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Who Does School Reform Serve?

Edsurge

For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting from 1967 to 2017 and interviewing teachers and school leaders from the era.

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K12 Technology Company Edlio Acquires SchoolInfo, Launches Edlio Access App

eSchool News

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Edlio, leading provider of technology solutions for K-12 schools, is pleased to announce its acquisition of SchoolInfo, creators of premier mobile apps for schools. Since 2001 they have worked to innovate and adapt to the ever-changing needs of teachers and school administrators.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

They collaborate to make sure the technology and services are meeting their current and future needs. This edWebinar was hosted by SETDA and sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) , Kajeet , Mobile Beacon , and Parana River Group. CEN also has redundancies built in so that if one node goes down, schools won’t notice.

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#ETTChat: Kathy Schrock

EdTechTeacher

I knew more about educational technology than anyone in the district (all learned by making many mistakes), became the Tech Director in 1997, and then moved to another district as Technology Director from 2001 until 2011 when I retired from schools. Q: What are you up to for the rest of the summer or this fall before the Summit?

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Announcing the Library 2.017 "Makerspaces" Mini-Conference and Call for Proposals.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Offering further services and methods to meet patron needs. WEBINAR PLATFORM : The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate , and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. (To We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit. Let’s see if higher ed figures out mobile-first design, as ELI recommends. ” I’ve been telling educators about the importance of mobile since 2000. post-2001) web.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

When we take the time to persuade our colleagues about adoption we are providing them with context-based application effective action which makes them more likely to mobilize greater effort than those who are not persuaded, but told. 2001) Teacher efficacy: Capturing an elusive construct, Teaching and Teacher Education 17 (2001), pp.