Report: Creativity Hindered in the Classroom by Testing, Mandates, Lack of Resources

Teachers and parents are agreed: Creativity needs to be infused more deeply into the curriculum. However, according to a new study, testing and a dearth of time and resources, among other factors, are getting in the way.

Texting Generation More Likely to Read Books and Use the Library Than Older Americans

In what might come as a shock to those whose prime occupation is bemoaning the literacy of the current generation of young adults, new research has revealed that Americans aged 16 to 29 actually read more books and use the library more than those aged 30 and up.

Classroom Technology Integration Relatively Unchanged in Last Year

The level of technology integration in schools has remained relatively static over the last year and is still significantly lower than the ideal, according to the Software and Information Industry Association's (SIIA) sixth-annual national survey measuring progress toward building a framework that embraces technology and e-learning in United States educational institutions.

Federal Site for Free Education Resources Grows and Gets Mobile Facelift

A site for accessing freely available education materials from public agencies has just been revamped for the third time in its lengthy history to include a cleaner interface and many more listings. The Federal Registry for Educational Excellence (FREE) helps educators, students, and others find digital teaching and learning resources maintained by the federal government.

LAUSD Approves Phase 1 Districtwide 1:1 iPad Initiative

Students at 47 Los Angeles area schools will receive iPads when they return to school in September, and by the fall of 2014, every K-12 student and teacher in the district should have a device.

New OER Exchange Opens with 680,000 Free Learning Objects

Educational technology company Pearson has launched its OpenClass Exchange for instructors. Out of the gate, the new open education resource (OER) catalog will include links to 680,000 instructional and learning items.

Blackboard Builds Tool to Simplify App Creation for Schools

Blackboard's mobile team has taken what's it learned about developing apps for education environments and created a tool that allows non-developers to slam together their own apps.

Microsoft Discounts Surface RT Tablets for Education

Microsoft is cutting more than half the price off its Surface RT tablet for schools, colleges, and universities. Microsoft announced the temporary discount program at the ISTE 2013 conference taking place this week in San Antonio, TX, where the company is also giving away 10,000 of the tablets for free.

CoSN Releases Horizon Report: 2013 K12 Edition Toolkit

Toolkit aims to help K-12 leaders and stakeholders have effective conversations about using new technologies to improve learning and instruction

Edmentum Reveals Automated Student Progress Tracking Platform

Edmentum has unveiled Sensei, its new student achievement platform intended to help track individual student progress as well as manage larger-scale performance data.

eChalk Debuts Customizable Dashboard Tool

eInstruction Unveils ShareView 2 Document Camera Updated Insight 360

eInstruction has debuted a new document camera that lets users connect via Android and iOS apps to turn their phones and tablets into interactive whiteboards. Also at the ISTE 2013 conference, taking place this week in San Antonio, TX, the company is showing off the latest version of Insight 360.

Extron Debuts New Centralized AV Switching and Control Systems

New systems securely conceal classroom AV components above a suspended ceiling.

PBS LearningMedia Adds Premium Tier for Educational Resources

PBS and its member stations are adding a new premium tier to the PBS LearningMedia service.

TabPilot Intros Secure Browser for Android Tablets

New controlled browser aims to keep students engaged and on task.

App Center Gives One-Click Access to Canvas LMS Extensions

Instructure has formally launched a new tool that allows users to add third-party extensions to its flagship LMS, Canvas, with a single click.

Blueprint for Personalized Learning: Dell Releases 5-Step Guide

Dell has just released a "blueprint" document that lays out a five-step set of processes for schools to work through in their efforts toward student personalization and blended learning. The goal, according to Jon Phillips, Dell's director of Worldwide Education, is "to better place technology in the instructional setting to start to achieve some of the desired outcomes that we all want to see in terms of student engagement, student outcomes, and students being better prepared for workforce and college and career."

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