Girls between the ages of 10 and 18 are more like than boys to have been bullied online and to have bullied others that way, according to research by the Cyberbullying Research Center. That's one of the reasons why a private all-girls' K-12 school in Maryland is inoculating its students against cyber-bullying by hosting its first ever "Digital Kindness Week."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/23/14
Mimio this week launched a pair of interactive touch boards. The new MimioBoard line includes 78-inch and 87-inch models, each offering six-point touch.
While many districts see personal mobile devices purely as distractions, many educators are embracing their potential as learning tools.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/20/14
For educators looking to avoid the complications of having students work on consumer social media platforms, Common Sense Media’s service Graphite has compiled this list of resources that can facilitate social learning.
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- 10/16/14
SchoolReach has launched its new Community App solution, which is designed to help schools create custom-branded iPhone and Android apps. Customized apps can include modules such as school calendars, staff directories, homework info, lunch menus and social media accounts.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 10/09/14
SchoolCircle is a new, free Web app for teachers and parents designed to facilitate communication and event coordination.
The ShareLink 200 is designed to enable students and teachers to share content to a central screen from their personal devices.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 10/02/14
Mirroring360 now allows individual students to mirror their Chromebook screen to a main display, and Splashtop Classroom broadcasts the teacher’s screen to all student devices.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 09/24/14
For his first year as principal of a fourth- and fifth-grade campus, Todd Nesloney hired a completely new staff and adopted an entirely project-based learning approach.
A new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education offers five recommendations for helping at-risk students learn.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 09/10/14