Even as education spending is expected to inch up two percent this year to reach $67.8 billion worldwide, the way in which school districts, colleges and universities are spending that money is evolving to reflect the growing digital nature of teaching and learning, according to Gartner. In a new report, "Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Education in 2015," the business IT consulting firm ranked 10 innovations and tech trends that it believes the education CIO should plan for in 2015.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/03/15
The continued unraveling of the Common Core makes for compelling drama — at least that's how a research project has begun presenting it.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/25/15
Districts with successful bring your own device programs share their key strategies for rolling out and managing student-owned devices in school.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 02/10/15
As more districts take advantage of social media, online surveys and more, the days of one-size-fits-all professional development are over.
Rob Schwartz, a teacher at a blended learning magnet school, shares how design missions validate "the individual over the content" and give students the freedom to fail.
The latest release of Chalkup includes improvements to the user interface, a course calendar and a way for students to estimate their workload.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/26/15
Smart Technologies is introducing Smart kapp 84, a new digital capture board with roughly triple the surface area of the first-generation Smart kapp 42.
This spring, Smart Technologies is introducing Smart Notebook 2015, the latest version of its collaborative learning software.
In a national survey, we asked teachers, administrators and tech leaders to tell us what it takes to make a 21st century classroom run smoothly. Here’s what they said.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/19/15
People who share news on social media may be more engaged, and for longer, with the news they share than those who read the news casually, according to researchers at Penn State University and the University of Connecticut.