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digital learning

IT Management

How districts support social networking in schools

June 13, 2013June 10, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>
Despite restricted network access and concerns about student safety, more and more schools are using social networking in classrooms in an effort to give students a more robust…
District Management

Obama unveils ConnectED initiative to boost digital learning

June 7, 2013June 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
President Obama today unveiled ConnectED, a new initiative intended to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within five years.…
District Management

Obama to ask for increased eRate aid

October 1, 2013June 6, 2013 by From staff and wire reports
President Barack Obama wants to see the nation's classrooms transformed into digital learning centers and he is ready to ask federal regulators to use billions of dollars to…
Blended Learning

Speak Up: A decade of digital learning data

November 5, 2013June 6, 2013 by From staff and wire reports
As the third graders who were the first Speak Up participants in 2003 graduate from high school this spring, a decade of digital learning research provides a birds’…
Blended Learning

How to use digital resources to personalize blended learning

November 5, 2013June 5, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
Today’s students are used to having constant access to technology and digital resources in their personal lives, and harnessing the engaging power of such resources can boost blended…
IT Management

Mapping the course to digital learning at ISTE 2013

June 4, 2013 by ESchool News Staff
TechSmith is excited to participate in ISTE 2013. We would like to invite you to join us in booth #10226 to hear about using digital learning in the…
District Management

In Maine, push for virtual schools fades

May 20, 2013May 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
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IT Management

Administrators share top 10 thoughts on digital learning

May 10, 2013April 19, 2013 by From staff and wire reports
More and more educators, parents, and education technology advocates see the need for classroom technology and digital learning, but say that stagnant or shrinking budgets continue to impede…
District Management

Discovery Education offering schools free digital textbooks

May 10, 2013April 12, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
During a conference on digital learning, award-winning Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told peers, publishers, and congressmen that going digital in schools is more than just…
District Management

What makes a good teacher preparation program?

April 2, 2013April 1, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>
To make sure students graduate from high school prepared to tackle whatever path they choose, teacher preparation must focus on making today's education system a learner-centered instructional model,…
District Management

North Carolina pushing for digital devices to replace textbooks

March 29, 2013 by From staff and wire reports
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District Management

Digital learning MOOC now open to school leaders

March 19, 2013 by From staff and wire reports
Enrollment opens today for a first-of-its-kind Massive Online Open Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed) that will help school district leaders make the shift to digital instruction in their schools.
IT Management

Ten facts about K-12 students’ technology use

November 5, 2013February 25, 2013 by From staff reports
More than half of students in grades 6-8 now have access to a tablet computer—a percentage that has doubled since last year. And Twitter use has grown three-fold…
District Management

14 recommendations for taming the ‘wild, wild West’ of ed tech

February 21, 2013February 20, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
A disruptive factor exists today in educational technology, according to a new report, because while virtual schools, personal digital devices, and open-source materials are transforming education, these forces…
District Management

New ed-tech bill supports digital learning, Common Core

February 17, 2013February 15, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
A new bill calls on Congress to fund $500 million in grants to states and districts for educational technology, and supporters say it could replace the old Enhancing…
Blended Learning

Digital Learning Day aims to change education’s direction

November 5, 2013February 8, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
With an overwhelming 25,000 educators participating in Digital Learning Day on Feb. 6, ed-tech supporters used technology-based projects, lessons, and enthusiasm to mark what they called a perfect…
Teaching Trends

Digital Learning Now! releases guide to blended learning

February 6, 2013 by By eSchool News Staff
Just in time for Digital Learning Day, Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released the fifth DLN Smart Series interactive paper ... Read more
eClassroom News

Snapshot: This is how teachers use technology

November 5, 2013February 6, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
With Digital Learning Day on the horizon, technology is once again in the national spotlight. But are teachers using new resources in today’s classroom? The answer, according to…
District Management

Digital Learning Day: Free resources, White House speaker

November 5, 2013January 25, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
The nation’s second Digital Learning Day is fast approaching on Feb. 6, and with digital learning ideas, a keynote speech from the White House Chief Technology Officer, and…
Curriculum

