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Parental Controls for Online Safety are Underutilized, New Study Finds

June 4, 2025 by Kevin Hogan

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) last week released a landmark study examining how parents and children perceive and manage online safety. Despite the ... Read more

IT Innovations

Wi-Fi radiation: Practical steps to implement safer tech in classrooms

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 by Theodora Scarato, Rob Brown, MD, & Kent Chamberlin, PhD, Environmental Health Trust

Many medical and scientific organizations recommend that schools take prudent measures to limit student exposure to RFR from Wi-Fi.

Although Wi-Fi is certainly convenient, wireless devices emit radio frequency radiation (RFR), considered an environmental issue in today’s classrooms. A growing body of research indicates RFR exposure can…

Education Policy & Funding

How to find the right edtech tools for public schools

November 29, 2023 by Nadav Avni, CMO, Radix Technologies

Discover the ideal edtech tools for public schools, even with limited funding--navigate the landscape of educational technology on a budget.

Do public schools have the means to adopt the latest edtech for modern teaching? After all, the days of chalkboards and lightbulb-powered screen projectors are long gone. And…

The S.M.A.R.T. Approach to Modernizing Your School District’s Infrastructure

December 6, 2023September 9, 2023 by Jeff Festa

Switches, routers, and firewalls may not be as glamorous as tablets or smartboards, but a school district’s digital infrastructure plays ... Read more

Newsline

Carousel Digital Signage Launches Express Players

March 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Carousel Digital Signage announces the immediate availability of Carousel Express Players, a new cloud-based software media player solution designed for ... Read more

AR & VR in the Classroom

Taking the classroom into the world with VR and AR

December 7, 2022March 9, 2020 by Lyron Bentovim

For younger students, immersive experiences such as VR and AR aren't simply commonplace--they're expected

Generation Z (people born from mid-1990s to 2010s) and Generation Alpha (those born between 2010s and mid-2020s) grew up surrounded ... Read more

Edtech Trends

Top picks for the best 2-in-1 laptop tablets

January 25, 2023October 11, 2019 by ESchool News

Why choose between a laptop and a tablet when you can have both? Check out this great list of nine of the best for 2019. Check out this…

District Management

Weak cell service? How schools can solve this still-pervasive problem

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 by Jeff Gudewicz, Chief Product Officer, Wilson Electronics

Today’s students are more connected to their devices than ever before, whether they’re using their tablets or cellular devices to take notes in class, conduct research, or write…

District Management

District launches responsive website from Rediker Software

June 13, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Serving more than 5,500 students and 10 schools, Waltham Public Schools unveiled an improved approach to mobile communications recently by launching a district-wide responsive website from Rediker Software.…

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Are cables in the classroom a thing of the past? Maybe

March 25, 2015 by By Peter West

HDMI over WiFi, specifically Miracast technology, is ready to obsolete cables and transform the classroom—almost. Here's what a wireless future could really look like in our classrooms.

Teaching Trends

The 10 questions to ask before you start your one-to-one program

March 23, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>

Many schools start by asking the wrong questions before they embark on a one-to-one program. It's about vision, not devices, says one expert.

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28 apps for challenge-based learning projects

February 20, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>

Challenge-based learning lets students locate a problem and then unleash their creativity in search of a solution. By nature, these projects are collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and hands-on. And what…

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3 things great teachers do with technology

February 2, 2015January 26, 2015 by By Tom Daccord

Too often, we see teachers putting the proverbial cart before the horse. They find an app or tool they like, so they introduce it in their classroom. The…

Teaching Trends

7 TED Talks All About Mobile

January 15, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>

This month's TED Talks focuses in on a subject near and dear to our thumbs—our mobile devices. TED Talks are some of today’s most popular examples of the…

IT Management

Why tablets are so much better than textbooks

November 14, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Amplify is an education company using technology towards a simple goal — change the way students interact and learn in the classroom, Business Insider reports.

IT Management

Introducing tablets with Google Play for Education

November 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Today we’re launching tablets with Google Play for Education for K-12 schools in the U.S., Google blogs.

IT Management

Schools learn tablets’ limits

October 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Wall Street Journal Reports: As schools rush to embrace computer tablets as teaching tools, glitches have officials in a few districts rethinking the usefulness and even security…

IT Management

Public schools in Fresno, Calif., to provide tablet computers to students

September 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A public school district in Fresno, California, in one of the first such programs in the country, will provide each of its 15,000 students with a tablet loaded…

Parental Controls for Online Safety are Underutilized, New Study Finds

Wi-Fi radiation: Practical steps to implement safer tech in classrooms

How to find the right edtech tools for public schools

Taking the classroom into the world with VR and AR

Top picks for the best 2-in-1 laptop tablets

District launches responsive website from Rediker Software

The 10 questions to ask before you start your one-to-one program

28 apps for challenge-based learning projects

3 things great teachers do with technology

7 TED Talks All About Mobile

Why tablets are so much better than textbooks

Introducing tablets with Google Play for Education

Schools learn tablets’ limits

Public schools in Fresno, Calif., to provide tablet computers to students

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

Counslr Launches in Texas to Increase Access to Mental Health Support for Staff and Students

Ignite Reading Again Approved as 1:1 High-Dosage Early Literacy Tutoring Provider in Massachusetts

aiEDU and The Rithm Project Partner to Infuse Human Connection into AI Literacy Through High School ELA Curriculum

Catapult Learning is Approved to Provide High-Dosage Tutoring in Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Schools

Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

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