Remote Learning Will Continue Growing over the Next Three Years

Over the next three years, a majority of K-12 educators expect online learning and digital curriculum to get ever more-important, while two STEM standbys will go by the wayside.

LMS Companies See Surge of Usage in Fall

Overall LMS downloads were 250 percent higher in August than February, according to a report from consultancy Sykes.

Contrary to Predictions, Rate of Teacher Retirements Looks to Decline in 2020

An analysis of teacher retirements during 2020 found that the rate was down by about five percent. Just one state under study — Alabama — showed an increase in retirements, of 7.2 percent.

Nine in 10 Teachers Expect Ed Tech Needs to Grow in Next 3 Years

Most K-12 teachers said their students received less coverage of instructional material in the spring than compared to the typical school year, and most of lessons consisted of asynchronous activities. While a majority of administrators said their districts and schools were able to provide formal professional learning opportunities on technology-based remote instruction to their educators, half as many teachers said the same.

The Pandemic's Impact on Teacher, Parent and Student Attitudes

These results came from a cut of data collected and analyzed by Project Tomorrow, an education nonprofit that runs the on-going Speak Up Research Project. The latest data compared responses from 137,000 K-12 stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers and site and district leaders collected before school closures (September 2019 to Mar. 16, 2020) and during (between Mar. 16 2020 and Jun. 30, 2020).

Survey: As a Necessity, Video is Losing Its Luster

Right now, video isn't making the positive impact on learning that it may have made in the past. In an annual survey done by Kaltura, fewer faculty and staff respondents agreed that video increased student achievement (down 11 percent from last year's survey), increased the sense of affiliation alumni felt for their institutions (down nine percent), increased student satisfaction with learning (down seven percent) or increased educator collaboration and professional develop (down five percent).

Ransomware Hits Baltimore County Schools Thanksgiving Eve

Baltimore County Public School students will be returning to class tomorrow, via remote instruction, while the district continues dealing with a ransomware attack that struck the day before Thanksgiving.

Microsoft, Open Data Institute Announce Broadband Data Challenge

Microsoft has co-launched the "Education Open Data Challenge," to establish the link between broadband access and K-12 learning outcomes.

Panopto Adds Webex Meeting Integration

A new integration for Panopto and Webex users will allow them to transfer their video recordings to their media library. Panopto produces video management applications; Webex is a video conferencing program.

Texas County Contracts to Build Private Wireless Network to Support Rural Students

A Texas county with an all-digital public library is taking on the job of developing a private wireless network to support its rural and economically poor students.

THE Journal 2020 New Product Award Winners

For THE Journal's first-ever New Product Award program, judges selected winners in 30 categories spanning all aspects of technology innovations in K–12 education, from the classroom to the server room and beyond. We are proud to honor these winners for their outstanding contributions to the institution of education, in particular at this time of upheaval in the way education is being delivered to the nation’s 50 million students.

Wireless Presentation Gateway Addresses BYOD

AV company Key Digital has launched a new 4K wireless presentation gateway for bring-your-own-device environments. The new KD-BYOD4K allows the teacher or instructor to broadcast content to and from computers, whether they're operating on Windows, Mac, iOS or Android.

Wisconsin District Adopts Gun Recognition Tech

A Wisconsin district that gives students the option to continue their education in person or online has adopted a new surveillance system intended to identify the presence of guns on its campuses.

Department of Ed Seeks Teacher Nominations for Cybersecurity Awards

The U.S. Department of Education is seeking nominations for its annual Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award, one for elementary educators and another for secondary.

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