App of the Week: Seashores to Sea Floors – The Ocean Biome
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- App of the Week: Science sensor meets your smartphone - November 14, 2016
What should graduates look like in 10 years?
San Francisco’s Vision 2025 tackles technology and early literacy It seems an almost unknowable question: What will — or should ... Read more
4 things every IT department should do this summer
Summer might mean a long respite for students, but not for IT directors. When I was an ed-tech director for several California school districts, I was too busy…
The 3 key ingredients for mobile learning success
Why are some mobile learning implementations successful while others struggle? It seems struggling districts are missing at least one of a handful of ingredients that successful districts have…
App of the Week: WriteReader Pro
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Nonprofit CFY honors innovative parents and ed-tech visionaries
On Tuesday, June 9, more than two hundred and fifty guests gathered at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City to honor award recipients and to…
Webinar covers social and emotional learning strategies
On June 24, 2015, educators and administrators can learn how SEL assessment and instruction helps improve student outcomes and alleviate behavior issues during the free webinar, “Learn from…
How this innovative district is preparing students for STEM careers
One Ill. district is using computer-based curriculum that's getting some students to take a practical look at science and STEM, both in and out of class.
Why Scandinavian schools are superior (and what we can learn)
Nordic schools (Finland included) captivate American educators. What makes them so strong and what can the U.S. learn from their success?
Girls Thinking Global unveils new website and documentary
Girls Thinking Global has debuted a new version of its website, to showcase GTG’s most important projects, emphasizing the organization’s GTG Collaborative as well as its first documentary,…
Sony expands projector line with lots of new models
Sony is adding new models to its line of professional projectors, with each designed to deliver high image quality, high brightness and enhanced flexibility. The update includes three…
Anatomy of a successful Chromebook rollout
Best practices and PD tips for going one-to-one with Chromebooks When Lyle Evans looks around his district and sees that ... Read more
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.
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.
App of the Week: myBlee Math
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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…
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.
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."
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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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…
6 educator-picked apps for building math, science, and organization skills
Each week, we feature a new App of the Week on our website and in our newsletters based on recommendations from Common Sense Learning's Graphite service. Here are…
How to survive an ed-tech crisis
In successfully rebooting its one-to-one computing program after an initial setback, Guilford County has achieved what other districts with high-profile tablet missteps, such as L.A. Unified, have not…
It’s time to update your school website for mobile
Smartphones are here to stay. Does your website know that? If you’ve ever tried to get a button on your ... Read more
Course provider giving away 3D printers to schools signing up for Maker class
A provider of STEAM-related courses is offering a 3D printer to schools that sing up for its Global Inventors after-school course, where students in grades K-9 learn about…
Webinar explores new approach to understanding Autism
The Uniquely Human approach seeks to learn more about individuals with Autism in an attempt to find out why certain behavior might be occurring. It is the subject…
International Minecraft competition launches for students
The first in a series of competitive international "builder" tournaments, students and schools from around the world will square off in Minecraft.
App of the Week: Skaffl
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To put tech into any lesson, start with the lesson
One simple way of understanding our ed-tech pedagogical theory is that we don’t want computing devices to just become replacements for notebooks and textbooks. We want them to…
3 must-dos for caring for your mobile devices
While mobile learning continues to work its way further into educational institutions, administrators and educators are faced with a new set of related issues. Chief among them: How…
Inside the schools where college prep and project-based learning go hand-in-hand
A PBL approach is making strides at a system where 99 percent of students go to college and 82 percent of them graduate.
5 reasons certification is important for ed-tech leaders
For educators, learning about education from experts doesn't stop at advanced degrees. Certification just may be the sweet spot that bridges leadership, lifelong learning, and formal training.
Ask these questions before using technology in the classroom
A new, free protocol intends to help facilitate educator conversations about deeper learning, student agency, and technology integration. It focuses on key questions to ask to ensure that…
App of the Week: The Counting Kingdom
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How open resources help infuse Common Core into lessons
Using open resources, I can customize the lessons for every student, identifying learning gaps and linking them to resources--from videos to interactive lessons. And with just a few…
Expeditionary learning gets kids out of the classroom, into the field
Expeditionary learning combines fieldwork, community service, and deeper learning that hits every subject. See how it's being put to the test at one school.