EdTech
7 Top Educational Virtual Reality Apps
By: Shane Haumpton. These seven educational virtual reality apps can provide enhanced engagement, improved retention, and the ability to block out common classroom distractions.
Leadership
3 Lessons Learned Building Student Digital Portfolios
I decided this past fall that my students would build digital portfolios of all of their work this year. Here are three of the lessons I learned while implementing this endeavor.
Leadership
A Maine School District’s Approach To Personalized Learning
When districts are considering personalized learning, it's important for them to reflect on their own vision, culture and transparency. I asked RSU-2 Superintendent Bill Zima to share his insight on these three themes for his district's personalized learning journey.
STEM & Maker
Addressing the Growing Need for Data Science Education
By: Natalya St. Clair. As massive datasets accumulate, so does the need for people who understand how to work with complex datasets and software. The workforce of tomorrow will require the services and specialties of data scientists. Here's one way to teach those skills.
EdTech
Illuminate Education Shines Light on Growing Need for Better Data Sharing
By: Kelly Blair. As schools adopt more technologies, their data systems have become more complex, and educators today want data to be able to travel seamlessly between the specialized tools. In this post, we look at how one EdTech company is making it happen.
SEL & Mindset
Infographic | Every Student Deserves a Champion
Even though high school graduation rates continue to steadily increase, research shows that college readiness and enrollment are on the decline. Here, we look at evidence that personalized guidance programming has the power to combat and reverse this trend.
EdTech
DIY or Buy? How Lexia Learning Is Revisiting Data Integration
By Kelly Blair - As schools adopt a dizzying array of digital services, the ability to collect data from different tools into one place could allow educators to better understand how products are used, and whether they are delivering results.
Leadership
10 Tips For EdLeaders Feeling Overwhelmed And Insufficient
As a school or system leader, it’s hard not to be overwhelmed and feel insufficient while navigating complex work and decisions that can affect hundreds of students. Here are 10 tips to help you overcome these feelings.
Innov8
Innov8: Human-Centered Design
This week’s top news stories celebrate human-centered design with everything from a new collection of social-emotional learning resources to the launch of a cohort for teachers looking to transform education from the ground up.
Leadership
Your Fans Want You To Be Better, Not Different
From studying the new book Superfandom, EdLeaders can learn three ways to best work with school and district 'fans' in order to shape a successful future.