Digital learning is different
In the animated film Up, the character Dug is a talking dog with an interesting mannerism. Each time he sees a movement off to the side, he stops…
classroom tech
10 (and counting…) Google goodies for your classroom
During an ISTELive 25 session, Dr. Wanda Terral, chief of technology for Tennessee’s Lakeland School System, took attendees through a growing list of Google tools, along with some…
5 edtech tools for the statistics teacher (and other teachers, too)
As a high school math teacher who is about to start his first year of teaching AP Statistics, I find myself searching for arrows to add to my…
Classroom tech: The new and the tried-and-true of 2024
It’s 2024! Chalkboards, heavy textbooks, and other analog tools of the past have no place in today’s schools. Over the last few decades, applied technology in the classroom…
Teachers’ helper: Edtech as TA’s
In this episode of Innovations in Education, hosted by Kevin Hogan: 6 classroom tech tools that help educators’ mental health; 8 questions for educators as they use assessments…
6 classroom tech tools that help educators’ mental health
Many teachers are embracing the return to a standard classroom setting. Naturally, some are worried about how much stress will come with trying to get students settled into…
From Mental Health to Math–New Insights on Improving Instruction
3 ways chatbots can support mental health in schools, plus: learn how to bring creativity into your math instruction.
How to fund 3 must-have classroom tech tools
Classroom technology is essential, and nothing made that more obvious than the COVID-19 pandemic that forced learning to go virtual and hybrid. Technology upgrades help make students feel…
3 must-have classroom tech innovations–and how to fund them
Classroom technology is more than a nice amenity--it's critical for student learning and engagement.
Here’s why digital math tools are a must-have
Over the last 20 years, I have worked with education technology in many different ways. As a teacher, I saw how much time it took to search for…
Teacher absent? How tech can bridge the gap
The teacher-absence policy at my school was clear: The teacher isn’t coming to school? No technology for the class. The rationale is that it’s just not worth it.…
8 creative classroom tech tips—from a teacher who had very little of it
It’s important for teachers to focus not on what isn’t in their classroom, but rather how they can use what they already have.
8 innovative ideas for the tech-strapped teacher
Slow internet? No devices? Here's how to make the most of limited classroom tech for next to nothing School districts in the United States spend billions of dollars…