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Why Computer Science Matters More Than Ever

July 31, 2017

Decades ago, high-school computer science classes were something of a luxury. In this elective course students explored basic C++ coding skills to create small games, and play around with a technology...

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How Does Your 1:1 Tech Program Stack Up?

July 19, 2017

As schools say goodbye to traditional computer labs, educators and administrators are quickly learning technology is conquering classrooms and finding its way into every aspect of learning. Everyone f...

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An Updated Look at 2017 Ed Tech Trends

July 5, 2017

It feels like the school year just ended. But in a short while, students will be returning to classrooms across the country to begin another. It’s not just summer that passes quickly, though; so do de...

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Addressing the Advanced Placement Equity Gap

June 8, 2017

Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide high school students a more challenging environment and an opportunity to take on college-level work, with the potential to earn college course credit. Accordin...

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Extend the Classroom with Wi-Fi on Your Buses

May 23, 2017

With 26,000,000 student bus riders across the nation, how can we extend the classroom to help them succeed? Kajeet, in conjunction with School Transportation News, conducted an online survey of over 3...

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4 Tips for Keeping Student Data Private

April 3, 2017

Today’s students come to the classroom with more than just fascinating personal histories and interesting outlooks on the world. They come with data. Lots of it. Ed tech tools designed to assess stude...

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Why Teach Your K-12 Students How to Code?

March 27, 2017

updated 4/7/2021 For decades, coding was seen as a rare, complicated skill that only few people understood and practiced. For many of us, it seemed impossible to organize all those endless strings of ...

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Schools Librarians: 21st-Century Ed Tech Pioneers

February 15, 2017

With today’s ongoing digital learning revolution, it’s easy to think that school librarians, and the libraries they’re in charge of, are outdated. Why should a student consult a book when he or she ca...

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7 Ways to Improve Information Fluency

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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What is the New Role of School District CIOs?

December 27, 2016

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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Tips for Creating a More Effective Pilot Program

December 19, 2016

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...

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4 Strategies for Teaching Digital Citizenship

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...

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