Online Learning: Page 9
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Social studies provides particular opportunity for tech integration
The National Council for the Social Studies has found tech becoming increasingly popular among teachers looking for new ways to make their lessons come to life.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 17, 2016 -
Virtual charters threaten finances in Pennsylvania public schools
School districts in and around Reading send between $163,615 and $4.5 million to virtual charters, and area superintendents want the legislature to rethink funding formulas.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 17, 2016 -
Summit Personalized Learning Platform creates privacy concerns
The software, first designed by a charter network in California and then developed by Facebook engineers, has raised questions of data security from parents.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 13, 2016 -
Personalized learning requires strong network infrastructure
Schools have experimented with innovative models to better serve and engage students, but doing so wouldn't be possible without first preparing networks to handle extra demand.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016 -
Sprint to give 1M students mobile devices, internet within 5 years
The latest commitment builds on the White House’s ConnectED program, which Sprint initially signed onto with plans to get 50,000 students high speed internet.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016 -
Dallas ISD innovation chief makes LinkedIn Next Wave list
Mike Koprowski joins a group of people under 35 transforming the education world with startups, tech funding, scholarships and STEM diversification.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016 -
Why the for-profit education business model is unsustainable
The Atlantic offers a cautionary tale of the difficulty for education business models to find traction in a changing marketplace.
By Jarrett Carter • Oct. 12, 2016 -
Education ecosystem extends far beyond the school building
The 2016 Digital Education Survey by Deloitte finds 75% of children want to learn more about what they studied in school outside of the classroom.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 11, 2016 -
Students in rural Alaska get course variety through online options
The Copper River School District has shifted to a nontraditional schedule for high school students, giving them core courses for four weeks online and then a two-week break for hands-on electives.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 10, 2016 -
Rising internet use poses challenge for K-12 network infrastructure
Whether students are bringing their own devices to school or teachers are providing them, IT leaders are being forced to keep pace.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016 -
Updated model charter law addresses discipline, school quality
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has updated its model law for the first time since 2009, adding elements that speak to recent national debates over charter schools.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 5, 2016 -
Students shaped teacher PD in California district
Creekside Middle School, east of San Francisco, purchased Chromebooks for classroom use, and students organized a Tech Boost Conference so teachers could better learn how to use them.
By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 3, 2016 -
For-profit woes and 1:1 deployments: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on Elon University's 'visual experiential transcript' and more here!
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 30, 2016 -
KIPP teachers automate personalized Khan Academy playlists for students
Bay Area teachers in the charter network use NWEA Measures of Academic Progress assessment data to gauge student proficiency and then assign them Khan work at the right level.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2016 -
Indiana school learns from initial individualized learning plan missteps
Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township developed working personalized learning plans for high school students in a blended program, learning from initial setbacks.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 28, 2016 -
Helping students think critically about online resources
Teaching digital literacy to students must include critical thinking skills that allow them to discern whether information on any given site is trustworthy.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 23, 2016 -
As schools move to the cloud, top drivers are instruction-related
Schools now deliver two-thirds of their IT solutions either fully or in part through the cloud, and while infrastructure has been moved, two top drivers of cloud use are in the classroom.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 21, 2016 -
Literacy, CIOs and teacher evals: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on the cost of campus carry, a new survey detailing educators' tech dislikes and more.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2016 -
Private school near Lake Tahoe joins Summit LMS
The +Impact School at Tahoe Expedition Academy gives students opportunities to make their own choices and learn from failure, which could trickle out into the public schools with which it will now be in a network.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2016 -
Pennsylvania school district finds success flipping PD
With flipped classrooms showing tangible benefits for student learning, the Montour School District decided to do the same for teachers during the 2015-16 school year.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016 -
ITT and Ed Dept credentialing: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest studies on e-learning, a new series focused on higher ed CIOs and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 9, 2016 -
Former superintendent details district's blended learning transformation
As schools and teachers consider 21st century learning models, blended options give students a combination of face-to-face and computer-based instruction.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 31, 2016 -
Unlearning and workforce development: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on diversifying the teacher workforce and more here.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 26, 2016 -
Los Angeles schools plan credit recovery changes
After posting the highest graduation rate ever in the nation’s second-largest school district, thanks in part to questionably rigorous credit recovery options, the district is taking a second look.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Gamified computer science courses help expand access
Schools that don’t have trained computer science teachers can start with CodeCombat’s game-based platform, which teaches students to code as they progress through a game.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016