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...
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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 →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 →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 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 →June 26, 2018
Something happens on your school bus – a fight between students, or maybe a traffic accident involving a passing automobile. Parents, administrators, and community officials investigate the situation....
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 →April 17, 2018
There you have it, the top 10 educational websites students visit from 2018 (Jan. 1 through April 4, 2018). Here's how Kajeet pulls these stats together every year. Students who access wireless Intern...
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 →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 →January 8, 2018
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 →September 22, 2017
Think of everything that goes into a college application. Transcripts. Personal essays. Teacher recommendations. Standardized test scores. Application fees. In the past, these and other materials woul...
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 →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
Five million households with school-age children do not have broadband access. This Pew Research Center statistic is frequently discussed in the education world and is something that impacts every sta...
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 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 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 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 →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 9, 2017
It’s hard to believe that, not long ago, cell phones were a rare sight. Now, they’re everywhere—including in our elementary schools. And their appearance in the small hands of the nation’s youngest st...
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 →October 25, 2016
Now that you have your team in place, it’s time to start planning. Creating a plan shouldn’t seem like a daunting process. In fact, having a plan in place with goals, objectives, action items, timelin...
Read More →September 28, 2016
Securing parental approval and support for the technology in the home is crucial, and districts are finding a few key steps, such as strong communication and asking for input, can help their tech init...
Read More →September 23, 2016
When a student succeeds in school, success for one student may look differently than success for another. Making an ‘A’ on a history test, passing Chemistry class, being accepted at a university, rece...
Read More →September 14, 2016
You can have the most exciting tech initiative out there. But if no one knows about it, then it may as well not even exist. The truth is: If you want parents, teachers, and decision makers to get behi...
Read More →September 9, 2016
Relationships and communication with cross-functional teams in your school district are critical to the success of any off-campus learning program. Establishing an interdisciplinary team to plan and m...
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 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 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 →February 23, 2016
ENGLISH 106 VIA FLICKR CC 2.0 LICENSE An excerpt from the CoSN Digital Equity Toolkit. A digital equity solution that provides a student with precisely what he or she needs in order to complete homewo...
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 →November 21, 2014
With standardized testing moving away from the fill-in-the-bubble tests of old to new, computerized testing for students, what impact will this have on technology-disadvantaged kids? Both the new SBAC...
Read More →June 9, 2014
CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) and the National Title I Association (NASTID) released a new toolkit to strengthen the critical relationship between District Title I and education technology l...
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