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Trigg County Public Schools Deploys ZeroEyes’ AI Gun Detection and Intelligent Situational Awareness Technology
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How connected are your state’s classrooms? Check out this map
As efforts to increase bandwidth and internet connectivity in K-12 schools grow, a new report from CDW-G, based on a survey of 400 K-12 IT professionals, reveals just…
Report: The 4 models of blended learning in action
A new paper by advocacy and policy org iNacol explores how blended learning is being used in practice and traces its history from 2008 to today. In particular,…
Columbia Public Schools standardizes on Ruckus for Gigabit Wi-Fi
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. has been selected by Columbia Public Schools to supply next generation Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi products and technology. This is one of the nation's first production…
Impero Education Pro, SMART partner on classroom management
Impero and SMART Technologies Inc. recently announced that Impero has been selected as the vendor of choice for SMART Sync™ customers wishing to move to the next generation…
Robots deliver multimedia lessons to teach STEM
CWIST, a web platform supporting learning projects for students from 3 to 103, is making its content platform and education experts available to companies who want to turn…
New service lets you pay for only the bandwidth you need
A new service from AT&T can scale bandwidth for peak and off-peak periods, like online testing and summer vacation, via an online portal.
New Science Techbook is built for NGSS
Discovery Education's new Science Techbook aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is now available for classroom use. Designed specifically to help teachers transition to the NGSS…
Students’ ed-tech opinions might surprise you
Students are more thoughtful about technology use than many adults give them credit for Students see equity of access as ... Read more
Classroom in a Box leverages digital solutions for achievement
Samsung Electronics America today at ISTE 2015 announced plans to launch its Classroom in a Box suite of services to K-12 schools. According to a recent survey of…
Third-party sites can now interact with Google Classroom
Google Classroom debuted last year to help teachers and students save time and collaborate with each other, and since then Google developers have been working on how to…
SunGard K-12 Education releases eSchoolPLUS 4.0
Today, SunGard K-12 Education announced the release of eSchoolPLUS 4.0. The next-generation student information system, eSchoolPLUS 4.0 is a solution for student information management that helps educators directly…
BrightBytes releases leadership module at ISTE 2015
BrightBytes, an educational research and analysis organization, has added a leadership module to its Clarity platform. Created in partnership with McREL International, a nonprofit education research and development…
7 of Leslie Fisher’s favorite gadgets for 2015 and beyond
Speaker and self-professed gadget geek Leslie Fisher took to ISTE 2015 to share her favorite futuristic tech tools at her session "Attack of the Gadgets," where she shared…
A leader’s guide to technology implementations
Establishing a shared vision around a technology initiative is one of the most important success factors for that initiative, according to a panel of administrators from around the…
Waterford Early Learning for iPad targets K-2 personalized mobile curriculum
Waterford Institute has announced another platform for Waterford Early Learning, this time on iPad. Utilizing the Apple iPad in schools across the U.S, the Waterford Early Learning (WEL)…
Frequency of digital content use varies, survey shows
Ninety-seven percent of educators surveyed for an annual report said they use some form of digital content, and more than 50 percent of those respondents said they use…
Minority children underrepresented in special education
Contrary to popular belief, minority children are not overrepresented in special education classrooms and are actually less likely to be diagnosed with and treated for disabilities than white…
EdRedi makes tablets ready for classroom use
To help make tablets more classroom ready, Education Resources created its EdRedi application which allows classroom teachers to intuitively supervise and control their students’ name-brand devices, such as…
Nureva initiates large-scale research into use of Troove software
Nureva Inc., an early-stage technology company, has announced a large-scale initiative to research the use of its Troove digital portfolio software, with participation available for up to 500…
Schools can win up to 30 TechJacket device cases
Trident Case has announced an opportunity for schools to outfit a classroom with up to 30 TechJacket cases. Through the contest, which began on June 10, schools can…
14 do’s and don’ts of successful tech integration
Embarking on a technology integration plan or beginning a technology pilot can be daunting. However, mapping out a clear path, being flexible, and communicating the stakeholders can help…
Ed groups launch efforts to build ‘trusted learning environment’
In today’s technology-rich landscape, school systems across the country are tasked with protecting student data and effectively communicating privacy policies and related measures to parents and communities. To…
LOC releases new Student Discovery Sets for tablets
Pages from the scrapbooks of the activists who fought for women’s suffrage. A political cartoon from the pen of Benjamin Franklin. Photos by Ansel Adams of Japanese Americans…
MakerBot launches 3D printing classroom guide
Thousands of educators throughout the U.S. are embracing 3D printing as a new way to teach 21st century skills and prepare students for the jobs of the future.…
Free resource targets writing via social studies instruction
In the push to create digital learning resources for schools, developers say social studies have largely been ignored. EDC’s Zoom In aims to fill that void. Zoom In…
New tool tracks state educator prep programs
The University of North Carolina system’s new Educator Quality Dashboard provides public access to the university’s research and trend data on the performance of North Carolina’s public school…
Why maker technology is crucial for students with learning difficulties
Many students with learning difficulties—from Dysgraphia and Dyslexia to ADD—respond well to visual or tactile learning and activities that allow physical participation,
Mimio unveils MimioMobile for browsers
In an effort to expand teachers’ ability to create unsurpassed collaborative learning environments, Mimio has launched two major updates to its MimioClassroom family of interactive teaching technologies: the…
How well is your state teaching the whole child?
ASCD has released updated Whole Child Snapshots for each of the 50 U.S. states to display the progress the nation has made in supporting the whole child as…
Flipped learning is changing the face of special ed
E.L. Haynes has a one-to-one laptop program, and students also can bring their own devices to school. Using a flipped learning approach, teachers record their lessons and post…
Pearson reaches 1 million subtest milestone for psychology test tool
Pearson announced that more than 1 million clinical assessment subtests have been administered on Q-interactive, a digital system used by psychologists and speech-language pathologists. Designed for use in…
Districts report ‘major problems’ finding Common Core resources
The learning standards were new. The textbooks were not. So curriculum director Tammy Baumann and her team took the books apart, literally. Then they rearranged lessons, filled in…
Alma releases new standards tracker
Alma Technologies, Inc., provider of a holistic student engagement platform for K-12 schools, has added a standards tracking tool that empowers educators to more effectively teach to proficiency…
New OpenEd partnerships expand access to resources
OpenEd, creator of an online library of standards-aligned resources for K-12 teachers, is expanding new partnerships that now make its resources available real-time across a broad range of…
Summer of Creativity $500 grants available for young changemakers
As school lets out for the summer, Youth Service America (YSA) is calling on kids to make this a Summer of Creativity. YSA, through support from Disney |…
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
Virtual reality STEM program helps special needs students
n a typical day at Lee Mathson Middle School in East San Jose, California, students can explore the inside of a volcano via a three-dimensional, holographic image. The…
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…
Barracuda announces next-gen firewall, web security integrations
