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August 30
- Sign Writing: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- From the Principal's Office: ASCD Welcomes New Teachers and Offers List of Educational Resources
- From the Principal's Office: ASCD Welcomes New Teachers and Offers List of Educational Resources
- Bretford ships new cart and rollers for iOS devices
August 29
- Illinois District Selects Ethernet Services to Deliver Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Web-based Tools
- Ethernet Network Supports Virtual Classes, Online Testing and Disaster Recovery
- Forsyth County Schools Selects Comcast Ethernet Services
- Computer Vocabulary Puzzle
- Lexia Learning partners with Education Elements to support blended learning
- New PBS KIDS app released - Daniel Tiger's Day & Night
- The technology-related cost of going to school
- The Mixed Message of Digital Citizenship
August 28
- Rhode Island Districts Turn to SIS to Connect Student Data, Classrooms and Performance
- CIO Profile: Debbie Sullivan
- Back Office Business
- Profile: Richard Culatta
- Defining Digital Curriculum
- BYOD and One-to-One
- Blended and Flipped Learning
- Social Media
- Leveraging the Cloud
- Common Core: Preparing for 2014
- Classroom Management in the Digital Age
- September 2013
- The March on Washington and Its Impact
- What is the state of bandwidth in your school?
- From the Principal's Office: Bloomboard: Free User-Friendly Teacher Observation-Evaluation Web Tool
- Evaluating a school’s computing and ICT
- Content management solution to be featured in iSchool Initiative’s Digital Learning Revolution tour 2013
- Free 3D robotics design app
- From the Classroom: Best Tech Practice Video of the Week - Using Tablets for Sensitive Subjects
- New Common Core assessment apps for iPad launched
- Free CCSS benchmark resource released
- New interactive guide provides insight into performance assessments
August 27
- New York State Parents See Long-Term Success as Top Benefit of Common Core
- Alabama District Adopts Knovation’s Personalized Digital Curriculum Solution
- Apps for Creativity and Imagination
- Kids for Saving the Earth: Environmental Curriculum
- Survey shows educators’ concerns regarding online search
- March on Washington, other back to school resources offered
- 5 #BacktoSchool management tips for innovative educators
- Back to School iPad Apps for CCSS Implementation
- My Data Button: Big boon or big data dump?
August 26
- Forsyth County Schools Expands Partnership With Discovery Education
- DAILY INSIGHT: The obituary of the student desk: 1887-2013
- DAILY INSIGHT: Technology integration is dead, part 2
- TOP TWEETS
- Top 10 Online Stories
- Building Oral Language Skills with Tech
- Editor’s Note: Big Ideas
- BLOG BITS
- Four new realities for this generation
- Can Digital Tools Improve Student Writing?
- Graphic of the Month
- Grants & Contests
- Teens Want Privacy, Too
- Site We Like
- Texthelp
- Five Tips to Effectively Tell your Story with Video
- Grammaropolis
- MyCore
- CIO Profile: Debbie Sullivan
- Golf, A SuperMath Game
- Product Guide: Comparing Chromebooks
- September 2013, What’s New
- 7 Ways to make IT real: 6 Use what you got
- Lesson Plans for 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
- Secure delivery of higher-stakes tests on the Apple iPad
- Case for iPad protection introduced
- myCore now offers CCSS-aligned units and lessons
- Class Tech Tips: ARBasketball: Must See to Believe!
