Classroom Technology

4 ways to rethink edtech selection during a staff shortage

Superintendents must introduce technology to advance student progress without exacerbating staff burnout. It’s a careful balance that requires rethinking edtech selection in four key ways.

Empowering Districts with AI Literacy: Training Strategies for K12 Success

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 30th at 7 pm ET

Join us for an insightful webinar focused on equipping K12 administrators, teachers, IT directors, and innovation leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to integrate AI literacy into their schools. A panel of expert edtech coaches, professional development trainers, and authors will share effective strategies for training staff in AI literacy, empowering educators to incorporate these skills into their professional practice and classroom teaching.

3 Practical Strategies to Launch and Grow an Online Elementary Program

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 15th at 2 pm ET

In this 20-minute DA Ed Talk, an instructional leader with more than 16 years of experience in online education will share the ins and outs of what works for elementary students in the online classroom. With an online elementary program, helping students start on the right foot is easier than ever.

Why Personalized Learning Requires Personalized Teaching

Date & Time: Thursday, September 12th at 11 am ET

In this engaging session, Todd Brekhus—Chief Product Officer at Renaissance and a pioneer in the field of education technology—will show you why personalized learning is only half of the equation. To truly impact student outcomes, educators need the data, tools, and strategies to deliver personalized teaching by truly seeing every student in a classroom, school, and district. Drawing on decades of experience, Brekhus will explain how recent advances in technology, including AI, empower educators to deliver the personalized teaching that students need for success.

Back to School Edtech Tools

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 14th at 4 pm ET

Join five leading edtech experts. They will share the latest educational technology tools designed to enhance teaching and learning. These tools, updated with artificial intelligence, are revolutionizing classrooms by increasing teacher efficiency and boosting student engagement. Each expert will present an effective edtech tool and explain its unique features.

Transforming Education: How District Leaders are Incorporating AI This Fall

Date & Time: Thursday, July 18th at 2 pm ET

Discover how personalized learning, AI-driven chatbots, and smart assessment tools are revolutionizing teaching and learning, making tasks more efficient, and bringing joy back to the classroom, while improving communication.

9 ways state tests could be more useful to teachers

Additionally, researchers from FutureEd argue a two-tiered approach to state testing could work. Here's what that looks like.

DA 100 education influencers: Neal Weaver

Chief information and strategy officer at Santa Fe Public Schools (N.M.), Weaver is a thought leader on student engagement and the changing K12 learning environment, helping leaders create impactful strategies.

DA 100 education influencers: Holly Clark

Clark is the owner and chief learning officer of The Infused Classroom, an education technology blog designed to provide teachers resources and professional development on AI in education and other edtech innovations.

Teacher morale: How to make educators happier with AI

55% of educators say they miss school due to burnout, a new survey contends. Here is how artificial intelligence can fix that.

Ten AI-Powered Tools to Use With Students to Engage All Learners

Date & Time: Thursday, June 20th at 2 pm ET

The landscape of educational technology has transformed dramatically in the last year, exploding with the rise of AI tools. As classrooms increasingly integrate digital tools, understanding these AI tools for student use is crucial. AI-powered tools facilitate personalized learning, productivity and efficiency, content creation, assessment, knowledge building, content review, tutoring, collaboration, communication, and developing technology skills for the future. It offers instant feedback, real-time support, and deeper understanding through interaction.

Ten AI-Powered Tools for Teachers to Try Today

Date & Time: Thursday, May 16th at 4 pm ET

The landscape of educational technology has transformed dramatically in the last year, exploding with the rise of AI tools for teachers. From streamlining student feedback to creating interactive content tools, AI-powered platforms have become essential for educators. As classrooms increasingly integrate digital tools, understanding these AI tools is crucial for teachers.

Snowstorm meltdown: Remote learning software crashes for 1M New York City public school students

A rare snowstorm during Mayor Eric Adams’ tenure has resulted in deep frustration with parents grappling with remote learning technology.

Safety – Performance – Impact: Training qualified substitute teachers.

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Market-tested solutions to attract and retain top substitute teachers.

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Exciting new edtech? Don’t forget the load on teachers, support staff and IT

New education technology has literal and hidden costs, and those hidden costs should drive some changes in the way schools adopt more powerful edtech.

