August 21, 2020
As we are all fully aware, the global COVID pandemic has had a profound impact on the education landscape. And while colleges and universities worldwide were forced to make sweeping changes quickly la...
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IT will continue to play an increasingly important role in how teachers teach and how students learn. However, many schools and districts still struggle when it comes to understanding what IT tools an...
Read More →August 18, 2020
Developing strong student-teacher relationships is an important part of effective teaching and learning and has been shown to lead to better student outcomes. Unfortunately, it is a somewhat overlooke...
Read More →June 12, 2020
As remote learning becomes a go-to method of instruction in colleges and institutions of higher education across the world for the foreseeable future, connectivity has become a key topic of discussion...
Read More →June 8, 2020
As distance learning becomes the de facto method of instruction in schools across the world for the next few months at least, connectivity has become a key topic of discussion. Much of the focus on co...
Read More →April 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted K-12 education in the United States, forcing schools across the country to close as district leaders prioritize the health and safety of their communi...
Read More →March 27, 2020
The American classroom isn’t what it used to be. In just a matter of years, digital learning and access to digital tools have revolutionized how students learn about the world. Computer games that off...
Read More →December 23, 2019
It’s the start of a new decade—that means it’s time to come up with new goals, try out new technology, and get up to speed on the latest ed tech trends. We’ve made our predictions in years past. In an...
Read More →November 13, 2019
Do you have unused Title I funds sitting there at the end of the school year? You’re not alone. An estimated $15.8 billion goes out to schools and districts across the country as part of the Title I p...
Read More →August 29, 2019
The new school year is upon us and I’m sure as an educator you are already in full swing with classes, lesson plans, and meetings. It can be hard to see past week one, let alone search through the hun...
Read More →August 15, 2019
It’s hard to believe it’s the start of another school year, but that can be even more daunting if you have 1,000 Chromebooks in storage just waiting to be placed in the hands of eager students. Does t...
Read More →July 30, 2019
Ask any educator about their #1 problem and you will most likely hear the answer: budget. According to CoSN’s 2019 K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report, budget constraints remains the top challenge for IT...
Read More →May 30, 2019
You may have the most exciting ed tech program ready to go in your district. Perhaps you’ve finally gotten the green-light on incorporating a new ed tech tool into your classroom. Either way, it’s one...
Read More →May 13, 2019
There is an ongoing debate about student screen time, especially once students head home for the day with school-issued devices. Many parents are unsure A) if there is any filtering already in place o...
Read More →April 12, 2019
Sometimes teachers need additional tools in the classroom. Something to elevate the conversation among students, to spark a new perspective on the world, or to enhance the real-world importance of a p...
Read More →February 11, 2019
Schools across the nation have deployed (and continue to deploy) mobile learning initiatives. One device that is frequently mentioned for 1:1 programs or use in the classroom is the Chromebook. To unc...
Read More →January 22, 2019
Did you know Chromebooks made up 60 percent of all U.S. education shipments in 2017? To put that number in perspective, in 2012, Chromebooks made up less than a single percent of the education market,...
Read More →January 14, 2019
Out with the old and in with the new, at least that is how the saying goes. It may be a new year, but educators continue to discuss wanting to adopt more technology and the difficulties in doing so. H...
Read More →January 8, 2019
Mobile device management (MDM) is just for IT teams to handle and understand, right? Wrong. Read how an MDM can empower teachers to provide better learning experiences for their students, and not bog ...
Read More →December 26, 2018
Another year has come and gone, and what a year it has been! What were the top trends? What were educators most interested in? Here is our annual roundup of the top 10 Kajeet blogs of 2018. Let the co...
Read More →December 4, 2018
Did you know there’s an annual, week-long learning event that 663 million people ages four to 104 have already joined? It’s the annual Hour of Code Event that takes place from December 3 to December 9...
Read More →October 30, 2018
K-12 education has always been about learning and growing; about helping school-age children understand the world they live in, and the myriad ways in which it works. But education—in elementary schoo...
Read More →October 15, 2018
Devices in the K-12 classroom are becoming as common as chalk and chalkboards once were, but how do teachers use those devices? Teachers, those on the front lines of this ed tech revolution, see the d...
