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5 strategies to tackle the homework gap

January 21, 2020November 5, 2019 by Laura Ascione

The homework gap is a troubling barrier to digital equity, but some school districts are leaders in addressing the dilemma.

Despite a brighter spotlight on digital equity, gaps still remain, including the troubling and persistent homework gap--but a newly-relaunched digital equity toolkit aims to highlight the important work…

District Management

3 things I learned by accident at CoSN 2019

April 25, 2019 by Laura Ascione

At CoSN 2019, new facts and lessons about edtech leadership came out during sessions.

A few themes stood out at CoSN 2019--artificial intelligence, coding, and preparing students for 2030 are three that immediately come to mind. But as I attended more sessions,…

District Management

5 edtech accelerators that are changing K-12

April 23, 2019April 22, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Hand turning a button with a rocket icon to the maximum acceleration. Concept of career accelerationComposite between an image and a 3D background.

Five powerful edtech accelerators are influencing the skills and needs of K-12 students and educators, according to a new CoSN report released during the advocacy group’s 2019 conference. …

STEM & STEAM

Here’s why AI skills will make or break students’ futures

April 23, 2019April 19, 2019 by Laura Ascione

AI skills will determine students' future success.

It’s OK if you don’t know exactly what AI is--but you need to learn, and quickly, because it’s already firmly ensconced in our lives, and AI skills are…

District Management

4 K-12 edtech trends we’re tracking at CoSN 2019

April 1, 2019 by Laura Ascione

CoSN 2019 will explore K-12 edtech trends and challenges.

CoSN 2019 kicks off in Portland, OR this week, and it brings with it rich content spanning a variety of K-12 edtech trends. eSchool News will be there,…

District Management

5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Sustaining and scaling innovation is one of the top hurdles K-12 district leaders face as they strive to bring new and bold ideas to education, according to a…

District Management

Upgrade your conference

August 27, 2018 by Eileen Belastock

I felt like I’d just unpacked my suitcase from ISTE 2018 when Edsurge came out with 60+ K-12 Education Technology Events in 2018-2019. So instead of doing what a…

District Management

My 8 favorite things about CoSN 2018

March 16, 2018 by Eileen Belastock

If you are a tech director and were looking for a place where everyone knows your name, CoSN18 in Washington, DC was that place. It was a gathering…

District Management

6 ways school bus wi-fi could benefit your district

January 21, 2020March 15, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Gaps in internet access are an all-too-familiar struggle for many schools, particularly those in rural or low-income districts where coverage is spotty or too expensive. In 2015, President…

District Management

Report reveals surprising data about mobile broadband usage in schools

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 by Susan Bearden

A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to…

District Management

CoSN 2018 Annual Conference and Global Symposium

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 by Keith Krueger

For three days in March (12-15), almost 1,000 edtech leaders will descend on Washington, DC to connect, learn, network, and share solutions. Starting with an international focus, CoSN/UNESCO…

District Management

6 TED Talks about failing forward

February 9, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Check out these six TED Talks on failing forward and what it means to persist despite unexpected outcomes: 1. How to learn? From mistakes Diana Laufenberg shares three…

IT Management

5 infrastructure concerns for district technology leaders

May 7, 2019November 9, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a>@eSN_Laura</a>

The growing need for more internet bandwidth is being pushed by an increase in the number of students with devices, according to CoSN's Annual Infrastructure Survey. Increases in…

District Management

What’s next in ed-tech? These 18 trends

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 by Keith R. Krueger

I do a lot of speaking about technology trends in education, and none of my talks seem to get larger ... Read more

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Meet the next generation of school ed-tech leaders

April 6, 2016 by Laura Ascione

CoSN and EdScoop announce inaugural winners at CoSN 2016 annual conference CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) and EdScoop have ... Read more

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Leading the Digital Leap

October 30, 2014 by By Daniel A. Domenech, Thomas J. Gentzel, and Keith Krueger

Despite the fact that technology use is part of daily life, on balance, schools’ use of technology remains far from ubiquitous. There is no question that some teachers,…

District Management

School groups team up to help with digital transformation

October 24, 2014 by Laura Ascione

Many educators across the United States have made considerable progress in using technology to transform learning, and several school districts have advanced beyond small pockets of innovation to…

District Management

Overcoming the top barrier to school connectivity

May 3, 2015October 21, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Funding remains the largest and most-cited obstacle when it comes to updating schools' infrastructure and installing high-speed broadband internet access, according to a survey from the Consortium for…

District Management

Empowering superintendents in the digital age

October 2, 2014 by By Keith Krueger

Superintendents lead. They are charged with preparing students to be college-, career-, and life-ready, and with enabling a 21st-century learning environment. Increasingly, this means leveraging digital technologies to…

District Management

How to dispute one-to-one, mobile learning criticisms

March 24, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Ed-tech initiatives will always have critics. But administrators can take action and leverage resources to ensure that their one-to-one and mobile learning initiatives are implemented carefully and successfully.…

District Management

10 things that keep superintendents up at night

March 21, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

School superintendents deal with a seemingly never-ending list of responsibilities, but some concerns are more pressing than others. During a CoSN 2014 session moderated by Digital Promise CEO…

District Management

Top 4 ways district leaders deal with funding obstacles

March 20, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

School budgets show a marked increase from a year ago, with one in three districts reporting budget increases this year, according to the second annual K-12 IT Leadership…

District Management

CoSN conference explores what it means to be an ‘audacious leader’

