All Blog Posts Tagged 'technology' (10)

Scheduling meetings made easy with doodle.com

Doodle.com has been up and running since 2007, but with the advancements of HTML5 and other browser technologies, web-hosted apps have been gaining in popularity. We’ve got Dropbox and …

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Added by Ryan Fisk on March 19, 2013 at 4:04pm — No Comments

Kickboard Raises $2 Million in Series A Funding Led By New Markets Venture Partners and Two Sigma Ventures

Kickboard, a web-based school analytics platform that allows educators and school leaders to capture, analyze and securely share critical student performance data, announced today that it has received $2 million in Series A funding led by New Markets Venture Partners and Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from several angel investors. The new round adds to $800,000 from previous seed and angel rounds, bringing the total amount…

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Added by Rebecca H. on February 27, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Optimizing Tablet Use in the Classroom

Belkin Education Takes a Collaborative Approach to Enhance the Learning Environment (video - http://bit.ly/Zykixv)

As with each generation of students, education changes rapidly. Today's learning tools are much more than just paper and pen. New dynamic and collaborative technologies are increasingly adopted to support the learning environment and help students thrive. Yet, along with the advantages, teachers and IT administrators face…

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Added by DC Nelson on January 11, 2013 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Nook vs. Book - Round 11

Which is better for students, teachers, and readers of all ages, an ebook or a traditional book?  To see the latest round in the heavywight championship, Nook vs. Book, visit my Literacy Connections blog,

 

Happy reading,

Christine

Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on October 28, 2012 at 11:43am — No Comments

Reading Rainbow Back as an App

According to creators, funding for the PBS literacy program, Reading Rainbow was cancelled as a result of No Child Left Behind. Now it is back as an app.  For more details, check out the video on my literacy blog, Literacy Connections.

 

Happy reading,

Christine

 

 

 

 

Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on October 22, 2012 at 5:42am — No Comments

Belkin Introduces New Ergonomic Tablet Stands Designed for the Classroom

Tablet Stands Optimize Use of Technology to Enhance Learning Environment

Belkin Enterprise, a trusted leader of complete computing solutions for office, IT infrastructure and mobile environments, today announced two new tablet stand solutions for the education market. Designed as a result of extensive research and insights gathered from users in the education field, the new Belkin Tablet Stand and Belkin Tablet Stand with Storage are ideally suited for…

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Added by DC Nelson on September 5, 2012 at 5:21pm — No Comments

Too Much Technology? By Dave Meister on ConnectedPrincipals.com

Too Much Technology? By Dave Meister on ConnectedPrincipals.com

By Dave Meister on June 27, 2012

ConnectedPrincipals.com

       What is it that makes a public school valuable?  Is it the information it provides?  Is it the opportunities that are available there? Going forward in these times of inter-connectivity, where the physical school building and the learning…

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Added by William Brennan, Ed.D. on June 29, 2012 at 5:30am — No Comments

Exciting New Ways to Engage Learners

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011
Hello!
When I was in school, the teacher spoke, the children listened, and that was that.  As we grew, not much changed . . . the teacher spoke, perhaps used an overhead projector, an occasional film, the children listened, we learned to take notes, and then that was that.
Today, we live in a whole new world.  It's called the age of technology!  Frequently, education is slow to integrate what the rest of the world has been at full…
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Added by Linda J. Tillinghast on August 10, 2011 at 5:56pm — No Comments

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