Digital Transformation

The Easton Area School Board votes this week on a proposal to buy Navigate360 software that would allow staff to set alarms, keep track of students and contact law enforcement through an app on their phones or computers.

With a stamp of approval from ISTE, Skriware is expanding its reach to North America, making its collection of robotics, CAD, programming and 3D modeling tools available to grades 2-10 in U.S. schools.

Educators from Stanford University shared lessons from their campus’ overall experiences with remote learning, including student struggles and academic innovations, at the virtual Educause Annual Conference last week.

The international encoding standard Unicode has included Kaktovik numerals, designed by Iñupiaq students almost 30 years ago, in its latest version. Teachers in Alaska say it has spurred an interest in math.

Two Colorado school districts worked with SchoolBlocks.com to overhaul their websites, their "windows for the outside world," to make them more attractive, accessible, informative and easier to use.

At a Thursday webinar panel for the Educause Annual Conference, former U.S. Secretary of Education and Chicago schools CEO Arne Duncan described technology access and degree completion as major issues facing higher ed.

Making sure CIOs have a seat at the leadership table and reducing staff turnover are both key IT challenges in higher education today, according to the ed-tech advocacy organization Educause at its annual conference.

Year-over-year data suggests students are becoming more comfortable with, and optimistic about, online learning, while educators and institutions are advised to track student outcomes after implementing new technology.

Willis Independent School District in Texas has put $245,000 toward a three-year contract with the online tutoring company Paper, which makes tutoring and essay review available to students 24/7.

Although student proficiency scores and mental health issues worsened during remote learning, educators should try to understand other factors at work and see the game-changing potential in virtual instruction.

Amid declining overall enrollment, online tuition for PennWest University will be discounted by 20 percent for Pennsylvania state employees starting in January 2023 for both graduate and undergraduate programs.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education worked with The Learning Accelerator to create a new guide to help district administrators make smarter choices about ed-tech purchases.

School officials say technology and practices now in place for virtual instruction will help them deal with outbreaks when they occur, and minimize the need for closing schools and adding days to the end of the year.

The DCPS Digital Equity Act of 2022 requires the school district to create a student technology plan to close the digital divide locally and modernize school IT protocols, with the help of feedback from parents and educators.

At a webinar on Tuesday featured in the Aurora Institute Symposium, the Colorado Board of Education's Office of Blended Learning explained a two-year plan to gather research on hybrid learning to inform state policy.

With emerging, data-driven approaches to instruction and mounting evidence of learning loss during the pandemic, K-12 schools should question the wisdom of putting all students through the same classes at the same pace.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress this year recorded the largest-ever declines in mathematics, with many school officials blaming learning loss on remote instruction and the upheaval of the pandemic.

The university and its dining services partner are preparing to deploy automated food delivery vehicles from the company Kiwibot, which will be mapping the campus to aid with future deliveries.