Gaggle Speaks

JUNE 15, 2016

When you lead a school district’s internationally-recognized digital conversion plan that garners the attention of schools from around the country and even the President of the United States, what is there left to do? You make it safer. How Gaggle fits into the direct’s digital plan is described in a new case study.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Knovation honors districts for outstanding usage of online and digital learning resources. One hundred school districts across the U.S. Knovation’s 2015 Digital Learning Awards program honors districts across the U.S. Cabarrus County School District, Concord, North Carolina (icurio).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Knovation honors districts for outstanding usage of online and digital learning resources. One hundred school districts across the U.S. Knovation’s 2015 Digital Learning Awards program honors districts across the U.S. Cabarrus County School District, Concord, North Carolina (icurio).

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2016

But as schools and classrooms across the nation use digital strategies to engage students and boost achievement, digital leadership has emerged as one of the most important areas in which to invest thought, time and resources. Districts that model exceptional digital leadership often have several things in common.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. After studying the artwork of pop artist Andy Warhol, fifth and sixth grade students made artwork inspired by his creations.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Modern librarians can take charge in making their schools Future Ready. Ed note : This is the first in a series of columns from digital library expert Mark Ray discussing the changing role of librarians and the Future Ready Schools initiative. and Mooresville Graded School District in N.C.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

District’s digital conversion is an attempt to help prepare students for the world in which they’ll work, school board members say. Decatur City Schools in Alabama is considering a digital conversion that would significantly change how the district delivers education and communicates with parents.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Blackboard has launched a new K-12 platform for districts and schools that brings together institutions, parents, teachers, and learners in an integrated approach that addresses fundamental requirements for student success including school safety and security, family and community engagement and personalized competency-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

Superintendent Mark Edwards of Mooresville, N.C., Mooresville Graded School District, near Charlotte, North Carolina, has become a national leader over the last decade in using digital learning tools to improve student achievement. Is this something other public schools can do? I do think it’s replicable.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

On Monday, February 13th, the New York Times published a story which profiled Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina. They have implemented a 1:1 laptop program for students which due to its success in improving student achievement has become a model that is being looked at by schools across the nation.

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