eSchool News top views: Social media, CCSC and BYOT
Did your favorite articles during the week of October 28 make the top five most viewed articles in eSchool News? ... Read more
Latest posts by Michael Sharnoff (see all)
- How to boost parent-teacher communication - October 21, 2014
- 7 STEM apps designed by students - October 13, 2014
- Students receive innovation grants for games and apps - October 6, 2014
My top poll summaries from last week
Have you seen our polls from last week on the latest technology news and innovation in education? eSchool News conducted ... Read more
Publisher’s Report: Reinventing science class
Walk into any science classroom at a middle or high school in Newport News, Va., and chances are you won’t see students sitting in chairs, facing the teacher…
My top tech news and innovation articles from last week
Have you seen our guest post articles and webinars from last week on the latest technology news and innovation in ... Read more
Six ed-tech tools for engineering instruction
Here are reviews of six high-quality apps, tools, and websites that can help teach engineering concepts, courtesy of Common Sense Media and its new Graphite service—a free database…
Join the conversation with #eSN
Have you noticed the new hashtags in our tweets about the latest technology news and innovation in education? We’re using ... Read more
eRate changes spur debate
Hundreds of eRate stakeholders made final efforts to show how critical high-speed broadband connections are for teaching and learning before a Sept. 16 deadline to submit comments to…
Foreign language classes embrace Twitter
Foreign language professor Tania Convertini is thrilled to catch her Dartmouth College students complaining about homework or upcoming tests. She’s not eavesdropping—she’s reading their tweets, written in Italian…
Report: Public fuzzy on Common Core State Standards
At a time when most U.S. public schools are implementing the Common Core State Standards, a new report finds that Americans don’t know what the Common Core State…
How did you rank the 10 best apps for education in 2013?
In April 2013, eSchool News staff published a list of the top 10 best Apple and Android apps for education in 2013. The article received many comments and…
ED’s Culatta outlines three key ed-tech goals
Personalized learning, broadband connectivity, and data access are not only hot conversation topics among school and district administrators--they've made their way to the U.S. Department of Education (ED).…
Can clickers solve high-stakes headaches?
One of the many concerns that school IT leaders have about the shift to online assessments is whether they’ll have enough computers and bandwidth for students to take…
Did your favorite articles rank in our October issue?
Hi, I’m Michael, associate editor of online and social media for eSchool News. Our monthly digital issue is a recap of this month’s news and technology innovations in…
Tablets for Education: Fewer iPads?
As more tablets emerge in the ed-tech marketplace, including Intel's new education-focused tablets designed with science inquiry and online collaboration in mind, tablet users are moving into two…
Weekend Roundup: Top 5 posts this week
This has been a great year for eSchool News. Please enjoy our top 5 articles for this week: Five follow-worthy ... Read more
Prezi Poll
Prezi.com is free cloud-based presentation software described as having “the biggest impact on business presentation tools since Microsoft’s PowerPoint.” Prezi ... Read more
How to lecture like Steve Jobs (or Ashton Kutcher)
Jobs, the new film documenting the life of Steve Jobs and Apple, will likely be one of the most talked about summer movies.