How mainstream video games are being used as teaching tools

September 18, 2014January 8, 2013 by From wire service reports
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Curriculum

How social networking in school can drive innovation

December 19, 2012December 18, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
Countries around the world are leveraging the power of social networking in school to prepare students for highly competitive workplace environments, and the U.S. education system could learn…
District Management

How proper ed-tech implementation can transform learning

January 4, 2013November 20, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
A new report outlines four critical challenges facing public education and identifies steps that school and district leaders must take in the next two years to ensure that…
District Management

Florida officials want more than $400M to expand digital learning

October 16, 2012 by From wire service reports
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District Management

Ed-tech firms shaping education policy

January 14, 2013October 15, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
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District Management

Education chief wants textbooks to go digital

November 20, 2012October 3, 2012 by From wire service reports
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Oct. 2 called for the nation to move as fast as possible away from printed textbooks and toward digital ones. "Over the next…
District Management

District ‘Race to the Top’ rules spur mixed reaction

June 28, 2012June 27, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor
Proposed guidelines for school districts to vie for $400 million in new federal grants have elicited mixed reaction from education groups—from concern among ed-tech groups over how “personalized…
District Management

Report calls for more broadband access in schools

January 16, 2014May 22, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor
School districts should provide a minimum of 100 megabits per second of bandwidth for every 1,000 students and staff members within the next two years, and federal lawmakers…
Curriculum

National leaders brainstorm for digital learning

November 5, 2013March 30, 2012 by From eSchool News staff reports
In a move that could be considered encouraging for advocates of digital learning, leaders from the Education Department (ED), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the textbook and…
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

New group aims to spur technology’s role in education

March 26, 2012March 21, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
Spurred by calls for change from the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Education, a group of educational technology stakeholders has formed a new ed-tech advocacy…
Creating a Digital Learning Environment

Digital Learning Day draws nearly 2 million students

April 26, 2012February 2, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
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Blended Learning

Some see blended learning as future of education

August 28, 2012January 12, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
More and more school districts are embracing digital learning as the next step in improving education, and a number of stakeholder groups are hoping to guide policy makers…
District Management

As Digital Learning Day approaches, states pledge support

November 5, 2013January 6, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
A new report that comes in advance of the first-ever Digital Learning Day argues that digital learning can expand students' learning opportunities and help schools overcome tough budget…
District Management

How to teach young children in the digital age

November 10, 2011November 9, 2011 by From staff and wire reports
A new report offers recommendations for how policy makers and education leaders can take a more robust and modern approach to helping young students learn and develop in…
Curriculum

New PBS resource could help advance digital learning

November 5, 2013June 27, 2011 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor
The Public Broadcasting System and Boston-based PBS station WGBH are releasing a new digital media platform for pre-kindergarten through college, called PBS LearningMedia. The site will provide digital…
Curriculum

Gates gives $20M for digital learning, Common Core curriculum

April 29, 2011April 27, 2011 by From staff and wire reports
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced April 27 that it will be investing more than $20 million in game-based learning and other digital tools to help usher…
District Management

The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 5

January 3, 2011December 29, 2010 by From staff reports
In March, the Education Department (ED) released a draft version of its new National Educational Technology Plan, and after collecting responses from the public, the department issued a…
District Management

Panel: Remove barriers to digital learning

November 5, 2013December 6, 2010 by by Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor
Digital and blended learning have the potential to improve U.S. education dramatically, because they can help teachers provide a more personal learning experience for their students. But for…
District Management

Panelists: Digital tools expand learning opportunities

November 5, 2013September 21, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
The nation's ed-tech director called on schools to replace textbooks with mobile learning devices, and the head of the FCC said his agency would be voting this week…
District Management

Publishing giant makes $400M commitment to ed tech

November 5, 2013September 14, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Educational publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is making a $400 million investment to back up the company's increasing emphasis on putting more technology into classrooms. The reason,…
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