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When Students Lead Parent-Teacher Conferences, Everyone Benefits

Edsurge

It’s conference season—the time of the year when parents and teachers meet to discuss each student’s progress. have switched from parent-teacher conferences to “student-led conferences,” in which the student, whether 7 or 17 years old, facilitates the conversation with their teacher and parent. There is another way.

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Why system transformation is likely a pipe dream

eSchool News

Key points: Public schools are part of a complicated system True system transformation will require disruptive replacement I can’t count the number of times people at an education conference have approached me and said something to the effect of, “But how do we transform the education system?”

System 101
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Now Hear This—The Future of Classroom Audio Systems

eSchool News

about the features of the new product, its integration with existing school systems like phone networks and paging solutions, and its potential benefits for teachers and students, especially in light of challenges posed by the pandemic. And we’re also integrating it with the school’s phone system so that the.

System 117
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Information Sharing at the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Digital Promise

Recently, I attended the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Portland, Oregon, hosted by NTEN , to catch up on the newest trends in educational technology (edtech) and learn about cutting-edge tools that may be integrated to boost adult learning and workforce development initiatives at Digital Promise.

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CoSN2023: 5 Themes You Won’t Want to Miss at This Year’s K–12 IT Event

EdTech Magazine

Four days of networking, learning and innovating await attendees of this year’s Consortium for School Networking conference. This year’s conference welcomes notable speakers such as author Michael Horn, who will deliver the event’s opening keynote, “From Reopen to Invent.”

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The Annual CoSN Conference Is Going Virtual

EdTech Magazine

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced on March 11 that its 2020 conference on transformational technology leadership is now a two-part virtual experience. The rest of the conference will continue virtually from May 19 to 21.

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The Annual CoSN Conference Is Going Virtual

EdTech Magazine

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced on March 11 that its 2020 conference on transformational technology leadership is now a two-part virtual experience. The rest of the conference will continue virtually from May 19 to 21.