Shannon McClintock Miller, innovation director for Iowa's Van Meter Community School District and a featured speaker for FETC, offers startup tips for districts, and discusses how the successful effort moved from one fifth-grade class to middle and high school classes, too.
DA guest columnist, veteran educator and FETC featured speaker Rachelle Dene Poth shares options that K-12 districts can use to boost student engagement—from augmented reality science experiments to virtual field trips.
Academic Esports Conference speakers Dr. Kristy Custer, principal, and Michael Russell, teacher, at Complete High School Maize offer tips on remote instruction and gaming.
As schools add new technology and turn increasingly to online learning, educators will need to fine-tune messaging to parents about screen time—because "engagement" no longer serves as the sole reason for ed tech adoptions.
Using technology to personalize learning for inpatient and day hospital program students is important to maintain engagement and connection, says DA guest columnist Emily Hersh, superintendent of Mount Pleasant Blythedale Union Free School District in New York.
Districts of Distinction honoree Cherokee County School District is bringing game-based learning into the classroom (and online during school closures) by providing extensive training and PD.
Here are four K-12 districts being honored as Districts of Distinction runners-up for incorporating education technology in professional learning and in the classroom.
A previous Districts of Distinction honoree obtains contact information remotely from an in-house data warehouse to help students during the coronavirus pandemic.