‘Is this an appropriate use of AI or not?’: Teachers say classrooms are now AI testing labs

Educators are trying to understand how these tools work and, perhaps most pressingly, how they can be misused.

No. 1 school priority: Making Wi-Fi and the internet an “assured resource”

Educators are working to ensure Wi-Fi and the internet are always available to support every need, every student and every teacher. Automation is a key solution.

Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in a School or District

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 1 at 2 pm ET

This webinar will bring together leaders from Prince William County Public Schools and Tulsa Public Schools to share the practical strategies that support competency-based learning, how to create more student-centered teaching environments, and how new instructional approaches can better support and engage teachers.

How to Unlock the Full Potential of Chromebooks for CTE and STEM

Date & Time: Thursday, October 12 at 2 pm ET

In this 20-minute DA Ed Talk, CTE and technology experts will outline the tools and technologies that can help district leaders deliver high-powered applications with fleets of easy-to-manage, inexpensive Chromebooks—while significantly reducing device replacement costs.

4 Ways to Create More Engaged Classrooms Districtwide

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 20 at 2 pm ET

In this 20-minute DA Ed Talk, former administrator and instructional technology leader Dr. Colleen Cannon-Ruffo will share some practical and effective strategies for how district leaders can support and motivate teachers to create more joyful classrooms that increase student engagement.

Not just “messing with a robot”: Georgia school district brings AI into classrooms, starting in kindergarten

The approach goes beyond robotics and computer science class. Teachers and students embrace artificial intelligence in nearly every subject taught, from English to art class. So far, the machines seem to be winning over students, parents and teachers, but there is still a lot to learn.

Asheville, Buncombe schools discuss ChatGPT as school year starts; What are policies?

Asheville City Schools has an AI advisory team, which is engaging in conversations about the impact of AI on teaching and learning and includes how instruction will change with the availability of generative AI.

Here are the top education issues to watch going into the new school year

From advances in technology to books being pulled off a classroom shelf, the new year is expected to bring serious challenges to educators, along with battles at the legislative level about how and what should be taught in the classroom.

In classrooms, teachers put A.I. tutoring bots to the test

Newark public schools are cautiously trying out a new automated teaching aid from Khan Academy. The preliminary report card: “could use improvement.”

New Approaches to Address Teacher Shortages

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 7 at 2 pm ET

Some 45% of public schools reported at least one teaching vacancy in 2022, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, and this trend is only forecast to continue. To address these widespread teacher shortages, many district leaders are using new ways to find high-quality, certified teachers to provide engaging and effective instruction.

“The tipping point” in education- the future of learning and teaching tools

The use of AI learning assistants has been spreading globally and is seen as a more efficient way of instructing students. The role of these tools is to learn from teachers and help them teach students by providing feedback, ideas, and suggestions on how to improve their lessons.

Two Alabama classrooms now have $60,000 whiteboards that turn into gun, storm shelters

Cullman City Schools Superintendent Kyle Kalhoff said the system “can make a difference between life or death in the unimaginable school shooter situation.”

Aligning District Goals to Drive Continuous Improvement

Tuesday, February 28 at 2 pm ET

Attend this webinar with assistant superintendent and education leadership consultant Dr. Jay Marino from the Decatur Public Schools to learn some practical strategies for administrators to establish a vision, drive change, and engage staff in the process of building a culture of continuous improvement.

Schools are banning ChatGPT but an OpenAI exec says the technology is a vital tool to improve learning in classrooms

In an interview with Time magazine, Mira Murati — chief technology officer at OpenAI, the company behind the buzzy AI chatbot ChatGPT — said schools shouldn't rush to ban the technology on their campuses due to concerns over cheating. Instead, Murati said ChatGPT "has the potential to really revolutionize the way we learn," particularly in settings where not everyone has the same learning preferences or abilities. 

At this school, computer science class now includes critiquing chatbots

Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

Georgia House aims to ease health insurance costs on schools

Local superintendents have been complaining about increased health insurance bills for employees who don’t hold teaching certificates, including bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and classroom aides.

North Texas school district is nation’s first to use new active shooter technology

When a shooting happens, sensors turn red or green. Red means you don’t want to go in that direction because the shooter has been detected. Green indicates a pathway to safety.

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