Kahoot! Introduces Smart Practice for Challenge Feature By TL Editors With the new smart practice feature, students can revisit difficult questions, remember content better, and collect emotes as a reward.
Online Social Platform Lets Students be Authors By TL Editors Storybird is an online social platform (and Chrome app) for storytelling. Students act as authors, pairing their words with site-curated, licensed art.
LEGO® Education and FIRST® Introduce New Architecture-Themed LEGO sets By TL Editors The new sets for the 2019-2020 FIRST LEGO League season are based on the theme of architecture and are titled BOOMTOWN BUILD℠” and CITY SHAPER℠.
New Personalized Learning Toolkit Introduced By TL Editors “Whereas I used to spend time researching activities and planning agendas for my schools, I am now able to leverage the resources directly from the kit," said Heather Hurley, supervisor of personalized learning at Arlington Public Schools.
Registration Open for Learning Impact Leadership Institute By TL Editors IMS Global Learning Consortium's 13th annual Learning Impact Leadership Institute will be held in San Diego, California, May 20-23, 2019.
New ISTE Book: How to Close the Digital Divide for Students By TL Editors A 2016 survey of 1,200 parents revealed that while 94 percent of families are connected to the internet, 23 percent access it on mobile devices, 26 percent share a single computer and 20 percent experienced loss of internet service due to lack of payment
Science App Offers Hands-on Freshwater Learning By TL Editors DIY Lake Science offers watershed-related activities and info for elementary and middle school students via three sections: activities, video clips, and an “Under the Lake” simulation.
bulb Digital Portfolios unveils bulbLibrary By TL Editors Diverse resources provide educators with timely support for summertime professional development
CoSN Honors Educators at Annual Conference By TL Editors Each year during the Annual Conference, CoSN honors distinguished school technology leaders, experts and districts for their school technology accomplishments and dedication to advancing innovative learning settings.
STEM Educators Win 2019 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards By TL Editors Each winning educator received $1,000 in cash, $3,000 in Vernier products, and up to $1,500 toward expenses to attend the annual NSTA National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on April 11–14, 2019.
Peerless-AV Announces SmartMount Line of Motorized Carts and Stands By TL Editors Peerless-AV announces its family of new SmartMount® Motorized Height Adjustable Carts and Stands for education settings.
Creative Design App Combines Augmented Reality with 3D Printing By TL Editors Teachers create and assign lessons to classes, and kids use the app to create scenes using the object library or uploads from Thingiverse.
Free Digital Library Provides Millions of Primary Sources for U.S. History By TL Editors The layers of rich documents, images, and videos are carefully organized and curated, and can be accessed through topical browsing, searching and filtering, or in pre-made exhibition collections and primary source sets.
Typing.com Introduces Free District Accounts and Support Features By TL Editors “It’s our mission to make sure every student has the opportunity to learn the fundamental success skills of the 21st century,” said Austin Butler, Founder and President of Teaching.com, the creators of Typing.com.
Biblionasium Social Reading Site Earns Top Ratings From Educators By TL Editors Biblionasium is a social network that allows students to log books, review them, and share or recommend them to fellow kid readers.
Nearpod Acquires Flocabulary By TL Editors Together, Nearpod and Flocabulary are used by teachers in 97 of the 100 largest US districts.
Panorama Education Launches New MTSS and RTI Intervention Management Solution By TL Editors Panorama Student Success also provides to school and district leaders visibility into the status of interventions and supports across grade levels, schools, and across their whole district.
2019 Report Highlights Best Practices for Driving Broadband Connectivity and Access for Students By TL Editors “In order to provide personalized learning experiences for students to best prepare them for college and careers, and to compete in a global economy, all schools need access to reliable, high-speed broadband," said SETDA's incoming Executive Director, Candice Dodson.
Britannica’s LaunchPacks® Science and Social Studies Platforms now Integrated with Kahoot! By TL Editors Britannica Digital Learning announced today that LaunchPacks® Science and Social Studies classroom learning platforms are now integrated with Kahoot!
Swing Education Expands its Substitute Teaching Solution to Arizona By TL Editors Swing Education has expanded its services to help schools and districts across Arizona connect with educators using the company’s web-based platform.
ISTE19 Aims to Inspire Educators with Bold Speakers By TL Editors “ISTE is about highlighting the stories of educators who are making incredible contributions to our practice and the world,” said ISTE CEO Richard Culatta.
