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Digital e-Learning program allows innovative district to open the world to students

November 28, 2016 by Abi Mandelbaum

Boone County School District is offering digital world language learning to 10,500 students—half of its student population. With help from Rosetta Stone’s language learning solutions, Boone County Schools…

STEM & STEAM

In the marketplace: An NBA math program, coding tools, and a new literacy initiative

January 25, 2023November 23, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology's near-constant…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

This project uses open data to help plug opportunity gaps

January 25, 2023October 28, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

An expanded federal initiative aims to use open data to improve opportunities, including educational opportunities, for Americans. Originally launched by President Obama in March 2016, the Opportunity Project…

District Management

Report: Schools expect faster internet within 3 years

October 27, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Seventy-two percent of E-rate applicants participating in a recent survey said wi-fi is critical to fulfilling their organization's mission. Twenty years after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 created…

Teaching & Learning

12 ed-tech tools to try this term

September 7, 2017October 18, 2016 by Gloria Kopp

The school year is in full swing, so it’s time to kick things into high gear and push learning to ... Read more

Teaching Trends

14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

January 25, 2023September 28, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

When the right classroom management tools are in place, students are able to learn more as their engagement increases. Focusing on physical classroom management, behavioral management, resources for…

District Management

New book illustrates the 5 most important leadership skills

September 22, 2016 by Abi Mandelbaum

Leaders aren’t just principals, CEOs, and presidents, a new book asserts, but rather people from all walks of life benefit ... Read more

Ancillary

Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

September 6, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Education.com, an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a ... Read more

District Management

Getting struggling students to read requires both data and compassion

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 by Tammy Mangus

Too many teachers simply move students along from one grade to the next to be kind, without checking for mastery of skills. Can the impartiality data help?

Ancillary

Edmodo Envoys program connects local communities of educators through TeachUps

August 22, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Education network Edmodo has launched its latest professional development program for teachers, Edmodo Envoys. The program is designed to help teachers find ... Read more

Virtual Field Trips

5 useful tips to get the most out of virtual field trips

January 25, 2023August 18, 2016 by From eSchool News staff reports

To help educators save time, we’ve put together a quick recap on how to prepare for your next virtual field ... Read more

Ancillary

Google adds new features to Classroom, Forms, and more Copy

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

As back-to-school approaches, Google has just released a grab-bag of new features aimed at K-12 educators—mostly upgrades to existing Google ... Read more

Innovative Teaching

Google adds new features to Classroom, Forms, and more

January 25, 2023August 17, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

As back-to-school approaches, Google has just released a grab-bag of new features aimed at K-12 educators—mostly upgrades to existing Google ... Read more

Ancillary

Benchmark Education announces new early learning literacy intervention program

August 16, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Literacy publisher Benchmark Education Company (BEC) announced a new literacy intervention program for grades K–2 in print format with online ... Read more

Edtech Trends

The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind

January 25, 2023August 12, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting news and thought-provoking developments from the past week. I can’t fit all of this week's news stories here, though,…

Edtech Trends

Marketplace trend update: 5 new ed-tech developments

January 25, 2023August 10, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can…

Teaching Trends

Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

July 26, 2016 by Laura Ascione

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards, announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and…

Teaching Trends

Free learning platform targets improved media literacy

July 26, 2016 by Laura Ascione

KQED Teach, which launched on July 11, provides a series of free, self-paced courses to help K-12 educators develop the ... Read more

IT Management

NetSupport’s keyword monitoring now supports multiple languages

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

In an effort to help districts cope with an ever-growing student population speaking languages other than English, NetSupport is adding multiple languages to its keyword monitoring software, which…

Teaching Trends

Arizona implements K-6 language development and literacy intervention for English learners

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Laura Ascione

The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is continually seeking effective ways to support educators as they work to help English ... Read more

Teaching Trends

New plan advocates gigabit broadband’s arrival in schools

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Connecting our nation’s schools, libraries, health clinics and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) to next generation high-speed broadband is an ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Designing custom ed-tech software requires joint effort

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Off-the-shelf education technology platforms can often fall short when aligning with educators’ specific approaches to instruction. As a result, many ... Read more

Apps

7 convenient communication tools for educators

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

As mobile technology becomes more commonplace in classrooms and nearly ubiquitous for school leaders, the convenience of having access to emails, text messages, social media and other tools…

District Management

Groups partner to leverage open tech standards

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 by Laura Ascione

ClassLink announced a new single sign-on connection to Mackin Educational Resources, an adaptive learning platform for grades K-8. This new partnership will provide users with secure, OneClick access…

District Management

Are you a Hooray, Hmm, or Hell No educator?