- Gates Foundation awards grant for development of adaptive learning platform
- Companies partner to provide literacy solutions for TCEA Members
- Online Research Project Organizer receives Gates Foundation grant
August 25
- Apex Learning introduces new blended learning tutorials
August 23
- Back Office Business
- Common Core Goes Global
- Profile: Richard Culatta
- BYOD and One-to-One
- Defining Digital Curriculum
- Social Media
- Blended and Flipped Learning
- Leveraging the Cloud
- Common Core: Preparing for 2014
- Summer Learning Series-Keeping In Touch With @Remind101
- George Washington’s Secret Code
August 22
- Companies Collaborate To Expand Common Core PD Resources
- NJ District Implements Online Course to Meet Financial Literacy Mandate
- Beyond the Fire: Teen Experiences of War
- 7 Ways to make IT real: #5 Be realistic
- Digital bookshelf offers new release
- Strong Intentions Lead To Amazing Unintended Benefits #LeadershipDay13
- Today's Newsletter: Sounding Off On Ed Tech
- Chat in Class
- First seven Steve Jobs Schools opened in the Netherlands
August 21
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools Renews Contract for Geovisual Analytics
- Kansas City-Area School District Selects SIS
- Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center
- Step F:Seven Steps To Website Evaluation For Students - Facts And Content
- Building Oral Language Skills with Technology
- 2013 Discovery Educator Network Gurus named
- From the Principal's Office: Brickflow- Interesting Web Tool for Turning Social Media Content into Visual Stories
August 20
- Delaware Charter School Selects Classroom Observation Software
- Georgia District Implements Student Learning Objectives Module
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Declarations of Independence
- Soft Skills Series Now Available to Districts Across Northeast New Mexico
- SC High School League & PlanetHS form partnership
- CompassLearning Odyssey releases 2013 summer version
- From the Principal's Office: Android Apps Anyone?
- From the Classroom: Best Tech Practice Video of the Week - Acceleration Lesson
- SC High School League & PlanetHS form partnership
- Bill Gates' favorite course now available for high school
- 7 Ways to make IT real: #4 Use external organisations
August 19
- Severe Storms Modeling
- DAILY INSIGHT: Staffing for the back-to-school tidal wave
- DAILY INSIGHT: Make your passwords safe
- William Hite, superintendent, Philadelphia
- Video Tutorial: Desire2Learn – Using the Minibar
- Content management system for open educational resources upgrades
- Free PD MOOCs now open
- PARCC Releases New Sample Items
- Apps for Preschool
- Califone Offers Solid Color Listening First Headsets
August 16
- Show Me: Face It!
- Summer Learning Series-Putting The Internet To Work For You With IFTTT
- 7 Ways to make IT real: #3 Solve real problems
- From the Principal's Office: New ClassDojo Sharing Feature Allows Teacher Collaboration to Improve Student Behavior
August 15
- Durham Catholic District School Board Deploys Wireless LAN
- Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
- Summer Learning Series-Starting A Classroom or School Twitter Account
- Audio-Technica offers back to school headphones
- StudyBlue introduces Class Stats
- Gates Foundation awards $500,000 grant to fund integration of new writing solution
- How strong is your personal learning network? Take this quiz to find out.
- Funds For Learning Makes Case for E-rate Reform Action
- Fund for Teachers grant application to open soon
- Piktochart adds new features
August 14
- Companies Partner to Assist School Districts in Managing Student Data
- Intel Introduces Android-Based Education Tablet Reference Design
- Liverpool Museums: Leaving from Liverpool
- Create a Culture of Questioning and Inquiry
- Create a Culture of Questioning and Inquiry
- Understanding Sharing
- Create a Culture of Questioning and Inquiry
- 11 new Merriam-Webster¹s dictionaries now available for OS X
- Class Tech Tips: Virtual Periodic Table of Elements
August 13
- Digital Movement in Math Materials Picks Up Speed
- Wyoming District Selects Adminstrative Software
- National Cowboy Museum: Diamond R Ranch
- 3 Things You Didn't Know Microsoft Excel Could Do
- From the Classroom: Best Tech Practice Video of the Week: Common Core Collaboration
- 7 Ways to make IT real: #2 Involve parents
- From the Principal's Office: 6 Practices for Creating a 21st Century Engaging Classroom
- Conference speakerphone offers new installation options
August 12
- Apps for Creativity and Imagination
- In Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail
- Learning First Alliance calls for increase to E-Rate funding cap
- Step E: Seven Steps To Website Evaluation For Students- Effectiveness For Purpose
- New mobile app helps parents manage school-related fees
- iLiteracy: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction Online
August 11
- DAILY INSIGHT: Top 10 reasons why you shouldn't read Top 10 Blog Post lists
- DAILY INSIGHT: Device agnostic—and proud of it!
