Part of a district-wide initiative to build STEM classrooms at each elementary school the new space is in a former computer lab and home to a full-time STEM instructor.
Districts three to five years into their 1-to-1 programs share best practices and lessons they've learned the hard way.
Massachusetts is a state that tops out lists when states are ranked by their educational outcomes. Now the state is leading the way in personalized education.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/25/17
Techsmith has announced the latest edition of its screen capture and image editing software, Snagit 2018, with updates designed to help users modify specific elements of images.
Microsoft has introduced new updates to improve accessibility and inclusivity across a range of education tools.
D2L today unveiled the Autumn17 release of its Brightspace learning management system. The latest features focus on flexibility and streamlined workflows, according to a news announcement.
Educators typically have mixed views on their school’s IT staff — to put it mildly. In order to better understand IT staff’s priorities, responsibilities and resources, we lunched with them recently. Our eyes were opened by those conversations!
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 10/23/17
Nearly half — 42 percent — of children eight years old or younger have their own tablet. That number is up from just 1 percent in 2011.
Among the questions hundreds of research projects are attempting to answer are these: How will students "use their bodies and minds to learn what will be important in the 21st century, such as collaboration, scientific argumentation, mathematical reasoning, computational thinking, creative expression, design thinking and civic engagement?"
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/23/17
Quests lays a teacher's existing lesson plan over a fantasy world that students traverse by completing assignments, or quests. Completing each task, which may be an assignment, discussion, in-class activity or something else, unlocks the next.