Month: March 2016
Dept. of Ed launches makerspace design challenge with $200,000 in prizes
White House competition is giving schools the chance to design and realize the perfect makerspace A new Department of Education-sponsored ... Read more
Boxlight introduces ultra short throw interactive projector
BOXLIGHT has announced the release of the latest in its interactive projector series – the ProjectoWrite12. There are two versions in the P12 series, including finger or pen…
Aerohive releases connected learning app for student engagement
HiveSchool is Aerohive’s latest addition to its growing learning app portfolio Aerohive Networks released a new connected learning application, HiveSchool, that ... Read more
How to hire technology leaders, not followers
Hiring in today’s tech-driven schools requires a careful resculpting. Are you asking candidates the right questions? Just as a sculptor ... Read more
Tenn. district, Discovery promote college readiness
Tennessee’s Maury County Public Schools today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education focused on building challenging, problem-based learning (PBL) environments districtwide that help support students’ college and…
New app launches for online video coaching
A new iOS app from Edthena, a video coaching platform for classroom observation, lets teachers upload video of classroom instruction directly from mobile devices. “Our new app now…
App of the Week: A genius tool for annotating texts
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org, a free service from Common ... Read more
Anonymous Alerts helps district step up anti-bullying vigilance
Anonymous Alerts, a mobile communications tool that empowers students to report their concerns quickly, has been implemented by the Croton-Harmon School District in New York, which serves approximately…
8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design
Looking to develop designers and entrepreneurs? SXSWedu offered several ideas How can schools prepare students to be the designers, innovators, ... Read more
Closing the digital generation’s reading gap
Every Friday, I’ll bring you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this…
Badging partnership to offer teachers college credit for PD
PD Learning Network (PDLN), a provider of online badge courses and micro-credentialing for educators, and University of the Pacific’s Center for Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE) have announced…
Partnership will develop solar energy education
Kansas City-based energy company Brightergy and global nonprofit Women in Solar Energy (WISE) are announcing their partnership to develop KidSun. KidSun will be an energy education program built…
Engrade users can access Knovation’s digital content
McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, and Knovation, an online resource curation tool, announced a collaboration to expand and simplify educators’ and students’ access to professionally-evaluated, standards-aligned digital…
Media companies partner for bilingual early childhood ed
Highlights for Children, a family media brand and publisher of the best-read children’s magazines in North America, and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN), a U.S.…
New tool helps middle school students assess college readiness
The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) has developed a new College Explorer tool that enables middle school and early high school-age students to use their Measures of Academic Progress…
Why some schools pay $100 more for the same iPads
Irrespective of size or volume purchase, some districts are paying too much for technology. Experts discuss various solutions to the ‘broken’ process of ed-tech purchasing.
Are you making the most of mass notification?
Customization, using social media and pushing out safety routes just some new capabilities of mass notification systems (MNS). Anyone who ... Read more