June 22, 2018
Beekmantown Central School District, a rural district of 2,070 students in upstate New York, was on a mission to be the most progressive educational institution in the area. When excess capital funds ...
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It’s the end of the school year, and as students get ready for fun and relaxation, many educators across the nation are worried about one thing – the summer slide. The summer slide occurs every June w...
Read More →June 13, 2018
Original article can be found on Center for Digital Education. By Kipp Bentley; June 13, 2018 For students with long commutes, WiFi on a bus gives them an opportunity to do some homework. Long bus rid...
Read More →June 1, 2018
Deploying hundreds of devices can be overwhelming, and even more so if you don’t have a plan before the devices arrive on school grounds. But going 1:1 or even adding devices to a shared cart involves...
Read More →May 24, 2018
Every day, students face challenges with gaining access to digital learning resources outside of the classroom. When integrating digital learning resources in schools, educators face five questions: H...
Read More →May 8, 2018
You may have heard of the growing popularity of makerspaces in schools, but have you ever thought about a makerbus? Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Georgia decided to take makerspace on the road to...
Read More →May 4, 2018
Students need more access to devices outside the classroom. Students spend too much time on screens. Both statements have been made in this digital age. But what do principals, those who spend time wi...
Read More →April 26, 2018
When you picture a school bus the first thing that probably comes to mind most likely is a big yellow bus driving around with noisy students in the back. Remember the kids who sat in the back of the b...
Read More →April 9, 2018
Devices in the classroom are becoming as common as pencil and paper once were, with 79 percent of educators, in a recent survey, reporting daily student device usage in class. And it is a myriad of de...
Read More →March 26, 2018
The acceptable use policy schools adopted five years ago probably covers passwords, gaming, social media, and inappropriate websites. It may say nothing about a student uploading an assignment to a pu...
Read More →March 15, 2018
Here’s how it goes: You get up in the morning and find the world outside your windows white with snow or shaking in hurricane-force winds. You turn on the television, check your phone for updates. You...
Read More →February 27, 2018
Do you remember the first generation of cell phones, back on the 1G days? The big brick phones, the terrible reception, and the awful sound quality. 1G was created over 30 years ago, and here we are, ...
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