Read More →October 11, 2018
It’s October and while many think of Halloween and the start of Fall, it is also marks the beginning of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Without cybersecurity awareness, it could be all tricks ...
Read More →August 20, 2018
At the start of 2018, the U.S. market experienced a 10 percent year-over-year growth in mobile devices sold to K-12 schools, according to THE Journal. From tablets to laptops to smartphones, mobile de...
Read More →July 24, 2018
ISTE is the largest ed tech conference that brings together educators to discuss and create innovative ideas for the classroom. Here at Kajeet, we were interested in learning more about educators’ tho...
Read More →July 2, 2018
There are over 13,500 school districts in the U.S. and 98,000 public schools that make up those districts, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The average enrollment of those pu...
Read More →June 22, 2018
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 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 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 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
Each year, school districts roll out more tech to their students. With the additional online tools, comes new opportunities for learning and for risks. Risks that could be harmful for students and put...
Read More →March 23, 2018
If there’s a front line in the ed tech revolution shaping school districts across the country, it’s filled with great teachers. While any successful tech initiative or program—from a new learning mana...
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, ...
Read More →February 8, 2018
New education technology programs engage and educate students using new creative methods while also providing them tools that can help them better learn and do schoolwork more efficiently. Furthermore...
Read More →January 23, 2018
It’s no surprise that tech devices have grown tremendously in the classroom over the past few years. But how are these devices being used? Which devices do schools purchase for their students? The bel...
Read More →January 19, 2018
There are 34.9 million students in the U.S. who have Internet access at school and meet the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) minimum Internet access goal (100 kbps per student), according to ...
Read More →December 27, 2017
The New Year is almost here and the countdown is on. This has been a busy year, with school districts working to close the Homework Gap, continuing the growth of 1:1 and mobile devices, and even incor...
Read More →December 18, 2017
Tablets. Laptops. Smartphones. These all fall under the broader umbrella of mobile devices. According to an EdSurge report, “there are 24.3 million mobile devices in K-12 schools.” A recent “Student D...
Read More →December 12, 2017
A lot can happen in a year. Last summer, we previewed some fascinating ed tech programs that launched in savvy school districts across the country. No surprise that 2018 offers a host of new programs,...
Read More →December 4, 2017
The Hour of Code is a global movement that has served almost 4.7 million students, across 180 countries. And its back this week as schools across the nation celebrate Computer Science Education Week. ...
Read More →November 6, 2017
We all dream of ways to transform students’ lives through ed tech. But one thing that stands in the way for even the most ambitious school district: funding. And receiving funding often relies on the ...
Read More →October 18, 2017
In recent years, school districts across the nation have seen a proliferation of 1:1 programs. Now that educators have had time to adopt and incorporate 1:1 pedagogy into their curriculum, where do th...
Read More →August 18, 2017
Education is currently the biggest target for ransomware attacks, preceding the government, healthcare, energy/utilities, retail, and finance industries, according to Dark Reading in number of ransomw...
Read More →August 7, 2017
Could three simple letters change the face of education in low-income school districts? That’s the hope for OER, or open educational resources, which can allow school districts – especially ones strug...
Read More →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...
Read More →June 12, 2017
In just two weeks over 15,000 excited educators will head to San Antonio for the ISTE 2017 conference. Are you ready to immerse yourself in everything ed tech? Expand your knowledge with sessions, lec...
Read More →May 22, 2017
Children, as they say, are the future. Which is why for more than half a century, the United States has been committed to the education of children in all communities. But in an increasingly interconn...
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 →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...
Read More →March 27, 2017
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 numbers and chara...
Read More →March 16, 2017
The CoSN 2017 Annual Conference heads to the Windy City this year from April 3 to 6. While in Chicago, CoSN will be celebrating their 25th anniversary. This year’s theme is “Invent the Future;” someth...
Read More →March 10, 2017
Chromebooks have taken the U.S. classroom by storm. According to market research firm, FutureSource Consulting, the Google Chrome operating system is now 58 percent of school-purchased mobile devices ...
