THE Journal: District Tech Leader Salaries Significantly Lower Than in Private Sector

AV, Interactive & Collaborative Technologies for K-12 Education

3/13/2013

Spotlight

District Tech Leader Salaries Significantly Lower Than in Private Sector
A new report from CoSN also finds that the majority of school tech budgets will decline or remain flat in the upcoming year.
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Choosing the Right Classroom Design Team (And 10 Key Questions to Ask)
Creating collaborative spaces for different grade levels depends on picking the right design team.
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Bringing Down Walls (Literally) to Foster Classroom Collaboration
Schools are using configurable chairs, whiteboards, and even walls to give students control of their environment and inspire them to work together.
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Ed Tech News

Putting the Mobile Puzzle Together Today: It's Worth the Struggle!
It is inevitable that eventually a school will be able to purchase a total, mobile learning package. But today, putting a pedagogically effective mobile learning initiative into a K-12 classroom means putting pieces to a puzzle together. Based on personal experiences in mobile learning classrooms we are here to bear witness: it IS worth the struggle!
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5 Schools Win $140,000 in Ed Tech
This week Samsung unveiled the five grand prize winners of its Solve for Tomorrow contest.
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Amplify Launches Tablet, Learning Platform for K-12
Amplify Education has launched the Amplify Tablet, a 10-inch Android tablet designed for use in K-12 schools featuring a built-in learning platform.
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MetaMetrics Adds New Math Activities to Resource Bank
Educators can now access a new free resource designed to help measure student comprehension and mastery of mathematical concepts.
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Tableau To Offer Analytics Software Free to Students
Visual analytics software company Tableau Software has launched a new academic program to provide free software licenses to students at accredited K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
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Promethean, Boxlight Team up on Smart Classroom Bundle
Promethean and Boxlight have partnered to make Promethean's ActivInspire software available with Boxlight's ProjectoWrite and OutWrite interactive projectors.
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Sophia Intros Free iPad Training for Educators
Teachers learn how to build lesson plans and increase student learning using iPads through a new free certification course from Sophia.org
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BenchPrep Adds Video Courses
BenchPrep, a developer of online and mobile courses, is now offering 40 video courses in software training, math, science, and business.
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