June 19, 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...
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It’s June, and for thousands of educators that means the end of school, but it also signals another year of ISTE! This year’s ISTE conference will be held in Chicago, IL, from June 24 through the 27. ...
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Riding the school bus is the start, or completion, of a school day. And now, with today’s digital tools, it is easy to extend the classroom to the bus with filtered Internet. But that might sound daun...
Read More →November 13, 2017
In rural America, 39 percent of households do not have access to high-speed Internet, which equates to 23 million people, according to the FCC 2016 Broadband Progress Report. Urban areas experience mu...
Read More →August 15, 2017
To close the Homework Gap, just how much data does a student need? This is not a simple question, but it is an important one that is addressed in the CoSN Digital Equity Toolkit. The Data Usage Answer...
Read More →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...
Read More →June 22, 2017
The average K-12 student spends 48.6 minutes per day riding the school bus. With 180 school days in an academic year, that means on average a student spends 146 hours per year on the bus. To put that ...
Read More →May 8, 2017
School buses have always had issues with misbehaving students. Picture it. You have 50 or 60 students from various grade levels in a confined area, before or after school, with little adult supervisio...
Read More →April 18, 2017
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) has been talked about in the education world for years, and even recently it has changed to STEAM to add in the arts. But how can this trend pick up steam...
Read More →April 10, 2017
TED Talks have spread ideas since 1984 and continue to spark passion for a variety of topics, from business to education, or anything in between. TED has created a playlist of education talks, but the...
Read More →March 24, 2017
The Green Bay Area Public School District, like many across the country, is focused on how to successfully integrate technology into their teaching process. With 41 schools and more than 21,000 studen...
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3D printers. Virtual reality. Tele-teaching. If it sounds like a vision of the future, it’s not. This technology is already here. Across the country, more and more school districts are employing groun...
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