New government relief funding for K-12 schools offers a unique chance to eliminate reading barriers and overcome unequal access to books. Learn how your school can use this funding to deliver the right digital books to every student.
Podcast Series: Innovations in Education
Explore the full series of eSchool News podcasts hosted by Kevin Hogan—created to keep you on the cutting edge of innovations in education.
3 tips for maximizing the impact of professional learning
It’s one thing to attend a professional learning or instructional coaching session—but taking what you’ve learned and putting it into action is another. Most often, it’s the experiences built upon collaboration, reflection, and active change that make the biggest difference.
My time as a classroom educator helped me realize a passion for helping fellow teachers learn and grow. It inspired a mission to transform professional learning into something that’s focused on teacher collaboration, learning and follow-through.
With this in mind, I compiled the following tips for getting the most out of professional learning and coaching sessions.…Read More
How do you secure your smart campus?
As more connectivity and innovation are implemented in schools, you immediately become vulnerable to cyber threats. You need to keep IT assets and data secure in today’s digital transformation age, while enabling required services and applications.
Key considerations for a network edge refresh on campus
Your campus relies on a high-performing, reliable, secure network for wired and wireless connections, especially at the edge. Consider performance, management and TCO to help you make decisions that best serve your campus today and tomorrow.
Learning is social. Is your school collaboration ready?
Social learning helps your students learn by watching, listening, and doing whether in class, online or as a hybrid. Deliver interactive classrooms that connect from campus, home, or anywhere else, with a simple web browser and internet connection.
6 pillars of strong online PD
A 2021 study by the Council of the Great City Schools emphasizes the need for teachers to have ongoing access to high-quality professional development (PD). The study maintains that high-quality PD “must be actionable and contextualized within the framework of daily classroom life – whether those classrooms are physical, virtual, or hybrid.”
This study, along with recent events, demonstrates that, as with most other forms of education, professional development needs to be flexible and convenient yet still robust.
Face-to-face PD is still the optimal experience, of course, but sometimes that’s just not an option. And, while webinars offer a decent alternative, I would like to posit that online PD is an even better option for these times.…Read More
MobileMind Launches MobileMind Sync, a Full-Service Scheduling Solution
ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind, the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service PD scheduling solution. MobileMind Sync allows districts to seamlessly manage all asynchronous and synchronous PD efforts within the same platform.
“MobileMind Sync has been a transformative tool for our district in the fact that it enables us to connect and carry out effective, informative PD from any location. Having a central hub for all our PD needs has made my job as an Instructional Technology Director easier,” explained Adriane Ellis, Director of Instructional Technology and Media Services for Murray County Schools in Georgia.
MobileMind Sync allows districts to create and schedule synchronous training events, invite participants, track attendance, assign asynchronous prerequisite courses, and much more. The full-service scheduler eliminates manual work for facilitators. For example, tasks like taking attendance, awarding credit hours, and releasing micro-credentials are all automated as learners use join codes to enter virtual synchronous PD events. Districts can create single-session events like workshops, as well as conference-style PD days that consist of multiple days and/or sessions. MobileMind Sync also provides an excellent resource for department/grade-specific training and meetings (e.g. PLC, Data, or Team meetings).…Read More
How can comprehensive, integrated data improve student outcomes?
All school districts strive to be data-driven: to use data to get early warning of students at risk, to identify learning gaps, and gain visibility. How can we achieve that goal? Download Using Timely, Actionable, and Comprehensive Data to learn how.
6 key recommendations for choosing the best LMS platform
The shift in education has created a reliance on integrated technology tools to capture learning beyond the classroom. Canvas creates an equitable foundation for learning, allowing students to access high-quality, engaging content anytime, anywhere.
UV Disinfection: No Magic Bullet, Just Smart, Layered Protection
When the global pandemic hit all of us in Spring 2020, school districts had to go into crisis mode, pivoting to digital instruction in a matter of weeks, many closing their doors while they sorted through mountains of information, often contradictory, on how best to protect against COVID-19.
