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Cybersecurity learning standards offer a new look at a consistent threat
New K-12 cybersecurity learning standards aim to build awareness and create a more diverse talent pipeline
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.
Coding with the kindergarten crowd
Introducing coding to kindergarten students helps them reflect on their own learning as they develop 21st-century skills such as problem solving and creativity, experts say. Coding has emerged…
3 ways technology buoys at-risk students
Interactive learning and other technology-enabled strategies can increase engagement and significantly improve achievement among at-risk students, according to a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE)…
Students receive innovation grants for games and apps
At a special luncheon in Washington, D.C., 20 students from across the United States received awards from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Entertainment Software Association as Leaders…
edX turns attention to high school MOOCs
High school students now have access to massive open online courses (MOOCs) through a new effort from MOOC platform edX, which says it intends the courses to help…
Report urges support for girls’ leadership roles
Creating a pipeline of girls who are interested in leadership roles in school is one of the most important steps in cultivating confident female leaders both in and…
10 ways to boost brain power for young students
Research into neuroscience and brain power is among the most fascinating due to its impact on education. And when it comes to young learners, strategies for optimizing brain…
Discovery Ed hosts virtual field trip on Oct. 3
The Alcoa Foundation and Discovery Education, a provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, will celebrate National ... Read more
Blended learning and the paradox of the experienced teacher
Assuming a good teacher in the traditional classroom will be a good teacher in a blended learning environment is wrong. The terminology alone provides a clue; after all,…
11 TED Talks about science and the brain
Every educator needs some inspiration now and then, and these days, such inspiration can be found online in just a few seconds. The internet brings inspiring and motivational…
App of the Week: Create stories with Curious George
Curious George engages a new generation of children with a new app.
Deeper learning has significant impact, study finds
New research reveals that students who attend schools with a focus on deeper learning are more likely to graduate on time and demonstrate higher achievement and test scores,…
New analytics could help measure content efficacy
Learning analytics have become a key feature within many school software programs. Most of these tools focus on analyzing student performance—but what if educators had tools that could…
Transforming learning with physical spaces
School leaders implement new technology initiatives and update teaching and learning goals regularly, but sometimes, the actual physical learning spaces in districts are overlooked. Today, more and more…
Build learning networks with eduClipper
Create clips and organize them into clipboards that show off the great work you can do or resources others can learn from.
5 steps to a problem-solving classroom culture
Problem solving is one of today’s top skills—and the math classroom is one of the best places to help students build these skills.
Interactive U.S. history series for tablets
As the new school year begins, the Library of Congress invites students everywhere to touch, draw on and explore some of its most valuable treasures—all via a new…
Project-based learning moves into classrooms
Through project-based learning, students achieve a deeper understanding of lessons as they investigate and attempt to solve real-world problems.
CTE sheds its stigma
Career and technical education (CTE) or vocational education: either term used to stir up negative images of students without ambition. But those misplaced reputations are disappearing. CTE has…
Resources to help teachers explain 9/11
Quiz: Which country has the largest Muslim population? 1) Saudi Arabia 2) Indonesia 3) Egypt 4) Iraq If you guessed Indonesia, a non-Arab Asian country, you are correct!
5 things you can do right now to prepare for Common Core assessments
Helping your students become ready for deeper skills assessment isn't as hard as you think; here are five places to start.
8 simple tools for creating engaging infographics
Human beings are visual and adept at identifying patterns and trends quickly. Infographics can aid our understanding of otherwise dense, multifaceted, or complicated material.
New technologies aim to help personalize instruction
As more school leaders recognize technology’s potential to help personalize instruction, ed-tech providers are developing products that can quickly zero in on a student’s unique learning needs and…
Teacher leaders meet in online community
The U.S. Department of Education and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards today unveiled Commit to Lead, a new online community that makes it easy for educators…
Get the stats on STEM vs. STEAM
Advocates say STEAM education–with an “a” for the arts–should trump STEM education STEM education is, by now, familiar to educators ... Read more
Vocational education is making a comeback
Vocational education often was deemed a second-tier educational choice for those who could not go to college. Today, however, vocational education is making a comeback.
App of the Week: Get interactive with museum art
This app contains eight new hands-on activities inspired by works in the National Gallery of Art collection.
How important is informal learning?
Learning is changing. It is moving from a primarily school-based, formal process to include more informal opportunities. Learning is just as likely to occur among a group of…
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…
4 tech tools that met a district’s top goals
The Napa County Office of Education (NCOE) is on a mission to use technology to prepare all students for academic and career success. We have implemented several initiatives…
One-stop privacy shop just in time for the new school year
As schools increasingly rely on data to improve education, and as teachers increasingly rely on technology in the classroom to improve the learning experience, privacy concerns are being…
Effectiveness of teacher preparation under scrutiny
Current attempts to measure teacher quality have resulted in controversy, and a ranking of teacher preparation programs by the National Council on Teacher Quality is one example.
6 intriguing TED Talks for the new school year
Every educator needs some inspiration now and then, and these days, such inspiration can be found online in just a few seconds. The internet brings inspiring and motivational…
Digital storytelling enhances K-12 classrooms
With initiatives like the Common Core emphasizing creative thinking, many teachers are looking at unique ways to deliver information. Bernard Robin, Ph.D., saw that an age-old technique could…
Education Department tries to ease testing worries
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Aug. 21 said that states can apply for extra time before they use student test scores to judge teachers' performance.
App of the Week: Do you know your states?
Test your U.S. state knowledge with Census PoP Quiz, a new population challenge about the 50 states and the District of Columbia
Using your LMS to provide powerful support for teacher intuition
