Risk assessments are awful, but necessary
Here are 5 ways to improve risk assessments in your district
Why hasn’t the tech industry disrupted the textbook industry yet?
My view is that the innovation required for textbooks is far beyond what most companies are doing, Forbes reports.
Defining paperless 2.0
The transition to the 1:1 classroom regularly goes hand in hand with a call for teachers to go paperless, Edudemic reports.
New milestone emerges: Baby’s first iPhone app
Charlotte Deutsch, who will be 2 years old next month, has a look of pure delight as she swipes the screen of her mother’s old iPhone, and finds…
eRate survey highlights broadband needs
Nearly one-third of school districts (29 percent) did not apply for federal eRate assistance because they assumed the program would have insufficient funds for their needs, according to…
Bringing Women and Minorities to IT
Women earn 57 percent of all undergraduate degrees in the country, and 52 percent of all math and science undergraduate degrees, Government Technology reports.
Three student successes with iPads
The last time I wrote about iPads in the classroom, it was about a school district doing almost everything wrong, Digital/Edu reports.
Six new changes in children’s media habits
Children's use of mobile devices and mobile apps has jumped dramatically in the past two years, doubling and tripling in some cases, according to results from a large…
5 steps to maximize iPads for students with autism
Classrooms across the country are dotted with iPads on desks, in students' hands, and in hallways. Recently, a special education expert offered five insights into how the iPad…
Where in the world do the most young people use technology?
Yesterday, we talked a bit about digital natives and digital immigrants, Edudemic reports.
Avoiding mistakes in digital device initiatives
There is no question that technology, when used the right way, can be a valuable tool to enhance teaching and learning. But each year, many schools and districts…
Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 4
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter
The only way to tell whether kids today are really less coherent or literate than their great-grandparents is to compare student writing across the past century, The Globe…
Expert invites more black students to science
There are far too few black students in science, math and technology programs, according to a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, GPB reports.
Why kids take on adults’ math anxiety
We know a lot about how relationships can enhance learning, Mind/Shift reports.
Valuable advice from tech coordinators
School and district technology directors have important responsibilities and face new challenges each day. Mobile device programs, software updates, and network maintenance are only a few of the…
We have to do what? The new face of teacher evaluations
As someone you’d politely call a “veteran educator,” I’ve been fortunate to work in schools for more than a quarter century, and in that time, like all of…
Inspired vision: Classrooms of the future
You may recall the dramatic leaps in technology of the Seventies — how we hopped from books of “log tables” to slide rules and on to hand-held calculators…
Why smartwatches, glasses and other wearable tech are no gimmick
When you hear the term "wearable technology," you very likely think of one, or all, of these things: Google Glass, fitness trackers such as Fitbit and Nike+ or…
How to fix education: Flip it upside down?
Nearly everyone agrees the online education is going to be huge, but ask what exactly that means in practice and how that will impact students, and the bickering…
Three state approaches to student data privacy
As school reform efforts receive nationwide attention, collecting and using student data plays an important role in improving teaching and learning in today’s classrooms. But accompanying student data…
What are the 10 greatest inventions of our time?
A competition sponsored in 1913 by Scientific American asked for essays on the 10 greatest inventions, Scientific American reports.
Teacher vs student: How each actually uses social media
At some point in my life, a few years back, Facebook became much less…interesting to me, Edudemic reports.
School iPads to cost nearly $100 more each, revised budget shows
Providing Apple iPads to Los Angeles students will cost nearly $100 more apiece — or $770 per tablet, a new school district budget shows, according to the Los…
Four must-read blended learning models
Blended learning--a combination of face-to-face and online learning--is piloted in schools and districts across the nation. Advocates note that students are able to learn at a more individualized…
Gaming with a purpose – financial literacy
Okay, so one thing is clear: Youth are hooked on technology. Computers, smartphones, tablets, social media, video games... the list goes on, the Huffington Post reports.
Open Educational Resources: Smart policy
Education faces many challenges today, and those challenges are growing, InformationWeek reports.
How school leaders can erase the digital divide
The digital divide is mentioned almost daily in ed-tech discussions: It prevents all students from receiving a technology-rich education that can help them compete on a global scale,…
National writing event trending on Twitter
Today, students, educators, administrators, and writers will take to Twitter to celebrate the National Day on Writing by sharing ways they use writing to connect with family, within…
What poor children need in school
Most educational policy elites, whether in government or in the nonprofit sector, mean well, the Washington Post reports.
Group presses for safeguards on the personal data of schoolchildren
A leading children’s advocacy group is challenging the educational technology software industry, an estimated $8 billion market, to develop national safeguards for the personal data collected about students…
App of the week: News-2-You
News-2-You is the Special Education’s Newspaper for beginning readers and special needs students.
School librarians are rising school leaders
School librarians are shaking off the decades-old stereotype that they are isolated from a school’s teachers, students, and classrooms. Today’s school librarians, according to a panel discussion that…
Can you be for-profit and for K-12 students?
Across industries such as health care, clean energy and even space exploration, private enterprise plays an accepted and critical role. Yet when it comes to education, many view…
Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 3
