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Cool Tool | Learn with Homer

December 11, 2015

Learn with Homer is a comprehensive reading curriculum for the iPad that strives to redefine literacy in the digital age. …

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Net Effect

December 01, 2015

Why new state standards will help us all. GUEST COLUMN | by James Burnett The United States school system is …

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Cool Tool | Edulastic

November 25, 2015

Edulastic is a free formative assessment platform that supports student mastery of the Common Core State Standards. Teachers can track student …

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Cool Tool | Stepping Stones

May 14, 2015

Produced by ORIGO Education, Stepping Stones is a comprehensive, core elementary mathematics curriculum. Written and developed by a team of experts …

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Students Crash-land on Mars

February 24, 2015

Using the RITE method to learn: testing the Mars game prototype. [i] GUEST COLUMN | by Barbara Freeman The purpose of …

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Trends | Demand for Big Data Skills

February 02, 2015

Pick up a magazine or newspaper these days and you’ll likely see something about statistics and data science and how …

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Cool Tool | Insight 360

December 09, 2014

Today’s students grew up with the Internet, and their immersion in interactive games and mobile devices means they typically respond …

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The Fourth ‘R

November 07, 2014

Hope for digital technology skills in the classroom. GUEST COLUMN | by Jeff Fernandez Many K-12 school classrooms across the …

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Cool Tool | Edmodo's Snapshot

July 01, 2014

A social learning network created by educators for educators, Edmodo’s new frequent, formative assessment tool, Snapshot, is designed to provide real-time insight …

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Cool Tool | UClass.io

April 23, 2014

A powerful K-12 content management system and resource exchange for schools and districts, UClass.io is equipped with over 17 million …

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Ready or Not

April 07, 2014

Four must-do’s for building next-gen wi-fi for Common Core and beyond. GUEST COLUMN | by Kezia Gollapudi Ready or not, …

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Cool Tool | myCore

February 28, 2014

This is Insight Education Group’s cloud-based platform for teachers and district leaders to plan and share lessons aligned to the …

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Choose / Assess / Refine

February 28, 2014

Selecting and assessing educational resources for teaching to Common Core. GUEST COLUMN | by Adam Blum Most U.S. teachers are …

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Trends | Preparing Students for 21st Century Success

January 29, 2014

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Cool Tool | SyncTV from StudySync

October 30, 2013

Educators who are striving to address a critical tenet of the new Common Core standards should check out StudySync. The …

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Literacy Disrupted

October 11, 2013

Coming soon to classrooms: the joy of reading (on tablets). GUEST COLUMN | by Gideon Stein What are your students …

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Extraordinary Ideas

October 07, 2013

Teaching students to be problem solvers, not problem doers. GUEST COLUMN | by Allison Taylor Incorporating technology into the classroom …

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Cool Tool | Educade

August 31, 2013

Math and science are no longer boring subjects for students thanks to Educade, a new interactive learning portal developed by …

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Empowering the Educators

August 19, 2013

Tips for integrating new technology in the classroom. GUEST COLUMN | by Amy Brandt According to the National Venture Capital …

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Trends | Making Searches Easier

April 25, 2013

As educators across the U.S. move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) and …

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How Videos of Guinea Worms Inspire My Students

April 19, 2013

A teacher’s perspective on the world of possibilities media in the classroom provides GUEST COLUMN | by Emily Dawson As …

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A Little Edgenuity

March 11, 2013

An innovative, student-centered approach to instruction goes a long way INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero They’ve built tremendous credibility with …

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Trends | EdTech Policy Summit

January 31, 2013

Here’s a big one for edtech leadership: the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the International Society for Technology in Education …

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Blended Learning: A Winning Proposition for All

September 20, 2012

GUEST COLUMN | by Jessie Woolley-Wilson When Wendy Funk, a first grade teacher at Penngrove Elementary School in Petaluma, Calif., …

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Trends | Student Access to Digital Learning Devices

August 24, 2012

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Cool Tool | Insight 360

February 27, 2012

Here’s a first-of-kind formative instruction system from eInstruction designed to simplify and help formative instruction using interactive teaching. Teachers get …