August 10
- Step E: Seven Steps To Website Evaluation For Students- Effectiveness For Purpose
August 9
- St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute Implements Schoolwide 1:1 Mobility Initiative
- Katonah-Lewisboro District Selects Satellite Solution for Disaster Recovery
- Indigenous Peoples
- 4 Trends of Global Connectivity We As Educators Can No Longer Ignore
- OdysseyWare Adds New Courses to Online Curriculum
- Edmodo announces redesign, new iPad app
- Testing For What?
August 8
- A Map to Success: Integrating Common Core into the curriculum mapping planning process
- Old Wives’ Tales
- CA Schools Adopt Blended Learning for Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Companies Partner on Mobile Device Management Solution
- Today's Newsletter: Are MOOCs Obsolete Already?
- Managing Complex Change in Piloting 1:1
- ClassDojo launches Class Sharing feature
- Zombies, Superheroes and more: "STEM Behind Hollywood" launched
- Schools implementing cross platform, anti-theft software with 1-1, BYOD initiatives
- Turning Technologies Acquires eInstruction
- Follett, Hachette Book Group partner to distribute children’s ebooks
August 7
- Minerals Ed: Teacher Resources
- Summer Learning Series- Giving Evernote A Try
- Naiku and Pearson Announce ISV Partnership
- From the Classroom: Best Tech Practice Video of the Week
- 8 easy tips to keep in mind when starting a personal education blog
- Today's Newsletter: The Adminstrative Revolution
August 6
- Rhode Island Department of Education Chooses Skyward as a Preferred Vendor
- Crafting North Carolina: 250 Years of Clay
- New content partner, new software enhancements to netTrekker
- Grants for PD courses announced
- Bretford adds 30-unit tablet charging cart
- New label maker offers "take-it-anywhere" functionality
- Winners of Epson Document Camera in the Classroom Contest named
- Korean student wins Photoshop World Championship
- netTrekker digital solution enhanced
- Microsoft Office World champions announced
- Today's Newsletter: Back To School Journalism, xMOOCs and More
- Teacher Creativity Leads to Student Creativity
- Compare Institutional MLearning to Your School’s Mlearning
- Kids In Need Foundation announces National Day of Giving on August 8, 2013
August 5
- TX District To Offer Career Readiness System
- Chesterfield County Public Schools of Virginia Chooses Enterprise WLAN
- Georgia , Utah Approve Online Course Provider
- Missouri HS Upgrades Stadium Audio
- NC District Adopts Digital Social Studies Textbook
- Web 2.0: From Curious to Competent
- Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Video Tutorial: Moodle 2.4 – Advanced Instructor Features
- From the Principal's Office: Reasons to Get Students Blogging
- LEGO Education launches global Instagram contest
- Adobe announces Lightroom 5.2 and Camera Raw 8.2 release candidates
- Vernier Launches its 2014 Engineering Contest
- E-Curriculum: 7 Key Tools Uncovering A Goldmine of E-Resources- The Digital Curriculum Part Three
- Acer thin client and monitor bundles available through Oct. 15
August 4
- DAILY INSIGHT: Technology integration is dead, part 1!
- DAILY INSIGHT: A good forecast for successful cloud purchases
- JAMF Nation User Conference registration opens
August 2
- National Geographic: New York Underground
- Summer Learning Series-Doing More And Learning More With Diigo
- From the Principal's Office: Unplugging from Technology and My Role as a School Leader-Educator
August 1
- Colorado District Outfits All Classrooms with Interactive Projectors
- Teachscape Selected as a Performance Evaluation System Vendor
- Gwinnett County Public Schools Implements School Bus Safety Enforcement Program
- Gwinnett County Public Schools Implements School Bus Safety Program
- Africa Access: Book Reviews
- Dysart Unified School District Recognized for Collaborative Planning, Digital Learning
- 5 Best Practices to Consider When Using Facebook with Students
- Social Studies Apps to meet the Common Core Standards
- 7 Ways to make IT real: #1 Get local