January 23, 2017
Fake news—who writes it, how it spreads—is on everyone’s mind lately. But it’s not just news readers should be concerned about which stories are true and which are false. As more students use the Inte...
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As technology continues to permeate every aspect of education, school district chief information officers (CIOs) can no longer operate in silos. Technology is now a key player in both information tech...
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With all the options available for bringing educational technology into the 21st-century classroom, deciding which program is the right fit for your school district can often seem like an overwhelming...
Read More →December 12, 2016
Expanding digital access to all children at all ages benefits both educators and students alike. At the same time, though, it opens the door to some new challenges, from cyberbullying and online safet...
Read More →December 5, 2016
School districts face many challenges associated with identifying external funding sources for educational programs and creating successful grant applications to foundations, state and federal organiz...
Read More →November 21, 2016
More than likely, when you went to school — whether it was 10 years ago or 50—the educational model was probably the same (and one we took for granted). Everyone sat in ordered rows. Lesson plans were...
Read More →October 19, 2016
Reprinted from eschoolnews. Twenty-odd years ago, the extent of an elementary schooler’s digital skills was making it through the Oregon Trail on their classroom computer without dying of dysentery. T...
Read More →October 11, 2016
Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Pinterest. Tumblr. YouTube. Snapchat. Reddit. Go back to the year 2000, and these words would have sounded like pure gibberish. Today, they’re the names of some of the wo...
Read More →August 29, 2016
“The most dangerous phrase in the language is: We’ve always done it this way.” — Grace Hopper Face it: No one has the time anymore to write weekly newsletters, much less hold lengthy after-school meet...
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