Edtech
4 ways to humanize your school-home communications
Video messages, social media and personalization via a school-home communications system have helped make stronger connections.
Tech Tip
Educational Leadership
How we improve instruction with video for coaching
Making video recording optional earned us buy-in, and using videos only for coaching has made it popular among administrators and teachers.
Edtech
5 educator and student edtech trends to watch
A look at the future of education and what 5 major edttrends students and educators should be prepared for.
Education
Blending subjects: How I build historical context into science curriculum
Blending subjects helps students understand how they fit together and increases their interest in what may have been a non-favorite subject.
Edtech
How instructional audio can help re-engage students
Students farther than 6 feet from a teacher may have trouble hearing . Those in the back of the classroom can miss 30% of what's being said.
Edtech
How AI and VR will enhance language learning beyond 2023
AI chatbots, ML algorithms and VR exchange programs are educational tools set to make language learning easier.
Educational Leadership
Global ideas that show the power of an education servant leader
Involved individuals who practice education servant leadership often are the enthusiasts behind initiatives that benefit students.
Educational Leadership
5 ways to design more inclusive learning experiences for students
Using Universal Design for Learning when developing courses helps ensure inclusive learning for students in college as well as K-12.
Insights
Checklist: 4 tips for selecting comfortable edtech tools
School leaders should select comfortable edtech so the technology offers the most benefit for developing learners.
Educational Leadership
Consolidate communications for schools, district to increase family engagement
Our district cut through the clutter of different apps and paper messages to consolidate communications and ensure we are reaching families.
Education
Deepen student learning with virtual field trips: Tips from the field
Virtual field trips can make teachers' lessons more engaging by putting students in a different country or environment or even on a planet.
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5 ways online arts education access supports all students
Fom instruction to tools to field trips, online arts education access is an equalizer that can make a lifetime of difference for students.
Education
3 ways to enhance your district’s cybersecurity approach
Some of the most important cybersecurity features are the easiest to employ in your district's cybersecurity approach.
Education
Co-design: How educators can invite students to participate in their learning
Collaborating on lessons with students -- a process called co-design -- gives students greater interest and ownership in their learning.
Educational Leadership
Implement an online tutoring program with 5 best practices
Increase student achievement by implementing an online tutoring program. Outline your priorities and make sure you're thoroughly prepared.
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.
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.
Insights
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.