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In the Rush to Buy New Tech for Common Core, What Happens to the Big Picture?
Who’s ready for the Common Core? Many schools and districts are re-assessing what they need to do, and how much they will need to spend, to comply with the new standards. A recent report put out by...
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MacBook, Chromebook, iPads: Why Schools Should Think Beyond Platforms
By Shawn McCusker How long can any device realistically be expected to remain an effective tool in the classroom? Three years? Five years? Yet today, when schools decide on a device for their 1:1...
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Why Aren’t More Schools Using Free, Open Tools?
Tom Woodward/Flickr The promise of using technology in school technology has been to give students more control over their learning, while helping teachers provide tailored instruction to individual...
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For Public Schools, the Long and Bumpy Road to Going Digital
Getty By Kathy Baron Ryan Imbriale had a quick and concise answer when asked whether his school district, Baltimore County Public Schools, received enough state funding to pay for its transition from...
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Using Games for Learning: Practical Steps to Get Started
Joan Ganz Cooney Center Part 19 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning By now, you’ve probably read enough to be convinced that it’s worth trying games in your classroom. You understand that games...
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Can Students ‘Go Deep’ With Digital Reading?
Mark Pennington’s students often read on their laptops. Pennington, who’s a reading specialist in Elk Grove near Sacramento, Calif., sees a need to teach kids how to read digitally and stay engaged,...
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Some Struggles Teachers Face Using Games in the Classroom
iStock Teachers have long known that making content more playful can be a great way to engage students and add diversity to classroom activities. As technology becomes an ever more significant part of...
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Move Over iPad, Here Comes Google Play For Education
In education circles, Apple’s iPad has been stealing the spotlight the last few years, as it sweeps across the country’s schools. Los Angeles Unified, the second-largest school district in the...
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Four Tips to Keep Students on Track When Using Devices in Class
Bringing technology into the classroom comes with a unique set of challenges, some of which could make classroom management more difficult if teachers don’t think out strategies beforehand. It’s hard...
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In the Rush to Buy New Tech for Common Core, What Happens to the Big Picture?
Who’s ready for the Common Core? Many schools and districts are re-assessing what they need to do, and how much they will need to spend, to comply with the new standards. A recent report put out by...
View ArticleFor the Hesitant Teacher: Leveraging the Power of Minecraft
If there’s any video game that has successfully made its way into the classroom, it’s Minecraft. There’s a small subset of teachers using all kinds of digital games in interesting ways, but the...
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15 Tech Tool Favorites From ISTE 2016
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference brings together a huge cross section of educators who share a common belief that technology in the classroom can make learning...
View Article18 Digital Tools and Strategies That Support Students’ Reading and Writing
Teachers in Littleton, Colorado — like teachers in many places — are increasingly asking students to read and write online. Free tools like Google Docs have made it easy for students to work on the...
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Light a Fuse: How One State’s Teachers Are Sparking Digital Innovation
The nation’s smallest state aims to be a national incubator for technology in the classroom By Nichole Dobo, The Hechinger Report PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Dozens of teachers hovered around a group of...
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Schools Let Students Take Laptops Home In Hopes Of Curbing ‘Summer Slide’
When principal Kelli Hoffman ran into her students at a McDonald’s during summer break, she knew they weren’t there for the McNuggets. The two rising eighth-graders at French Middle School had invested...
View ArticleHow To Use Chromebooks For Powerful Creation in School
As technology becomes more ubiquitous in classrooms, many schools are choosing Chromebooks because it’s one of the least expensive devices, a big win for schools balancing spending priorities. A 2017...
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Personalized Learning: Mistakes, Moving Furniture and Making it Work
This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger...
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How to Create Learning Opportunities For Kids on the Bus
Though her own children are long since grown, Sheila Hall rides alongside her “babies” on a yellow school bus for about an hour every weekday morning during the school year. In the afternoon she...
View ArticleHow to Teach Students Historical Inquiry Through Media Literacy And Critical...
Many students are not good at evaluating the credibility of what they see and read online according to a now-famous Stanford study that was released just after the 2016 election. And while it’s true...
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