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About K12HSN  Ed. Schools Lag Behind Digital Content Trends Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013Education Week: Casey Wardynski knew his district had to make a change when he glanced at its crop of history textbooks and spotted one glaring omission. Children's Spatial Skills Seen as Key to Math Tuesday, May 21st, 2013Education Week: Preschools and kindergartens long have taught children "task skills," such as cutting paper and coloring inside the lines. But new research suggests the spatial and fine-motor skills learned in kindergarten and preschool not only ... Here’s how to Scale School Innovation Tuesday, May 21st, 2013eSchool News: In a new TED talk, Adam Frankel, creator of Digital Promise, discusses how technology can help scale-up personalized learning and scale school innovation. Report: 85 Percent of Institutions Allow BYOD Tuesday, May 21st, 2013THE Journal: Eighty-five percent of educational institutions allow instructors or students to use their own devices on institutional networks according to a new survey from Bradford Networks. Windows XP Deadline Puts Pressure on Schools Tuesday, May 21st, 2013Education Week: Microsoft's plans to end support for Windows XP, believed to be the dominant computer operating system in K-12 education, could pose big technological and financial challenges for districts nationwide—issues that many school systems... Pilot Hopes to Draw Students to Computer Monday, May 20th, 2013eSchool News: Students in Mike Reilly’s computer programming classes could be helping to bust the stereotype of the computer nerd hunched over a keyboard, writing programs that crunch numbers and sort lists. Tests in Works for Students With Severe Monday, May 20th, 2013Education Week: Mary Skinner-Alexander, a high school special education teacher in the Sioux Falls, S.D., district, has a student who communicates by directing his gaze at printed cards. Other students in her self-contained special education class...  Report: Early Childhood Teacher Evaluations Must Monday, May 20th, 2013THE Journal: Given the unique challenges faced by preK-3 teachers, teacher effectiveness at those levels should not be evaluated on student reading and math achievement alone but should also account for how young children actually learn, according to... Principal: Educator Evaluation System Unethical Monday, May 20th, 2013Washington Post: A few years ago, a student at my high school was having a terrible time passing one of the exams needed to earn a Regents Diploma. She took the test several times, but despite her very best efforts and the best efforts of her teachers... Best Crowdsourced iOS Apps Friday, May 17th, 2013Edudemic: We’re proud to introduce you to a new set of resources we think you’ll enjoy. It’s a curated list of the best education technology resources. But it’s not just organized by us. It’s now YOUR turn to share, vote up, and learn about all. Five Ways Teachers Can Use Technology to Help Friday, May 17th, 2013Huffington Post: Thomas Edison once said, "Books will soon be obsolete in the public schools... our school system will be completely changed inside of ten years." Amazingly enough, however, one of our nation's most important inventors was proven quite... 15 Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter Friday, May 17th, 2013eSchool News: One of the fastest ways to get breaking news, and one of the best platforms for instant networking, is Twitter. Twitter is replete with people who love to discuss education, technology, and current events. > View additional articles |
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