instructional technology Archives

Otus Launches AI Advisory Board to Bring Voices of K-12 Leaders to the Forefront of Innovation

May 14, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

CHICAGO, IL (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Otus, the leading K-12 assessment, data, and insights solution, today announced the formation of the ... Read more

Digital Learning Tools

5 vocabulary strategies powered by technology

April 16, 2025 by Ashley Pursley, Anderson School District Five

Vocabulary instructional strategies, amplified through technology, help students strengthen their vocabulary and reading comprehension

In my work with middle school students, I’ve seen how critical that period of development is to students’ future success. One area of focus in a middle schooler’s…

Newsline

Incident IQ Welcomes Tech Innovator Bill Loller as Chief Product Officer

January 7, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

Atlanta (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Incident IQ, the workflow management platform built exclusively for K-12, announced today that Bill Loller will ... Read more

Newsline

Los Angeles Unified School District Chooses ClassVR from Avantis Education to Bring Immersive Virtual Reality Learning to Students

October 25, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

Chicago — Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles Unified) has chosen ClassVR from Avantis Education, a global leader in ... Read more

College and Career Readiness

3 online resources to encourage student career planning

September 27, 2024August 23, 2024 by Joanna McCumber, Anderson School District 5

Forging connections between students and industry professionals is key to opening their eyes to future possibilities through career planning.

According to a study conducted by ECMC Group, 81 percent of high school students surveyed said learning skills they need to be successful in the real world is…

Ancillary

CoSN IT Leader Spotlight: David Jarboe

May 23, 2024 by ESchool Media Contributors

These IT Leader spotlights highlight how innovative edtech and IT leaders are influencing teaching and learning across the nation.

In partnership with CoSN, eSchool News is highlighting the innovative and dedicated work of IT leaders in school districts across the country.

CoSN Corner

CoSN IT Leader Spotlight: Kley Todd

June 13, 2024May 23, 2024 by ESchool Media Contributors

In partnership with CoSN, eSchool News is highlighting the innovative and dedicated work of IT leaders in school districts across the country.

Literacy

Excite, expand, equitize: Using data to support reading

December 5, 2023 by Amy Johns, Director of Technology & Rachel Barcus, Associate Director/Instructional Technology, Fayette County Public Schools

Five years on, following the data has helped us make reading more accessible and exciting to students across demographics.

Five years ago, we were already well into discussions about investing in a digital reading application. A priority was to give students seamless connection to the digital collections…

Digital Learning Tools

Reaching edtech harmony in your classroom

January 4, 2024November 22, 2023 by Bob Wudeck, Senior Director of Business Development, BenQ America Corp

Teachers and students thrive with a comprehensive classroom ecosystem--here's how to integrate essential tools like smart boards.

It’s important to understand how an integrated, interoperable, and effective educational technology ecosystem can meet the evolving landscape of learning for more efficient, impactful, and secure learning experiences.

Curriculum & Assessment

How we reached student success with assessment proficiency

November 29, 2023November 15, 2023 by Ron Farrow, Assistant Superintendent, De Soto District, Missouri

Assessment creation can be uncomfortable, but creating assessments is also one of the most important steps in accelerating student learning.

Teachers use a variety of methods to assess mastery of a topic. We use observations, quick formative assessments, longer summative assessments, and long-term benchmark assessments.

Choosing Classroom Technology: 7 Key Factors to Consider

February 4, 2025September 28, 2022 by Jeff Festa

The edtech marketplace is quite extensive, and there are now literally hundreds of instructional apps and software programs for educators ... Read more

COVID in Schools

How you can bring pandemic tech into post-pandemic learning

December 7, 2022July 4, 2022 by Beth Goude, NBCT, MEd., Instructional Technology Coach, Georgetown County School District

Educators need to practice continuous improvement and integrate new tools and skills into “new” post-COVID learning environments and post-pandemic learning

It is clear that COVID-19 has changed how teachers use educational technologies to support teaching and learning. During the “Emergency Teaching Era” of the pandemic, educators grew quite…

District Management

3 steps to tech infrastructure that supports learning

February 9, 2022 by Erick Buenrostro, Digital Resource and Content Specialist, Ysleta Independent School District

A well-structured tech infrastructure process will help teachers do what's most important--teaching students.

Like instructional technology specialists across the U.S., I spent most of 2020 helping teachers navigate the world of edtech--explaining video conferencing tools, and demonstrating how our district’s selected…

Newsline

MobileMind Launches MobileMind Sync, a Full-Service Scheduling Solution

November 8, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind, the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service ... Read more

Student Data Security

3 ways to strengthen your student data privacy compliance strategy

December 5, 2022October 21, 2021 by Laurel Chiesa, Director of Instructional Technology, Fayetteville-Manlius School District

An IT director outlines three ways school districts can more effectively safeguard their students’ data and adhere to data privacy laws.

