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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). Twitter as a classroom resource, you ask? Where did I turn? Classroom Use.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox Learning? 

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced it has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning® , a PK-12 education technology provider serving more than 6 million students and 600,000 educators nationwide.

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10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We took our school from a physical school on a Friday to a distance learning campus by Monday. I also know that that I too have a lot to learn, even though I’ve been teaching online since 2006 and have collaborated globally for years.

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National Bullying Prevention Month–October

Ask a Tech Teacher

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again.

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National Bullying Prevention Month

Ask a Tech Teacher

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires DoodleLearning

eSchool News

For more information about Discovery Education’s award-winning digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com , and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn. . ® The firm’s core target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires Pivot Interactives

eSchool News

Through our acquisition of Pivot Interactives, Discovery Education is now better positioned to broaden our impact by providing our partner school systems access to phenomena-based, active learning tools.”. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories.