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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

Wikipedia defines IoT as a network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables these objects to connect and exchange data. The World Wide Web has transformed how we access, consume, create, and share information.

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What it Takes to Integrate Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Each elementary school in the district has a makerspace within its resource center (and the fifth-to-eighth grade students have access through a related studies course), where all the robotics activities are happening. My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I

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With $2 Million in Backing, Climb Hire Tackles the Social Ladder

Edsurge

To move beyond her current customer-service job, she’d teach herself how to use customer-management software popular with the type of higher-paid sales position she coveted. The nonprofit wing trains cohort members to become database administrators for customer relationship management tools by software provider Salesforce.

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It’s Time Edtech Conferences Stopped Ignoring Equity and Race

Edsurge

Most session tend to focus on new apps or software over deep dives into pedagogy and building better relationships. As my experiences grew, my personal learning network broadened and my perspectives became less myopic. We must be diligent about who we learn from—and who we learn with.

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ClassFlow Marketplace lets teachers buy and sell original content

eSchool News

ClassFlow , provider of collaboration software for interactive classrooms, has announced a new feature that allows teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year. ClassFlow automatically processes the sales transactions and delivers instant downloads of purchased materials to purchasers.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

It is a complex network of dynamic resources that we all acknowledge is constantly changing to adapt to the growing demand for entertainment, communication and access to knowledge. The Social Web is comprised of software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces.

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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

Educational Technology Guy

Self learning of tech and where to go for help - knowing how to search a help menu on software or hardware, where to go to find user forums for help, and where to find the manual for technology is a huge skill that many do not know about. Why do schools still pay so much for software?