What is on the five-year horizon for K-12 schools? What trends and technologies will drive educational change? The NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2016 K-12 Edition examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on, and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools. The report, based on the opinions of 59 experts, identifies six key trends … Continue reading
To connect with today’s kids teachers must look to more innovative and interactive strategies. Educators know that interactive instructional approaches can be an effective strategy to increase student engagement. However, to make a real difference, educators have to integrate technology in a meaningful way to truly impact students. The following are three methods have been … Continue reading
As the years go on, technology has continued to become more integrated into people’s daily life, including our education system. The benefits of using technology in the classroom are becoming clear – study after study has proven it to have a positive impact on students. However, even though most educators now recognize the power of … Continue reading
Collaborative learning is quickly becoming a popular teaching method and is known to have a wide variety of benefits for students. Within this learning method, students are encouraged to work together and share knowledge on a given assignment. As a result of using the collaborative learning method in the classroom, students become more engaged and … Continue reading
Mobile device carts are used to charge, secure, store, and distribute tablets, Chromebooks, and other mobile devices—and in schools that do not have students take home their devices, they’ve become a mainstay and critical to any deployment. Unfortunately, a lot can go wrong when managing a large-scale deployment, hindering a seemingly solid technology initiative: a … Continue reading
Advances in K-12 learning technology and the popularity of one-to-one initiatives is expected to bring about big gains in the education IT market over the next three years. A new report, Education Technology Market in North America 2015-2019, published by global technology research and advisory company Technavio, indicates that the education technology market could reach … Continue reading
What’s on the five-year horizon for higher education intuitions? What trends and technologies will drive educational change? The NMC Horizon Report: 2016 HED Edition examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on, and use in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in schools. The report, based on the opinions of 58 experts, identifies six key trends … Continue reading
A new study, analyzing results of fifteen years’ worth of research studies, found that efforts by K-12 schools to implement 1-to-1 laptop deployments has , on average, had a statistically significant positive impact on student test scores in English/language arts, writing, math, and science. The study also found some modest evidence of other positive benefits … Continue reading
A new survey conducted by Edgenuity revealed that while teachers believe tech enriches the classroom, many schools struggle with successful implementation. Teachers believe in technology: 70% of surveyed teachers said they believe technology enriches the classroom experience 91% of surveyed teachers said technology provides a greater ability for teachers to tailor lessons and homework assignments … Continue reading
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