July 21, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsThe days of rolling the ball out and playing sports in PE are changing. With the advancement of technology and shift towards collaborative work in the classroom, physical education teachers are finding more and more ways to keep PE relevant […]
July 18, 2022
Via: Higher Ed DiveConstruction education is evolving, because the worlds of both construction and education are evolving. In construction, new technology, tools and techniques are re-shaping how projects are designed, built and maintained. In education, laptops have become as common as spiral-bound notebooks […]
Educational Forms, Informal learning
July 8, 2022
Via: eCampus NewsA recent National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report reveals that post-secondary enrollment continues to decline. Undergraduate enrollment alone saw a 9.4 percent drop from Spring 2020, resulting in nearly 1.4 million fewer undergrads than before the pandemic. Although the COVID-19 […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
May 27, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsTeachers are balancing a lot every day, and that pressure has increased since the start of the pandemic. According to the National Education Association, 55 percent of the teachers in a recent poll said they “will leave teaching sooner than […]
April 15, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsTechnology has significantly changed the classroom experience over the last decade, with the ubiquity of the IoT, mobile apps, and teleconferencing ushering in a new era of instruction and learning. What’s more, this sea of change shows no sign of […]
April 7, 2022
Via: EdTech MagazineWhen schools transitioned to remote learning two years ago, tech took on a new role in educational instruction. After adjusting to using computers in their lessons daily during the pandemic, some educators have begun to view teaching-related tech in a […]
March 30, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsSchool district leaders across the country are cautiously looking forward to post-pandemic teaching and learning–but they are also eyeing what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to upgrade their technology infrastructure and classrooms with interactive displays, laptops, and more. In 2020 […]
March 22, 2022
Via: Higher Ed DiveIntel is among the major technology players working with two- and four-year colleges to create in-demand academic programs. Among the others are Amazon and Google. The former has especially made in-roads teaming up with four-year institutions to develop cloud computing […]
Education Tech, Educational Stages, Secondary Education
February 11, 2022
Via: EdTech MagazineTechnology planning can be challenging, even during the best of times and in stable environments. Given the ever-changing circumstances of the pandemic, it can feel nearly impossible to think very far ahead at all. There is no doubt that over […]
January 19, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsDiversity, according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, is the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, especially the inclusion of people of different races, cultures, etc. in a group or organization. As an educator, with over 17 years of experience, […]
January 12, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsDigital transformation is about more than making incremental changes to instruction or layering technology on top of existing practices. It’s about fundamentally reimagining education so that it works for all students more effectively, leading to deeper, richer learning that is […]
December 23, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsWe live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. But do today’s students process information differently because it comes on a digital device? Is there a correlation between technology use […]
December 3, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsMany educators navigating the use of technology for learning have seen this scenario come to life in the classroom: you give your students an online assignment and a few minutes into it you start the exhausting routine of trying to […]
Educational Stages, Secondary Education
October 25, 2021
Via: K-12 DiveAs students returned to school this fall, educators grappled with the reality of a disrupted year and its lingering effect on learning. A study from consulting firm McKinsey & Company estimated that K-12 students were an average of five months […]
October 18, 2021
Via: K-12 DiveWe’re in the midst of a ransomware crisis, with schools being one of the hardest hit victim groups. New research finds that a whopping 44% of schools experienced a ransomware attack in the last year, with more than half of […]
Educational Stages, Higher Education
October 12, 2021
Via: Inside Higher EdAs you may have noticed, the past few weeks have witnessed a remarkable outpouring of important new books calling for academic innovation, as experts including Arthur Levine, Scott Van Pelt, Robert Ubell, and others vie for attention. I hope to […]
September 23, 2021
Via: eCampus NewsIt’s been nearly a year and a half since COVID first discombobulated higher education and put in motion major technology changes relatively overnight. One could argue such changes were record-breaking in an industry that prefers to move much slower by […]
September 17, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsAs we enter the 2021-2022 school year, many of us are still reeling from the last one. Last year was defined by massive changes to the learning landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders meant that students and teachers […]
July 22, 2021
Via: Inside Higher EdI have to admit that, like everyone else, I’m done with the pandemic. Last year, Zoom teaching and online social gatherings became more than old. When I got my vaccinations (thank you, science!), I fired Instacart. I’ve hungered for the […]
November 10, 2020
Via: Ed SurgeBefore March, the chief technology officers who keep modern classrooms connected would have agreed that new tech programs can’t be rolled out overnight. Yet that’s exactly what they have been doing for the past eight months as pandemic shut downs […]