Technology: Page 97


  • Deep Dive

    3 tips for training teachers in innovation

    Changing school models and tech-savvy students demand more training, administrator participation.

    By Kate Schimel • July 27, 2015
  • Social-emotional skills and neuroscience: The week's most-read education news

    Fall behind? Get caught up on the shift away from standardized tests in grad school admissions and more right here!

    By July 24, 2015
  • Trendline

    Top 5 stories from K-12 Dive

    K-12 Dive has gathered some a selection of our best coverage as a one-stop resource on the trends to watch in the months ahead.

    By K-12 Dive staff
  • As policy changes, so do ed tech products

    New policies like the current NCLB rewrite could open new ed-tech frontiers but also create new impediments.

    By Kate Schimel • July 24, 2015
  • One Iowa school's innovative approach to student data

    Most teachers receive little or no time to work with peers on lesson-planning and student progress evaluations, but a middle school principal found a solution for his teachers.

    By Kate Schimel • July 24, 2015
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    Deep Dive

    How Davidson, edX, and College Board aim to scale AP access

    A blended learning project between the three organizations is focused at easing the AP teaching experience just as much as it is at learning.

    By July 23, 2015
  • Nevada drops Measured Progress

    After a glitchy launch to online tests this spring, the state has ended its decade-long relationship with the testing vendor.

    By Kate Schimel • July 23, 2015
  • Under privacy pressure, districts turning to private cloud storage

    Districts have put considerable funds toward upgrading capacity and establishing internal networks, but the upgrades come with cautionary tales.

    By Kate Schimel • July 23, 2015
  • Ohio nonprofit boosting school, home Internet access

    OneCommunity has been connecting public institutions like libraries and museums to high quality fiber optic cables since 2003.

    By Kate Schimel • July 22, 2015
  • BrightBytes raises $33M in latest funding round

    The company helps roughly 20% of US schools make technology spending decisions.

    By Kate Schimel • July 22, 2015
  • Blackboard unveils LMS redesign

    The New Learning Experience unites all of the ed tech giant’s tools and services in a single platform.

    By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2015
  • Arkansas spends $65M to boost school Internet 40-fold

    The upgrade will increase speeds from an average of 5 Kbps to 200 Kbps and will go into effect in some schools as soon as this fall.

    By Kate Schimel • July 21, 2015
  • Bluestem invests $1M in Montessorium

    The new funds will support the development of more apps based on Montessori principles.

    By Kate Schimel • July 21, 2015
  • Computer science tests found lacking

    A new study from the Computer Science Teachers Association finds that a dearth of valid assessments remains a hurdle to high-quality instruction. 

    By Kate Schimel • July 21, 2015
  • Atomic Learning buys data platform Versifit

    The move is meant to use Versifit’s data warehousing and analytic abilities to personalize Atomic Learning’s teacher training tools.

    By Kate Schimel • July 17, 2015
  • Electronic Arts founder launches new ed video game company

    Trip Hawkins' new company, If You Can, is focused on creating games that help students develop social-emotional skills.

    By Kate Schimel • July 17, 2015
  • Obama announces new broadband access initiative

    ConnectHome, a collaboration between private industry and federal and local governments, builds on ConnectED to expand broadband access to homes.

    By Kate Schimel • July 17, 2015
  • School IT systems struggle with cyber security

    An attack on an Idaho district this spring highlights holes in schools’ digital security systems.

    By Kate Schimel • July 16, 2015
  • Survey: Teachers uncomfortable using data to adapt instruction

    The Lexia Learning study found that less than half of teachers felt that interim tests effectively told them whether a student was on track.

    By Kate Schimel • July 16, 2015
  • ClassWallet raises $1.9M in seed funding

    The school accounting platform has pulled in $2.53 million to date.

    By Kate Schimel • July 15, 2015
  • Deep Dive

    Denver ed tech chief: Administrators must bridge teacher tech divide

    Denver Public Schools' head of educational technology, Kirk Anderson, shares tips for implementing innovative school models.

    By Kate Schimel • July 14, 2015
  • ECAA update: Hatch data proposal passes, Murphy-Booker plan addresses oversight

    The Murphy-Booker amendment would allow states more agency in determining accountability measures, with a focus on historically disadvantaged student groups.

    By July 14, 2015
  • School leaders excited, apprehensive about innovative classroom approaches

    A new report finds school administrators facing considerable hurdles to put new learning models in place in classrooms.

    By Kate Schimel • July 14, 2015
  • Digital Wish's new 1:1 grant aims to help school admins

    The ed tech nonprofit's $4,500 grant program will assist schools in better planning device rollouts.

    By Kate Schimel • July 13, 2015
  • iNACOL report details 4 popular blended models

    The report also highlights a number of tips for avoiding typical pitfalls.

    By Kate Schimel • July 10, 2015
  • AT&T's latest offering could reduce online testing's bandwidth burden

    The telecommunications giant is now allowing customers to rapidly increase or decrease bandwidth capacity when necessary.

    By Kate Schimel • July 9, 2015