EdTech
7 Ways to Boost Your K-8 Math Program
By: Caralee Adams. School leaders in a rapidly improving school district with a high-poverty population share what has worked in their schools to boost math performance district-wide among K–8 students.
Choose Your EdTech Providers Carefully with These Five Questions
By: Junaid Mubeen, PhD. Here are five questions teachers and school administrators should ask themselves and their prospective partners when seeking out the latest EdTech solutions.
Online Learning Day: 8 Trends Improving Student Options
It’s been two decades since the first online schools and degree programs emerged. In celebration of National Online Learning Day today, here are eight trends we're seeing that improve online learning options.
Technology’s Unmet Progressive Promise
By: Michael DeArmond. Personalized learning schools interested in supporting personalization through progressive teaching should ask themselves how they could use technology to support deeper, meaningful learning.
Putting Empowerment into Practice
By: Meriwynn Mansori. Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell and Laura Sexton are part of a small but important teacher-led movement to improve outcomes in U.S. world language classrooms, empowering other teachers to take their own risks and try new things.
Olympic Dreaming: 5 Ways to Connect Kids Globally
Talking with students about global connectedness while the Olympics are still relevant is a great way to begin the school year and a perfect time to participate in “The Great Global Project Challenge.”
Advanced Placement for the Innovation Economy
College Board is preparing more students for the innovation economy with the launch of its the AP Computer Science Principles course, which shows students how computing and technology are influencing the world.
10 Online Tools and Resources That Support Academic Honesty
By: Michael Yarbrough. Check out the list of 10 edtech tools that can help promote academic honesty, fit nicely into daily routines and improve the quality of classroom educational efforts.
EdTech 10: Pure Imagination
In honor of our favorite Willy Wonka of all time, this week's top edtech stories share a new view of the world from the imaginations of education leaders.
Does EdTech Work? It Depends.
The shift to digital learning has greatly expanded learning options but, in these early innings of the digital learning revolution, it has become much harder to figure out what works. Lea(R)n is helping educators figure out what works.