March 19, 2013March 18, 2013 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor in Chief, <a href='https://twitter.com/eSN_Dennis' target='_blank'>@eSN_Dennis</a>

Transforming schools from places that deliver traditional, factory-era models of instruction to institutions that support engaging, personalized, and student-centered learning requires bold, audacious leadership—and that was the theme…

District Management

Integrating the ‘four Cs’ into instruction

August 23, 2013March 14, 2013 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor in Chief, <a href='https://twitter.com/eSN_Dennis' target='_blank'>@eSN_Dennis</a>

While policy makers and education leaders have been talking about the need to teach 21st-century skills for more than a decade, not enough attention has been paid to…

District Management

Seven facts about K-12 ed-tech leaders

March 14, 2013March 13, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

School district technology leaders aren't too optimistic that their ed-tech budgets will increase over the next year, and funding remains among the top challenges that face ed-tech leaders,…

District Management

Ed-tech leaders brace for online testing

April 26, 2013March 13, 2013 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor in Chief, <a href='https://twitter.com/eSN_Dennis' target='_blank'>@eSN_Dennis</a>

What keeps ed-tech leaders up at night? Making sure their schools are prepared to roll out high-stakes testing to students online by the 2014-15 school year is a…

District Management

Seven steps to success with mobile learning

October 21, 2013March 11, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Implementing a mobile learning initiative is a complicated undertaking, no matter how much funding or stakeholder support you have. But a new resource from the Consortium for School…

District Management

CoSN’s 2013 International Symposium to explore ‘digital inclusion’

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 by From wire reports

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) will hold its 2013 International Symposium, themed Digital Inclusion: The Global Imperative of Bridging Schools and Home, on Mon., March 11, in…

District Management

CoSN 2013: ‘Audacious Leadership’

February 15, 2013January 18, 2013 by From wire services

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) will hold its 18th Annual Conference March 11-13, 2013, at the Sheraton San Diego ... Read more

District Management

Nobel Peace nominee: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology

September 26, 2012May 7, 2012 by From staff reports

Sir Bob Geldof—an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, and political activist—noted during the Consortium for School Networking's recent K-12 Technology Leadership Conference that the world's economy is…

District Management

Companies aim to help schools create digital learning environments

November 5, 2013March 23, 2012 by From staff reports

As more schools make the shift to a digital-based teaching and learning environment, a number of new products and services have emerged to help ease this transition.

District Management

Controlling costs a key selling point for ed-tech vendors

September 19, 2014March 23, 2012 by From staff reports

For many of the companies exhibiting at recent educational technology conferences, a key selling point was how their software or services could help schools save money during a…

District Management

How can research inform ed-tech decisions?

March 12, 2012March 9, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Education stakeholders often ask for research to justify ed-tech purchases. But instead of using research to rationalize a large-scale, expensive purchase, school leaders first should identify the problem…

District Management

How to rekindle a love of learning in school

March 24, 2012March 8, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

What would a high school classroom look like if the students were all like kindergartners, eagerly learning everything they could about the world? What makes this idea seem…

District Management

CoSN 2012: Empowering decision makers

February 2, 2012February 1, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Mobile devices and Web 2.0 participatory applications have become pervasive, yet our educational system is still based on an outdated industrial age model. The Consortium for School Networking’s…

District Management

Ed-tech group outlines goals to help schools implement technology

January 25, 2012January 24, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

One of the nation’s major educational technology advocacy groups has identified five key goals in a new three-year advocacy plan that will help address and advance new K-12…

District Management

Experts give advice on mobile learning

April 3, 2011April 1, 2011 by From staff reports

At this year’s Consortium for School Networking conference in New Orleans, not only did most attendees carry their iPads and smart phones from meeting to meeting; the annual…

District Management

CoSN’s crystal ball: Get ready for mobile learning, cloud computing

November 5, 2013March 16, 2011 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

In one of the highest attended sessions of the Consortium for School Networking’s annual conference in New Orleans, CoSN, in collaboration with the New Media Consortium (NMC), on…

5 strategies to tackle the homework gap

3 things I learned by accident at CoSN 2019

5 edtech accelerators that are changing K-12

Here’s why AI skills will make or break students’ futures

4 K-12 edtech trends we’re tracking at CoSN 2019

5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation

Upgrade your conference

My 8 favorite things about CoSN 2018

Report reveals surprising data about mobile broadband usage in schools

CoSN 2018 Annual Conference and Global Symposium

6 TED Talks about failing forward

Meet the next generation of school ed-tech leaders

Leading the Digital Leap

School groups team up to help with digital transformation

Empowering superintendents in the digital age

How to dispute one-to-one, mobile learning criticisms

10 things that keep superintendents up at night

Top 4 ways district leaders deal with funding obstacles

CoSN conference explores what it means to be an ‘audacious leader’

Integrating the ‘four Cs’ into instruction

Seven facts about K-12 ed-tech leaders

Ed-tech leaders brace for online testing

Seven steps to success with mobile learning

CoSN’s 2013 International Symposium to explore ‘digital inclusion’

CoSN 2013: ‘Audacious Leadership’

Nobel Peace nominee: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology

Companies aim to help schools create digital learning environments

Controlling costs a key selling point for ed-tech vendors

How can research inform ed-tech decisions?

How to rekindle a love of learning in school

CoSN 2012: Empowering decision makers

Ed-tech group outlines goals to help schools implement technology

Experts give advice on mobile learning

CoSN’s crystal ball: Get ready for mobile learning, cloud computing

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