13 Bloom’s Taxonomy apps for showing true thinking skills
Risk assessments are awful, but necessary
Here are 5 ways to improve risk assessments in your district
3D, virtual reality platform also promotes collaboration
According to a study by Burning Glass Technologies, in 2013 there were openings for nearly 6 million jobs in STEM fields. To help ensure that students are prepared…
How 2 simple role-play games can transform students into active learners
Role-play enhances engagement and subject matter mastery. It's also a lot of fun
5 ways to provide meaningful PD in an hour or less
In just five minutes or a lunch period, schools can give teachers a meaningful (and less stuffy) professional development experience.
Discovery Ed, EA SPORTS, NFL team up for math and science program
EA SPORTS, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, have teamed up for a national…
App of the Week: Way more than your average e-reader
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Epson BrightLink interactive projectors will be bundled with Smart software
Epson and SMART Technologies Inc. have announced an agreement where SMART Notebook collaborative learning software will now be included with Epson BrightLink interactive projectors worldwide. The addition of…
How the maker movement inspires every student to love learning
One 3D software expert discovers that no matter the subject, the maker movement and collaboration can engage students in inspiring ways.
NSF funds research on math software
The National Science Foundation has granted $799,837 to North Carolina State University to use data mining techniques to study the game-based ST Math software program that’s currently used…
District automates safety processes; tracks student behavior
Managing staff and student safety consists of many aspects, which often leads districts to contract services with several vendors to get the job done and can lead to…
Challenge channels real-world math
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and the Boston Celtics have launched the second online math challenge for New England schools, SCORE with Go Math! Academy and the Boston Celtics,…
How micro-credentials could have a chance
Micro-credentials could have a hugely beneficial impact on teacher professional development if they are part of a system that reflects teachers' professional values, and if they are embraced…
How students get around web filters, and how schools can stop it
When it comes to web filters, students are technology are getting smarter. And schools need to stay a step ahead.
SIS itslearning and Clever partner for data integration
itslearning has announced a new relationship with Clever to provide seamless and secure data integration between the learning management system and a school’s or district’s student information system…
NASA expands high school STEM with online program
The Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has received a five-year, $1.3 million grant from NASA that will support the national expansion of…
Rice U. offering free AP Physics online prep course
A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students…
App of the Week: an LMS that keeps the conversation going
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6 reasons why Chromebooks are the device of the moment
By all accounts, Chromebooks are the device of the moment. But why? We look at the reasons Chromebooks are surging in schools.
Interactive JTouch whiteboard aims for group work
To facilitate teamwork in classrooms and mid-size conference rooms, InFocus Corporation has unveiled the JTouch Whiteboard (INF6501w), the company’s latest in the line of JTouch interactive touchscreen displays.…
The 5 reasons schools don’t have better internet connectivity
School leaders said affordability remains the top barrier to robust internet connectivity in their schools, according to the Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN) 3rd Annual Infrastructure Survey released…
Great ways library media and IT departments can work together
Library media specialists are aligning with their IT departments to help create dynamic, engaging hubs for students and instructors.
Districts move to single sign-on solution
SchoolMessenger, a platform for school community engagement, has launched SchoolMessenger Passport, its new K-12 single sign-on product. School districts are increasingly adopting web-based, password-protected school management tools and…
Is this model the future of college and career readiness?
A career academy high school puts college and career readiness and 21st century skills to the test with on-the-job training and a new kind of learning model.
BYOD helps boost rural school’s performance
A new video released by the Smarter Schools Project highlights the ways one rural school is driving up attendance, motivating students, and bringing new opportunities through a BYOD…
App of the Week: Exit tickets go mobile
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Open educational resources get federal attention
The U.S. Department of Education is launching a campaign that will encourage states, school districts and educators to use open educational resources. As part of the #GoOpen campaign,…
Report warns of need for identity, access management tech
As school districts nationwide increasingly turn to digital content, the need has never been greater for robust identity and access management technologies. This, as well as the benefits…
Do online charter schools measure up?
New research offers evidence that online charter schools post weaker academic performance and struggle more to maintain student engagement than their conventional brick-and-mortar peers. The National Study of…
How NGSS transforms science class with hands-on learning
One classroom learns how NGSS to take students farther than they've ever been.
Guides help teachers with NGSS transition
Instead of having students go to one class for chemistry, another for physics and so on, NGSS-aligned teaching uses disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting…
Free coding kits for the Hour of Code
Bitsbox, a Boulder-based education technology startup that teaches children how to create their own apps, announced today that it will donate 1,000 coding kits to educators around the…
New science award urges cancer research among high school students
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and PBS LearningMedia, a media-on-demand service designed for K-12 classrooms, announced today the opening of applications…
How 2 states are making school broadband a priority
As high-speed broadband internet becomes critical for student success in and beyond the classroom, a number of state education leaders are forging partnerships to strengthen school broadband throughout…
Platform will beam lessons to rural schools via tablet
Mobiliya Edvelop, a digital classroom platform, is tackling educational transformation by enabling remote classrooms and lectures to rural schools and those spread across different locations. The platform is…
This software turns old laptops into new Chromebooks
Neverware, a New York-based startup, makes software that lets older computers run newer operating systems without compromising speed. Now some districts are using it to refresh laptops otherwise…
Assessments to play reduced classroom role
Students and educators will have to prepare for fewer assessments under a new federal focus that, while preserving the role that high-quality assessments play the classroom, also removes…
App of the Week: Videos and challenges for active learning
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