Edtech
Getting my first-graders to see themselves in STEM
Digital libraries and videos can bring fun projects and well-rounded information. This is vital, as students need to see themselves in STEM.
Tech Tip
Education
Problem-based learning leads STEM students to help community
Baltimore STEM students used problem-based learning to solve a community problem and win a national prize.
Education
How to implement a new literacy program in middle school
An Arkansas school district's literacy specialist explains five elements of kicking off a new literacy program in grades six and above.
Education
Video for professional development accelerates teacher growth, student learning
Formal or informal recording processes can help teachers see themselves in action and collaborate on video for professional development.
Insights
Education cybersecurity: How leaders should address rapid rise of ransomware
Ransomware for K-12 schools and colleges isn't a matter of if, but when. Cybersecurity expert Allen Jenkins explains the repercussions and solutions.
Education
3 ways to engage elementary students in space education
Interactive, hands-on learning helps draw elementary-school students into space education, explains STEM specialist Nicollette LeTellier.
Education
Robotics and values can be part of the same lessons
A STEAM education expert explains how coding can help us teach students generosity, perseverance and collaboration.
Edtech
Digital productivity solutions in higher ed offer student, staff relief
Never-ending, confusing paperwork generated in higher education can be tamed with digital productivity solutions.
Edtech
Strategies to help K-2 students progress from special ed to general ed
Combine technology, individualized instruction and small-group teaching on students' path from special ed students to general ed classes.
Edtech
How using a digital house system strengthened the school-home connection
Our school's digital house system to manage student groups has been a fun and informative way to keep in touch with families.
Edtech
How teachers can infuse classes with joyful learning
Sharing your own enthusiasm and encouraging students to fail and try again can bring joyful learning to STEM classes.
Educational Leadership
Leveraging latest research for education technology tools teachers need
Don't toss untested edtech into the classroom. It's better if all stakeholders partner to create research-based education technology tools.
Edtech
Staying the course: Lessons learned from digital learning
Active, engaging digital learning opportunities put students in control of their own learning. Quality, not quantity, makes a difference.
Education
How a special ed learning platform helps students with dyslexia
Technology that keeps assignments. homework and student progress in one place and gives instant feedback has helped students with dyslexia.
Education
Listen for a loud classroom to find the most-engaged students
Introducing edtech activities can turn up the volume, but a loud classroom is a sign of engaged, eagerly learning students.
Education
Are you giving your English learners the right resources?
When you allow the fear of a test to determine how you deliver instruction to English learners, you’re going to get it wrong, educator says.
Edtech
Educator well-being training online has positive ripple effects
A dean of students explains how educator well-being training helps her stays calm and support students and staff even when things get dicey.
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Fintech payment innovations could reshape higher ed
Today’s fintech landscape is driving a greater need for payment innovations in education software at the collegiate level.
Educational Leadership
Brain science strategies to aid educator wellness
Feeling emotionally drained after the recent pandemic and school upheaval? Quick physiological tactics can ramp up educator wellness.
Education
Teaching computer science without (much) coding
Teaching computer science can be intimidating for teachers with no background in it. But what students really need is context, support and guidance.
Edtech
You can’t teach robotics without SEL
Social-emotional learning can be baked into coding projects. Here are suggestions to explore five aspects of SEL and robotics together.
Insights
Creating deeper, wider paths to digital equity
An edtech expert and educators share the ways they use technology to create more digital equity for students and families.
Edtech
The need for content creation literacy
Just as information literacy was important when the internet was new, schools must help students understand responsible content creation now.
Education
AI education roadmap: Kindergarten to career
Introduce AI in kindergarten and nurturing a passion for it throughout K-12 to create tomorrow's innovators.
Education
How to create STEM opportunities for students with disabilities
The Catalyst program in North Carolina helps high-school students with disabilities learn about and train for STEM jobs and position them for STEM college degrees.
Education
5 ways to use your learning management system
Learning management systems play a pivotal role, even in in-person classrooms today.
Education
College innovation lab thrives with flexible tech, partnerships
Technology, a flexible and accessible space, and partnerships are the ingredients for a successful innovation lab.
Insights
How to provide effective feedback to online learners
Effective feedback is especially important for students in online classes. Teachers can choose several ways to deliver quality feedback.
Insights
Blending Socratic discussion with modern tech
Give students a jump on a lesson by having them tackle information digitally before starting a whole-class Socratic discussion.
Education
Using virtual reality to add oomph to lessons
From the Great Wall of China to a sleigh ride with Santa, virtual reality enlivens lessons for a broader student experience.
Education
TPACK: Incorporate technology into lessons
Fancy edtech programs abound, but it needn't be costly or difficult for teachers to incorporate technology into lessons.
Education
Why gamified learning enhances a kindergarten classroom
Using gamified learning in kindergarten -- via tech or no-tech -- can engage students longer and teach other skills.
Education
When to introduce STEM? The earlier, the better
Students' minds are most open to new things when they're very young. That's the perfect time to introduce STEM across all subjects.
Edtech
School communications platform: What to consider
A Virginia district's school communications platform designed for every level of K-12 streamlines the process and reach all stakeholders.
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5 ways to integrate SEL with math
Teachers can combine SEL with math to enhance students' interpersonal skills -- and maybe help some students enjoy math more.
Educational Leadership
4 ways to accelerate learning this year
Edtech data can help accelerate learning more precisely and successfully. A superintendent shares her district's has done it.
Educational Leadership
Stigma-free CTE makes all students problem-solvers
Earlier exposure to career and technical education could benefit all students, while a reshaping of CTE would greatly help students who choose those pathways. First, though, we need to change the negative perceptions around CTE.
Insights
Tech Tip: Choosing digital tools for a virtual classroom
For both virtual and in-person teachers, the right digital tools will focus on student needs to enhance and support learning outcomes.
Edtech
Teacher experience should drive edtech design, research says
Researcher explains how a teacher-led process led to certification for edtech tools.
Edtech
Tech Tip: Individualized AI coaching provides helpful PD
Donna McDaniel of Keller Independent School District in Texas was one of the first teachers in the world to use artificial intelligence-driven coaching for professional learning. Here’s what she thought.
Edtech
Tech Tip: Technology sparks creative learning, boosts skills
Technology offers new way for students to engage with content and can help nurture student self-expression, creativity and collaboration.
Voice of the Educator
Delivering learning gains with virtual reality
Bringing virtual reality into the classroom engages students and helps them demonstrate learning gains as subject-matter experts.