers really think of data tools?
Two-thirds of teachers in a Gates Foundation study said they are not completely satisfied with the data, or tools designed to help them work with data, which they…
How these 19 districts strike better deals on tech, together
19 Appalachian districts form one powerful cooperative, in a highly repeatable model. Small districts everywhere, take notice.
Cricket Media joins myON Publisher Program
Cricket Media, an education media publisher, and myON, a business unit of Capstone, announced that a wide array of content from Cricket’s portfolio of children’s books and magazines…
Edsby and Microsoft 365 now integrate
Thanks to a new partnership, Edsby, a social network-inspired LMS company, now integrates with Microsoft Office 365. One aspect of the integration is in the area of single…
4 easy ways to form positive relationships with students
Effective teaching includes building strong student-teacher relationships. As ISTE 2015 keynoter Josh Stumpenhorst says, "You have to know the kid before you can teach the student."
Contest offers more than $20K for project-based learning
As students and teachers begin to wrap up the school year, Compass Learning is kicking off a nationwide contest to encourage academic learning and enrichment throughout the summer.…
Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru
In a move to make high-quality educational content easily available all in one place, The Girard Education Foundation will migrate its teacher-created resources on Activate Instruction to Gooru.…
Avoiding Campus Move-in Day Blues
Avoiding Campus Move-in Day Blues
Meru K-12 Success Stories
Drivers for Wi-Fi adoption in K-12 school districts Mobile devices are the pencil, paper, and textbooks for students today. When hundreds of students with tablets, netbooks, and laptops…
Dispelling 9 common myths on how to improve student achievement
According to Dr. John Hattie, a professor and researcher at Melbourne's Graduate School of Education, research and detailed statistical examination can determine which teaching methods actually improve student…
New report highlights digital learning models
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at N.C. State’s College of Education have co-released a national report highlighting examples of…
Raspberry Pi + iPad = countless maker possibilities
Using the Raspberry Pi in tandem with the iPad as the means for viewing, controlling, and programming offers students all kinds of simple projects with a maker-STEAM twist.
App of the Week: Meet Science: Light and Sound
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12 Important Considerations When Selecting Your K-12 Wireless Vendor
Our “Top 12 for K-12” will help you make a Wi-Fi decision when you are ready upgrade your network for the latest gadgets available in the classroom from…
Pearson adds daily current events to curriculum
Pearson has partnered with Listen Current to deliver daily current events and lessons to classrooms using its 6-12 literature curriculum. That curriculum called, Pearson Literature, will now feature…
As Magna Carta turns 800, free online event celebrates significance
A 30-minute live streaming event celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta--first signed on June 15, 1215--will bring together historians and other experts to explore the iconic…