A company that delivers video-based professional development to educators has made its library of resources available for mobile devices.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/28/11
Performance Matters has launched its new Formative Action System for Teacher Effectiveness platform (FASTe), a system designed to monitor teacher effectiveness year-round and put educators in touch with resources to improve their teaching.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 11/16/11
Microsoft has begun collaborating with the United States Department of Education, the British Council, and the Smithsonian Institution in projects designed to help prepare educators to use educational technology in the classroom.
ELL instructors, like those in other disciplines, are discovering the benefits of iPads in the classroom. With some advance planning and appropriate training for teachers, schools can avoid an awkward or stressful deployment.
Worcester Public Schools is creating customized education solution designed to improve home-school connections and support digital learning for the 24,000 students in its district.
Research shows the teaching profession has the highest burnout rate of any public service job. What can we do to keep the best and the brightest teachers in the classroom?
- By Cheryl Scott Williams
- 11/03/11
A service being tried out by a handful of districts that puts algebra teachers in touch with coaches online for real-time professional development sessions has a new group of test pilots.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/02/11
Teachscape is expanding the capabilities of its professional learning community for teachers, Teachscape Reflect Video.
School Improvement Network has unveiled a new version of Observation 360, a teacher professional development tool that integrates with PD 360.
Kaplan K12 Learning Services has launched an online platform, Teach! Strategies and Resources, with professional development tools designed to help teachers transition to Common Core State Standards.