Ariana Fine

‘Appy days

As technology becomes more integrated into schools, more than half of education professionals say they have deployed apps at their school.  This is according to...

Repurposing computers for K12

Towson University's Educycle program teams college students with high school interns to clean, run diagnostics on and redistribute 'old' computers. Refurbished devices go to...

Real-world projects guide magnet school students

Real-world passion projects inspired magnet school students in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to design sturdier bulletproof vests and faster sails, among other innovations. The students attended biotech,...

Securing sites

More than half of state departments of education lack key security and privacy protections for users, according to a recent state-by-state survey by EdTech...

Digital journalists

Going digital is easier and much cheaper than printing the old school newspaper, and it lets student journalists reach more readers. Aided by social media,...

Georgia school offers biotech pathways

Atomic absorption spectrometers. Electroporators. Nano-injectors. Micro-manipulators. These high-tech tools are not normally found in a high school science class. Yet, in Georgia, students in Paulding County...

Tech time in schools

Technology can be used to accelerate language development for ELLs, according to a recent study by Bernadette Musetti, associate professor of Liberal Studies at...

What ruled school news in 2017

Serious concerns—such as student anxiety, lunch shaming and immigration policy—shared 2017's education headlines with the whirling whimsy of fidget spinners. But what lasting impact will...

Training in virtual school classrooms

Imagine a student teacher gaining virtual on-the-job training through augmented reality. This University of Wyoming project allows college students to fine-tune their teaching skills...

School tech on the go

A custom-made mobile tech lab brings tech and internet access to the neighborhoods of low-income students in La Joya ISD (7,000 students) on Texas'...

Surveying K12 classroom tech

As the internet and social media become entrenched in classrooms, more schools teach students how to behave responsibly online and how to gauge the...

Artificially intelligent math for school educators

IBM's Watson computing system—perhaps the world's most well-known artificial intelligence technology—now provides K5 educators with a database of open educational math resources. Teacher Advisor With...

The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative dreams about drones

The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative hopes to build a drone-port and collaborative community workspace atop a coal-mined mountain. In the meantime, it's offering its...

Little Falls City School District’s Engineering by Design program

Little Falls City School District's standards-based Engineering by Design program strives to build students' resilience while developing their real-life problem-solving skills. Little Falls City School...

Top K12 stories of 2016

As we face a new year with a new president, Newsletter Editor Ariana Fine looked back on 2016 to consider the biggest and most...