How One California District Tackled Digital Disparity
In October 2014, the Palmdale School District staff and board members started mapping out a strategic plan focused on student outcomes. In early 2015, this plan –…
Untethered Teaching: How Technology Increases Participation
What began as an experiment in flexible seating in 2018 blossomed into an untethered, student-centered environment that’s taken hold in Advanced Technologies Academy, a 1,100-student magnet high…
Teacher Feature: Focusing on Early Intervention with Student Polling
Shannon Wynne is a 4th-grade teacher at Tatum Ridge Elementary School in Sarasota County Schools teaching English Language Arts and Social Studies. Recently, the district replaced Sarasota’s…
Student Tech Squad Leads the Way
New School Year, New Initiatives for Students Sixty new tech support experts are ready to start this fall in National City, California–and none of them has a…
Sarasota County Schools: ClassFlow Encourages Classroom Discussions
Many of the interactive whiteboard projectors within Sarasota County Schools were at the end of their life, and the district decided it was time to replace their…
Where to Start when Integrating New Education Technology Tools
Sarasota County Schools decided it was time to search for a replacement for its aging projectors and interactive whiteboards. With the advancement of touch technology on the…
How to Build an Immersive Learning Environment
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District is large and continues to grow by nearly 1,000 students each year, creating continuous pressure to provide all students with equally impactful educational…
Going to the Principal’s Office: Discussion with Lara Silva on EdTech’s Impact on the Classroom
The bell rings and 750 students, from kindergarten to 5th grade, exit their classrooms to go to work. You read that correctly. Chocachatti Elementary School in Spring…
Case Study: The Administrator’s Role in Effective Technology Adoption
Many schools and districts dedicate a significant amount of time evaluating the right technology to purchase for their schools, but do they dedicate as much time to…
Case Study: How to Create a 5-Year Education Technology Plan That Works
“Projectors are very expensive to maintain and sometimes teachers had to turn off the lights to make it easier for students to view images,” Nguyen Bui, Aldine…