Cyberattacks and data breaches are infiltrating K-12 communities. To proactively thwart these attempts to steal student data, states such as New York are passing legislation that requires school…

COVID-19 Update

Heroes at Work: How San Diego USD made PD a pandemic priority

February 1, 2022September 10, 2021 by Kevin Hogan

Here, eSchool News highlights the San Diego Unified School District–one of the three K-12 Hero Awards winners. Keep reading this interview with Julie Garcia, the district's Director of…

District Management

5 ways this district evaluates its digital content purchases

June 30, 2021 by Laura Ascione

Purchasing digital content can be a confusing and unfulfilling process--here's how this district ensures success

K-12 schools spend billions on edtech tools, but often, many of the tools go unused or aren't evaluated for effectiveness. So how can district technology teams ensure an…

STEM & STEAM

Here’s how to put coding and robotics programs in K-8 classrooms

August 26, 2019July 26, 2019 by Eileen Belastock, CETL

Coding and robotics programs are easily manageable if educators follow certain strategies.

Coding and robotics programs in classrooms reflect how integral technology is in our lives. Educators like Angie Kalthoff, a technology integrationist in St. Cloud, MN, and Ann Bartel,…

STEM & STEAM

Early coding can greatly benefit students–here’s how one school does it

February 5, 2019January 24, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Coding for students and computer programming are slowly becoming part of the core curriculum in schools and districts across the U.S.--and some educators say the earlier students start…

School Library Innovations

The New Librarian: Using advocacy to promote leadership

January 25, 2023March 30, 2018 by Margaret Cole

As innovation coordinator for instructional technology, information & library media at Parkway School District in St. Louis, Missouri, Bill Bass has long demonstrated his commitment to 21st-century learning.…

IT Management

School district invents custom charging solution for all schools

February 9, 2017 by Abi Mandelbaum

As Denton Independent School District (ISD) prepares for future ready classrooms with technology and builds new schools, the Texas district ... Read more

District Management

Students publish ed-tech textbook on iBookstore

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

At Georgia College, educational technology could spawn more educational technology.

District Management

Six great special-education resources for parents and teachers

November 5, 2013May 11, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

Here are six special-education websites that provide vetted tools and technology that can help in many aspects of a child’s learning.

Teaching Trends

Texas schools slash ed-tech spending

March 19, 2012 by From wire service reports

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eClassroom News

New instructional technology for the 2011-12 school year

November 5, 2013September 12, 2011 by From staff reports

New tablets that aim to challenge the iPad, software for managing mobile learning devices, and innovations in student response systems, interactive whiteboards, and other teaching tools are among…

IT Management

To skip or not to skip? New web site helps students decide

November 5, 2013September 9, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Jim Filbert considered billing his web site, Skip Class Calculator, as the online tool that enraged every college professor in America. But that wouldn’t be entirely accurate.

Curriculum

Gates Foundation to invest in next-generation instructional tools

November 5, 2013September 8, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to invest up to $250 million over the next eight years to develop ... Read more

IT Management

Educators, students can benefit from technology training

November 6, 2013June 17, 2010 by By Michael Hildebrandt

Technology is changing the face of education. Typing on a keyboard can make learning proper handwriting unimportant. Using a calculator can make simple math functions technology-assisted processes. And…

Otus Launches AI Advisory Board to Bring Voices of K-12 Leaders to the Forefront of Innovation

5 vocabulary strategies powered by technology

Incident IQ Welcomes Tech Innovator Bill Loller as Chief Product Officer

Los Angeles Unified School District Chooses ClassVR from Avantis Education to Bring Immersive Virtual Reality Learning to Students

3 online resources to encourage student career planning

CoSN IT Leader Spotlight: David Jarboe

CoSN IT Leader Spotlight: Kley Todd

Excite, expand, equitize: Using data to support reading

Reaching edtech harmony in your classroom

How we reached student success with assessment proficiency

How you can bring pandemic tech into post-pandemic learning

3 steps to tech infrastructure that supports learning

MobileMind Launches MobileMind Sync, a Full-Service Scheduling Solution

3 ways to strengthen your student data privacy compliance strategy

Heroes at Work: How San Diego USD made PD a pandemic priority

5 ways this district evaluates its digital content purchases

Early coding can greatly benefit students–here’s how one school does it

The New Librarian: Using advocacy to promote leadership

School district invents custom charging solution for all schools

Students publish ed-tech textbook on iBookstore

Six great special-education resources for parents and teachers

Texas schools slash ed-tech spending

New instructional technology for the 2011-12 school year

To skip or not to skip? New web site helps students decide

Gates Foundation to invest in next-generation instructional tools

Educators, students can benefit from technology training

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

Books Are Fun and Ignite Reading Deliver Hundreds of Books to Oakland Students at Highland Community School

GEAR UP South Carolina Partners with National Math and Science Initiative to Expand High-Quality STEM Professional Development Across Seven School Districts

Ohio District Awarded CoSN Trusted Learning Environment Mini Seal for Student Data Privacy Practices

Otus Launches AI Advisory Board to Bring Voices of K-12 Leaders to the Forefront of Innovation

Kenneth C. Griffin Donates $2 Million to Nonprofit Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program to Strengthen South Florida’s Teacher Pipeline

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