Amazing Homeschooling Projects
With teachers, students and parents spending more time than ever at home, Tech & Learning is excited to offer this special resource for homeschooling, courtesy of How It Works. The Book of Amazing Homeschooling Projects offers 30 fascinating home science experiments that can be done with ordinary household ingredients. From building a lung to splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen, these simple experiments will engage kids and adults alike while demonstrating important scientific principles.
Tech & Learning Remote Learning Playbook Special Report
The “Remote Learning Playbook” presents a detailed remote learning plan for schools and districts.
The Playbook includes:
- How to Design a Remote Learning Plan
- Templates and resource links that schools can provide to their staff and parents
- Free resources for remote learning solutions
- Tips for training and communication
- Low/no tech ideas
- And more!
November 2020
The November issue of Tech & Learning offers articles to help educators and administrators navigate this challenging time in education. Articles include:
- Student safety concerns in online learning environments
- VR and AR for Students with Special Needs
- How to manage hybrid classrooms
- Using data to effectively measure engagement
- Collaborating with IT and instruction to ensure effective continuity of learning
- Building inclusion remotely
- Good digital citizenship practices for remote learning
October 2020
The October issue of Tech & Learning focuses on how schools are teaching STEM -- whether classes are all online, a mix of blended and in person, or a hybrid approach. The issue also explores ways that emerging tech is being used to improve instruction and engagement in these new learning environments.
September 2020
Despite the best efforts of school district educators and administrators over the summer, nothing could have prepared us for this school year.
To support you during this challenging time, we've curated tips, tools, and best practices in our September issue. Learn how your colleagues are addressing:
• Student data privacy
• Equity
• Digital citizenship
• Supporting diversity
• Esports
• SEL
• New learning models and more!
July/August 2020
In our special Awards Issue, Tech & Learning is pleased to present the winners of its 39th annual Awards of Excellence Contest. This select group represents products that are unique in the K-12 market, help schools solve specific problems, and drive innovation during a challenging time for education. Also in this issue: new learning models for fall 2020.
June 2020
This special issue of Tech & Learning is dedicated to helping schools address the many questions related to planning for next school year. As Part 2 of the popular "Just In Time Playbook for Remote Learning," Dr. Kecia Ray and her colleagues offer this new Guide to creating a district plan that can effectively support any learning environment, whether online, blended, or face-to-face.
May 2020
Explore the best tools, strategies and practices for online learning. In May's issue, T&L looks at a variety of video applications, including Zoom and Google Hangouts Meet, and goes in depth on the challenges of managing devices remotely.
Plus, Carl Hooker offers tips and tools that support effective online learning, including:
•Tips for improving communicating timelines, expectations, and support for learners
and families.
•How to improve the videoconferencing experience.
•How to offer meaningful feedback and reflection remotely.
•How to support devices remotely.
April 2020
Tech & Learning devotes the April issue to the key topics of the day: remote learning, pandemic preparation, cybersecurity, and of course, creative ways to use education technology tools, at home or in the classroom.
Inside this edition:
• Top 25 Learning Tools for When School is Closed
• Cybersecurity: What K-12 Leaders Need to Know
• Is Your School Ready For A Long-Term Pandemic?
March 2020
The March 2020 issue of Tech & Learning features the latest in edtech, including essential digital tools to support project-based learning, creating an esports program that nurtures positive gaming, Best of Show winners from TCEA, takeaways from FETC, making edtech more inclusive, real-world 3D printing projects, using VR to support rural schools, student safety vs. student privacy, product reviews and much more.
February 2020
Tech & Learning's February 2020 issue, "Better Safe Than Sorry," explores K-12 information security strategies and how to protect schools from hacking, ransomware and other online attacks. Other features include:
• Product reviews of Acer Chromebook Tab 10, Dell Chromebook 31, Photoshop
Express, Snapseed, and Moldive Shoot it Out
• Creating ebooks in the classroom
• Virtual PD
• The benefits of online graduate education
• And much more!
December 2019 & January 2020
Featuring Tech&Learning's 2019 Awards of Excellence, Best New Edtech for 2020, teaching third graders to code, and more.
November 2019
Learn how to keep students engaged with "wow" moments, create a school esports league, accessible district websites and more. Plus, Matthew Joseph reports on Tech&Learning Live from Texas!
October 2019
T&L investigates how schools use data to personalize learning, a phonics-based approach to literacy, the top five ways programming in education has changed and much more.
September 2019
Our Back-to-School issue looks at the best back-to-school desktops and laptops, 20 sites and apps teachers should try, how to integrate video games into your classroom for real learning and much more!
August 2019
T&L's August 2019 issues explores the Best of Show at ISTE2019, how social-emotional learning is changing the classroom, report from the T&L Leadership Summit and more!