Bring Parent Communication into the 21st Century By Annie Galvin Teich How a single communication app can help a school build relationships and trust (and gets rid of the Friday Folder).
Use Data Driven Instruction and Social Emotional Learning to Accelerate Student Growth By Annie Galvin Teich Beaumont has been using a scripted data-driven instruction (DDI) protocol for several years to guide conversations in their PLCs.
Seeking Strategic Variety and Organizational Curiosity By Steven M. Baule Strategic variety requires organizational curiosity.
Become a Technology-Savvy Administrator By Ursula Martin, Ed.D. Just as teachers require professional development (PD) to learn how to integrate technology into the classroom, administrators need professional development as well.
Creating a Digital Playbook: 5 Critical Components By Matthew X. Joseph EdD Cyber issues in schools can impact students, teachers, staff, and physical or virtual elements of schools and districts. Schools are driven by the notion of improving student learning through the tools and skills of educators.
Personalized Learning in a Device-Rich Environment: Leveraging Technology to Help All Learners Succeed By Nikki Schafer One of the benefits of a technology-rich classroom environment is supposed to be better opportunities to personalize learning for all students.
How to Quickly Email Parents in Multiple Languages By Shelly Terrell big Form Mule is such an incredible Google Sheets email merge add-on that allows you to send personalized emails using a spreadsheet and email template.
Feature: Districts Share Student Data Security Practices By Annie Galvin Teich Parents and educators read about the latest security breaches every day in news headlines.
How Can Schools Better Use Data to Personalize Learning? By Tara Smith While most US high-school students aspire to earn a college degree, less than one in three succeed.
5 Ways to Use an LMS to Support Blended and Online Learning By TL Editors Here’s how our district uses the itslearning learning management system to manage our commitment to providing personalized, blended, and online learning to our middle- and high-school classes.
Implementing a Blended, Phonics-Based Literary Approach By Melissa Cassada A balance between technology and one-on-one instruction ignites special ed students’ love for reading.
Repurposing School Libraries As Vibrant Hubs and Centers of Change By Annie Galvin Teich One of the issues that district leaders tackled in Philadelphia at the June Tech & Learning Leadership Summit was how to change pedagogy to support new kinds of learning that technology has enabled.
BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: Texas District Adopts Germ-Resistant Interactive Flat Panels By TL Editors “We took time exploring our options, but we were sold on BenQ,” said Todd Gratehouse, CTO at Del Valle ISD.
Feature: Launching Digital Portfolios District Wide By Annie Galvin Teich After incubating the idea in his district’s strategic plan, Dr. Chris Wasko, Instructional Project Manager in Wake County (NC) Public Schools, helped launch a digital portfolio initiative involving 700 teachers from 187 schools.
Feature: Beyond the Devices: Changing Pedagogy Post 1:1 By Todd Dugan As anyone who has led a digital conversion knows, deploying the devices and software subscriptions is only the first step in the ultimate goal of edtech.
What is Media Literacy? By Carl Hooker When becoming literate in film, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, social media, etc, it’s about learning new forms of media.
Phishing Scams: Don’t Take the Bait By Andrew Wallace Just glance at your inbox and odds are you’ll find at least one variety of phishing scam or email hack.
