A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

In a previous post I discussed in detail strategies to help ensure the effective use of technology to improve learning outcomes. These are all outcomes that any educator would (or should) openly embrace. As teachers and administrators we must be more intentional when it comes to digital learning.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Some digitally enabled K–12 schools find it difficult to provide appropriate lesson plans that can be accessed by all students, said Tim Clark, director of curriculum, instruction and digital learning at Chicago Public Schools. . JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued COSN 2019 coverage.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

When making the switch to a modern learning environment, it can be easy for K–12 schools to get distracted by the impressive array of new education technology and lose sight of the reason to adopt these tools in the first place: to improve student outcomes. Each of our 10 elementary schools has a digital learning specialist.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2018

By starting with a specific, measurable outcome , it is easier to determine a long-lasting strategy that complements the needs and culture of the school. In Illinois, Cicero Public School District 99 was able to utilize E-rate funding to provide individual Chromebooks to students as part of its one-to-one education program. .

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled Digital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation. Digital Learning During the Pandemic.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. With school budgets being planned on a year over year basis, the concern over long-term sustainability for digital learning arises.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Dugan’s educators were there to learn and tried to copy much of what Leyden was already doing. The most important outcome of our visits was that our teachers became friends with teachers at Leyden and left there with Twitter handles and contacts. In their 1:1 environment, all students in grades 3–12 have Chromebooks.

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