Digital Learning and Tools
Rand McNally launches new digital edition classroom atlas
Rand McNally's Classroom Atlas is now available in digital format to help students interact with the world with the touch of an iPad. This is the latest innovative…
With technology, schools try to level the economic playing field
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4 apps that make writing with an iPad possible
As it turns out, tablets are extremely versatile tools for supporting writing instruction in the classroom, for everyone from our littlest learners to high schoolers and beyond.
The $300 tabletop 3D printer currently captivating the world
A startup in China has already raised more than five times its goal for a tabletop 3D printer, which currently starts at $300.
Illinois district launches digital math tools
Illinois’ Mundelein School District 75 and Discovery Education are launching a new partnership bringing Discovery Education’s new digital math textbook to all middle school students district-wide. Math Techbook™,…
What Google’s virtual field trips look like in the classroom
Last spring, Hector Camacho guided his high school economics class on comprehensive tours of the New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve banks, and the Treasury Building. Students swept…
McGraw-Hill launches K-3 reading, language tool
McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, has announced the expansion of two key language arts and reading programs with significantly upgraded editions of SRA Open Court Reading and…
Virtual ed leaders launch Global Personalized Academics
Newly-launched Global Personalized Academics will provide virtual and classroom learning to help students across the globe transform the way they learn. The company is in the process of…
Blackboard unveils totally redesigned learning platform
Blackboard Inc. today launched the ‘New Learning Experience’--an educational approach that focuses on the learner and promotes better engagement, interaction and quality learning by bringing together and simplifying…
Alma SIS integrates with Google Classroom
Alma Technologies, Inc., and Google Classroom announced the integration between the free classroom toolset for teachers and a Student Information System (SIS). The integration enables Alma customers to…
HP launches new technology and immersive computing
During ISTE 2015, HP announced new technology solutions for education that are aimed to enhance student and teacher experiences. New products include two convertible laptops, the HP Spectre…
Edmodo’s new content marketplace for educators
K-12 global education network Edmodo has launched Edmodo Spotlight, a content marketplace for educators. Designed to empower teachers, Edmodo Spotlight enables the collection, sharing, and discovery of educational…
Panasonic enhances media production suite ‘Studio in a Box’
Panasonic has entered into a partnership with JDL Horizons to offer broadcast consulting for K-12 schools to help them maximize return on technology investment. The news was unveiled…
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…
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…
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)…