In an effort to help ease the transition to new technology-driven assessments planned for nationwide implementation in 2014, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has launched Assess4ed.net, a new online resource and community for state and district education leaders.
School publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has begun showing an integrated education suite intended to help districts fill gaps in their administrative applications and bring together disparate data.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/05/11
Brainchild has launched a professional development program for K through 12 teachers using the Kineo tablet.
The Office of Educational Technology in the United States Department of Education is launching a new initiative designed to "explore the potential for online communities to support professional educators."
A community college in Arizona is teaming up with the New York Times to produce online teacher preparation courses.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/21/11
A study conducted by Edvantia found that teachers using the National Science Teachers Association's SciPacks professional development tool increased their own content knowledge and improved student learning.
Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas is taking its Head Start bachelor's degree completion program online.
Source for Learning has launched TeachersFirst 3.0, the latest version of its free site for teacher resources and professional development.
A Georgia school district is using a hosted solution, mentoring, and professional development to get its teachers up to speed with collaborative classroom technology.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 06/15/11
Randa Solutions is gearing up to release a new teacher observation system for Android and iPad, TOWER Mobile.