What to look for in a cloud provider of Microsoft Exchange
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Kentucky School District Integrates Leading Proactive Solution to Mitigate Gun-Related Violence
3 ways technology buoys at-risk students
Interactive learning and other technology-enabled strategies can increase engagement and significantly improve achievement among at-risk students, according to a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE)…
Empowering superintendents in the digital age
Superintendents lead. They are charged with preparing students to be college-, career-, and life-ready, and with enabling a 21st-century learning environment. Increasingly, this means leveraging digital technologies to…
Students receive innovation grants for games and apps
At a special luncheon in Washington, D.C., 20 students from across the United States received awards from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Entertainment Software Association as Leaders…
edX turns attention to high school MOOCs
High school students now have access to massive open online courses (MOOCs) through a new effort from MOOC platform edX, which says it intends the courses to help…
October: 5 STEM and learning grants you don’t want to miss
School funding continues to present a challenge to school leaders, with budgets seemingly stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund important…
Report urges support for girls’ leadership roles
Creating a pipeline of girls who are interested in leadership roles in school is one of the most important steps in cultivating confident female leaders both in and…
Empowering superintendents in the digital age
Superintendents lead. They are charged with preparing students to be college-, career-, and life-ready, and with enabling a 21st-century learning environment. Increasingly, this means leveraging digital technologies to…
Superintendents get new advice on ed-tech leadership
Leading a school system in the digital age can be hard, but a major new resource from two professional organizations might help.
10 ways to boost brain power for young students
Research into neuroscience and brain power is among the most fascinating due to its impact on education. And when it comes to young learners, strategies for optimizing brain…
8 ways school leaders can support the digital transition
Administrators at the local, district, and state levels are essential to leading and supporting the digital transition in schools across the nation, and at a Sept. 29 summit,…
Blended learning and the paradox of the experienced teacher
Assuming a good teacher in the traditional classroom will be a good teacher in a blended learning environment is wrong. The terminology alone provides a clue; after all,…
How do teachers, parents approach online safety?
Today, children in elementary school often have just as much, if not more, technology know-how than adults. But as children’s tech use increases, and as they spend more…
11 TED Talks about science and the brain
Every educator needs some inspiration now and then, and these days, such inspiration can be found online in just a few seconds. The internet brings inspiring and motivational…
Deeper learning has significant impact, study finds
New research reveals that students who attend schools with a focus on deeper learning are more likely to graduate on time and demonstrate higher achievement and test scores,…
School stakeholders urge FCC to adopt net neutrality
Letting broadband companies charge more for content providers to stream their services at faster speeds threatens ed-tech innovation, thousands of school stakeholders argue.
New analytics could help measure content efficacy
Learning analytics have become a key feature within many school software programs. Most of these tools focus on analyzing student performance—but what if educators had tools that could…
Elementary world language instruction
At Scenic Heights Elementary School in Minnetonka, Minn., students practice writing Chinese characters in their notebooks as their teacher writes these characters in broad strokes on an interactive…
Transforming learning with physical spaces
School leaders implement new technology initiatives and update teaching and learning goals regularly, but sometimes, the actual physical learning spaces in districts are overlooked. Today, more and more…
How music can inspire strong student writing and discussion
On the first day of school, I give my students a pep talk. My goals for the year are laid out. I tell them I expect them to…
10 traits of tech-savvy educators
Technology is a necessary part of formal and informal learning today. After all, students will need tech skills as they move into college and the workforce.
Key strategies for tablet success
It seems tablets are in more classrooms, in more districts, each day. But as experience shows, simply purchasing and distributing tablets doesn't mean students will be more engaged…
7 resources for student collaboration
Collaboration is increasingly emerging as one of today's top skills. Part of the 4Cs, it is needed in K-12 classrooms, in higher education, and in the workforce. Students…
What students really think about learning online
After recently posting two blog pieces about being an online teacher, I realized something was missing from the conversation: the voice of the students actually taking the digital…
Survey finds gender gaps in school IT leadership
While women who occupy leadership positions in school technology are better educated and have more experience, on average, than their male colleagues, men in the school IT field…
Four research tools for project-based learning
Here are reviews of four high-quality digital tools that can help with project-based learning, courtesy of Common Sense Media and its new Graphite service--a free database of teacher-written…
‘What’s your data protection policy?
Student data is a hot topic these days, and as the new school year kicks off, educators and school leaders are examining their data storage and data security…
5 steps to a problem-solving classroom culture
Problem solving is one of today’s top skills—and the math classroom is one of the best places to help students build these skills.
Wi-Fi in schools: Security vs. accessibility
The very benefit of Wi-Fi in schools—easy, open access—is also the biggest threat. Is the FCC helping school administrators understand the risks, or simply doling out cash without…
eRate changes aim to cut costs, boost efficiency
Starting next year, eRate applicants will be able to see how much other schools are paying for similar kinds of services, under one of many changes designed to…
5 emerging trends in today’s libraries
