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The Great Learning Management System Debate: Featuring Canvas, Schoology and Google Classroom

TeacherCast

With personalized learning at the forefront of many school initiatives, the use of learning management systems has become a hot commodity among schools. With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? Why consider Schoology?

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Creating Interactive Lessons Through App Smashing

A Principal's Reflections

Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work. For more ideas follow #remotelearning on social media. Technology, if available for your learners, can play a vital role in accomplishing this goal.

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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

Edsurge

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. In this way, the grading system is gradually steered away from reality.

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Early Edtech Giant PowerSchool Goes Public

Edsurge

It looks like the company, which offers student information systems for schools, will raise about $711 million, with shares priced at $18 each (some thought the price could be as much as $20). Last week Instructure, which makes the Canvas learning management system, went public , and Coursera had its IPO in March.

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A Guide to Picking a Learning Management System: The Right Questions to Ask

Edsurge

Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. An example of a "narrative stream" on the Schoology LMS platform. It’s what UCF’s Tom Cavanagh alluded to above with his question as to whether or not social media platforms plug into a given LMS.

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North Carolina’s Hoke County Schools Launches New Partnership with Discovery Education to Create Modern and Innovative Learning Environments Supporting Science Instruction

eSchool News

To support the district’s new 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, which specifically focuses on improving the school system’s capacity to create modern and innovative learning environments, HCS sought to enhance their science curriculum across all grades.

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Discovery Education Enhances K-12 Platform with New Games, Interactives, Career Resources, and More to Nurture Student Curiosity  

eSchool News

 Through expanded, lasting partnerships with Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Brightspace, and Clever, integrating Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform into existing Information Technology architecture is easier than ever.