K-12 Educational Technology News

All news articles from the THE Journal editorial team, in chronological order.


Fort Wayne Schools Clocks In with Time Management Software

Fort Wayne Community Schools, the largest school district in Indiana, has shifted its time management work to new software in an effort to save time and money.

New Book Offers Step-by-Step Guide to Integrating Technology into Everyday Classroom Activities

Published by Brookes Publishing Co, <i>Instructional Technology in Early Childhood: Teaching in the Digital Age</i> is a problem-solving guide for pre-K and kindergarten, written to help educators choose and use instructional technology to improve outcomes and ensure that children with and without disabilities are actively engaged.

Sony Seeks Education Ambassadors

Electronics giant Sony is looking for educators to participate in its Sony Education Ambassador program.

Voyager Launches Blended Curriculum for Literacy Intervention

Voyager Learning has launched Language! Live, a blended literacy intervention curriculum for grades 4-12.

WizIQ Boosts Streaming Performance

WizIQ has released an update to its virtual classroom software. The update is designed to provide significantly faster streaming media performance.

White House, Organizations Band To Pursue a Million STEM Volunteers by 2020

The Obama Administration and a group of corporate and non-profit organizations have banded together to promote the idea of bringing professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) into contact with students to encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM.

Gale adds National Geographic Kids to Virtual Library

New online resource features digital books and magazines covering a range of topics from science and nature to history and world cultures

BitTorrent Sync Takes on Dropbox, Google Drive with Free, Unlimited File Sync Without the Cloud

BitTorrent is going head to head against cloud file synchronization services like Dropbox and Google with the launch of Sync, a new, free tool designed to synchronize files across computers securely and without storage constraints. The twist: It's not cloud-based.

Missouri To Launch Performance-Based Assessments for Teacher Candidates

Missouri has entered into an agreement to develop performance-based assessments for teacher candidates seeking licenses.

Free, Online Project-based Geometry Course To Launch This Fall

Curriki's new, free online math course will aim to teach Geometry through real-world learning activities.

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