July 20, 2016July 5, 2016 by Dennis Pierce

When it comes to innovation, there are 3 types of people, according to ed-tech leader Jennie Magiera. See how you stack up.

IT Management

IO Education, EADMS merger will expand online formative assessment

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 by Laura Ascione

IO Education and Educator’s Assessment Data Management System (EADMS), a provider of K-12 assessment and data management software, have merged to better leverage online formative assessment capabilities. With…

District Management

Impero Software’s keyword library addresses online safety concerns

June 28, 2016 by Laura Ascione

It makes the headlines often: A young man or woman in the U.S. ends his or her own life due to bullying or becomes radicalized and attempts to…

IT Management

Free wi-fi project could level the playing field for students

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 by Nick McCrea, Bangor Daily News

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App of the Week

App of the Week: One-stop shop for research and writing

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

Citelighter is an engaging online platform designed to support students and teachers as they tackle the intricacies of the writing process.

District Management

When using data, remember monkey sex

February 25, 2023June 8, 2016 by Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

When you talk about big data these days, as well as its potential to help predict future trends and, therefore, courses of action, stories about turkey breasts, hand…

STEM & STEAM

5 ways music and tech are adding a little STEAM to our lessons

June 7, 2016June 6, 2016 by Jilian Reynolds

Technology plus music is an easy, accessible way to add STEAM to lessons -- and best of all, students love it.

District Management

These 9 apps help every student hit Common Core Standards

June 16, 2016June 3, 2016 by Denise Skarbek, Melinda Carver, and Keya Mukherjee

Scaffold Common Core standards for students with these educator-picked apps As schools everywhere shift to the Common Core, teachers are ... Read more

App of the Week

App of the Week: A game that teaches game design

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

Project Spark is a digital game creator that lets students build their own games. Students can browse, play, and learn from other community-designed games and from plenty of…

Teaching Trends

App of the Week: The total package for middle school ELA

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org, a free service from Common ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

Online petition urges computer science education funding

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

An online petition urges Congress to provide $250 million to help schools and districts integrate computer science into the curriculum. In a letter sent to Congress, the authors…

IT Management

Schools lend out mobile hotspots to get all students online

June 7, 2016April 12, 2016 by Rick Barrett Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

This article is no longer available.

IT Management

All the ways iOS 9.3 will impact school iPad rollouts

April 7, 2016April 5, 2016 by Bridget McCrea

Apple’s latest overhaul will impact one-to-one and shared device rollouts In March, Apple upgraded the iPad and iPhone operating system ... Read more

District Management

FCC approves $9 broadband subsidy for low-income households

March 31, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

A recently-approved expansion of an FCC program will grant millions of low-income households a discount on internet access in an effort to help close what is becoming known…

District Management

When will assessments finally test deeper learning?

March 30, 2016March 30, 2016 by Stuart Kahl

Technology is making the multiple-choice question obsolete. Can assessments keep up?

Teaching Trends

Technology can help states meet learning, leadership goals

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Every Friday, I’ll be bringing you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of…

Digital e-Learning program allows innovative district to open the world to students

In the marketplace: An NBA math program, coding tools, and a new literacy initiative

This project uses open data to help plug opportunity gaps

Report: Schools expect faster internet within 3 years

12 ed-tech tools to try this term

14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

New book illustrates the 5 most important leadership skills

Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

Getting struggling students to read requires both data and compassion

Edmodo Envoys program connects local communities of educators through TeachUps

5 useful tips to get the most out of virtual field trips

Google adds new features to Classroom, Forms, and more Copy

Google adds new features to Classroom, Forms, and more

Benchmark Education announces new early learning literacy intervention program

The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind

Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

Free learning platform targets improved media literacy

Arizona implements K-6 language development and literacy intervention for English learners

New plan advocates gigabit broadband’s arrival in schools

Designing custom ed-tech software requires joint effort

7 convenient communication tools for educators

Are you a Hooray, Hmm, or Hell No educator?

IO Education, EADMS merger will expand online formative assessment

App of the Week: One-stop shop for research and writing

When using data, remember monkey sex

5 ways music and tech are adding a little STEAM to our lessons

These 9 apps help every student hit Common Core Standards

App of the Week: A game that teaches game design

App of the Week: The total package for middle school ELA

Online petition urges computer science education funding

When will assessments finally test deeper learning?

Technology can help states meet learning, leadership goals

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

ClassMate by World Book Recognized with Prestigious ISTE Seal

School Specialty Honors Top Educators with 12th Annual Crystal Apple Awards

Follett Content Accelerates Public Library Strategy

Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple Awards

School Specialty Expands Learning Beyond the Screen with New Outdoor Furniture Line

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