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Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District Supports Innovative Teaching and Learning with New EdTech Resources 

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. All AJUSD educators also enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

Edsurge

districts, schools, teachers and students; literacy-related frameworks and academic standards; the competitive product landscape; target user and buyer personas (such as curriculum director or librarian); and pain points for school administrators, teachers and students. on audio-only phone conferences.)

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Big question for edtech: But how do we know what’s working?

The Hechinger Report

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. That’s why after attending two major edtech conferences in a row ( SXSW.edu ) and ( ASU/GSV ), I’m heading straight for a panel entitled: “But How Do We Know What’s Working?’’.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

The articulation of academic standards for students by elected and appointed public school officials is nothing less than an expression of community values and collective future vision for the country. The post The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service appeared first on EdTech Strategies.

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1EdTech and Common Good Learning Tools Launch Major Upgrade to Database of State Learning Standards

eSchool News

The ultimate objective of CASE (1EdTech’s Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange ® specification) is to make it easier, more accurate, and less expensive for edtech suppliers to align resources and tools with state and district academic standards, therefore allowing educators to find resources that better support their needs.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Thursday with Howard Blumenthal - "What About My Job at School?" #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

of Education, author of 12 books including the recent Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Danger to Our Public Schools; Cindy Cisneros , Vice President of Education Programs at the Committee for Economic Development at The Conference Board; and Gavin Dykes , from England, Managing Director of Cellcove, Ltd.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

Edsurge

Often, the most popular apps “are what teachers are discovering at conferences, reading online, and across social media,” according to Dan Carroll, chief product officer of Clever. Another recent survey found that, on average, districts saw more than 700 different edtech products used each month during the last school year.

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