Read More →February 27, 2017
The National Conference on Education (NCE), presented by AASA (The School Superintendents Association), commences on March 2 in New Orleans for school superintendents. Of the major conference themes, ...
Read More →February 21, 2017
With ed tech programs, devices and technologies proliferating around the country, school administrators and teachers are faced with a somewhat difficult decision. Which program, device or technology w...
Read More →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...
Read More →February 9, 2017
During the 2014-2015 school year, approximately $14.4 billion was appropriated for Title I funds throughout the country. The National Title I Association hosts an annual conference to provide a forum ...
Read More →February 1, 2017
Our Homework Gap Heroes have hit the road. Our next stop? Austin, Texas. We will be attending the 37th TCEA annual convention and would love to see you at booth 623. TCEA features hundreds of sessions...
Read More →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...
Read More →January 17, 2017
The 37th Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) is just one week away and the Kajeet team–including our beloved Homework Gap Heroes–can’t wait to attend to start another tradeshow season wit...
Read More →January 3, 2017
It’s a new year, and with that comes new predictions. So what are educators saying? In a 2016 survey District Administration asked of 277 K-12 leaders which instructional practice will receive the mos...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
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 →September 19, 2016
Since the days of the ancient Greeks, written texts have played a crucial role in education. Who doesn’t remember their school textbooks—carrying them home, reading them, and using them to study? But ...
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...
Read More →August 16, 2016
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...
Read More →August 9, 2016
Your kids may be good students. But are they good digital citizens? Sure, they can recite the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, describe the symbolism of Harper Lee’s mockingbird, and explain the dif...
Read More →June 21, 2016
We are less than a week away before the ed-tech community converges at the biggest show of the year — ISTE 2016. While ISTE is the perfect time for us to meet with customers, prospects and hear storie...
Read More →June 6, 2016
The First Push In October, I transferred to my current school. Within my first two weeks, I observed my students’ learning behaviors and styles and reviewed their data from the Beginning of Year asses...
Read More →May 31, 2016
Are you looking for a way to stop the summer slide in reading? Do you want a fun way to connect with parents and students? Are you interested in providing your students with books and activities durin...
Read More →May 23, 2016
Technology can work wonders for students who struggle in school. Being a technology integration specialist in a middle school, I have personally seen this in many classrooms. Prior to my technology po...
Read More →May 16, 2016
Although it is ultimately the parent’s choice on whether or not to bring technology home, districts are finding that a few key steps, such as strong communication and asking for input, can help their ...
Read More →October 12, 2015
Do a Google search on “cash-strapped school districts,” and hundreds of thousands of stories appear. For instance, in June Chicago Public Schools was looking to borrow $200 million dollars and open a ...
Read More →September 15, 2015
Although we at Kajeet are sad to see the summer end, we’re happy to have teachers and students returning to the classroom for another fantastic year of learning. As we dive into the 2015-2016 school y...
Read More →January 5, 2015
It's an exciting time to be an educator! The use of technology in the classroom is expanding curriculum development opportunities and fueling a passion for learning in students - and teachers. Here's ...
Read More →December 11, 2014
Students and their teacher from Dranesville Elementary in Herndon, VA posing with their 5 new Samsung 7 tablets Our recent assignment to you: show us how your class is using technology for learning. T...
Read More →December 8, 2014
Google's $199 Chromebook laptop has beat Apple's iPad as the leading supplier of educational devices to schools. According to a recent article in the Financial Times, 715,000 Chromebooks were shipped ...
Read More →September 15, 2014
Getting parent support on any innovation in the school is important before officially rolling it out. Schools use technology is so many different ways that as parents we know it’s sometimes difficult ...
Read More →September 8, 2014
With most kids back to school already this month, we’re certainly enjoying all the news about technology in the classroom. This particular Wall Street Journal article caught our eye since it discussed...
Read More →July 1, 2014
We are are pleased to announce Grandview C-4 Schools in Grandeview, Missouri. Ms. Norwood's district will receive a $5,000 check to fund their technology programs. We are very much looking forward to ...
Read More →June 2, 2014
As administrators, teachers and leaders in your community, we know your job is to inspire and prepare students for a successful future. Technology is critical in today's world by giving students acces...
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