Tag: Edtech
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Many low-income students use only their phone to get online. What are they missing?
Crystle Martin, University of California, Irvine For many of us, access to the Internet through a variety of means is a given. I can access the ... -
5 Steps to Data-Based School Reform—the Common Sense Way
Are you interested in reforming a school or a district? Let’s go back to basics. The first step to positive K-12 reform within a school or ... -
Is Microsoft’s reign in education coming to an end?
**This piece originally appeared on ClassThink and has been republished with permission** By Karl Rivers Microsoft has been a fixture in schools for the last twenty years, ... -
What fewer women in STEM means for their mental health
Jennifer Drake, University of Toronto “You’re in engineering!?! Wow, you must be super-smart…” It has been over 10 years since I was a first-year engineering undergraduate ... -
Why schools need to introduce computing in all subjects
Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said schools need to offer every student hands-on computer science classes ... -
A Digital Future: K-12 Technology by 2018
Rapidly changing technology continues to make its mark on K-12 learning. Last fall the New Media Consortium Horizon Report released a report that details six up-and-coming ... -
How to Fill Classroom Seats & Close the Achievement Gap
A guest post by Erin Reeder What is the most beneficial thing students can do every day to help improve their education? There are numerous things ... -
Poll: Majority of children admit to online risk-taking
From VoicED A new poll of 2000 11-16 year olds carried out for BBC Learning has found that almost three in five (57%) have done something ... -
iLKA: A Fourth Generation of Learning Software
By. Hayden Browning It should not come as a surprise to educators that students who are involved in the learning process develop a greater understanding of ... -
Are massive open online classes still the wave of the future?
With a steady stream of news that the price of college is quickly becoming too high for many Americans to afford, an alternative form of higher education ...
