K-12 Technology News
Here you'll find the latest news from the education technology world, from the newest hardware and software releases to policy and funding updates to research reports to school and district tech initiatives. Looking for more in-depth coverage of important topics? Be sure to visit our Features page.
The Flipped Learning Network is launching an interactive online program to accompany the seventh iteration of its annual conference, FlipCon14.
Using the Apple program iBooks Author, teachers at Mercersburg Academy, an independent college preparatory school in south-central Pennsylvania, have created more than 20 interactive e-textbooks, with five more being readied for fall.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 05/14/14
New draft legislation out of the United States Senate would force school districts to release the names of every company that has access to their students' private data and would prohibit companies from using any personally identifiable information for advertising or marketing purposes.
Clever has developed a streamlined "instant login" process that enables single sign-on for all supported educational software.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has acquired digital content provider Channel One News.
Titles will be sold in time-based increments, allowing teachers to acquire them for the specific amount of time they are needed for classroom work.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 05/14/14
Goalbook’s web-based professional development platform, Toolkit, now includes new resources to help teachers tackle issues related to social emotional learning in the classroom.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 05/14/14
Nuevo, CA-based Nuview Union School District is launching a sustainability program guaranteed to save more than $7 million in its first 20 years.
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has inked a deal to gain online access to research databases and an e-book collection for every public school library in the state.
To help keep students’ skills sharp during the summer, a new math initiative is offering free access to a cloud-based secondary math curriculum to summer school programs across the country.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 05/13/14