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.
A flexible plan that leverages existing tech resources and focuses on communication is key, say DA guest columnists Mark D. Benigni and Susan O. Moore, of Meriden Public Schools. They share their strategy—plus seven implementation tips.
Screen time, social media, video games and various other online and digital activities are pretty much the only way students can maintain social lives under stay-at-home orders.
All screen time is not created equal, notes Chief Technology Officer Rich Boettner of Hilliard City Schools in Ohio, which has been a trendsetter managing student devices.
Can students survive an entire school day without their smartphone screens? How about a whole school year? The answer is a resounding yes in at least two districts.
Top administrators, faculty and gaming experts who will be at the show are highlighted in a preview of the October Academic Esports Conference and Expo.
Paladina Health Chief People Officer and DA guest columnist Allison Velez shares seven tips to help K-12 districts prepare—and encourage educator input.
The sheer number of schools that switched to online learning due to the coronavirus has proved the importance of 1-to-1 learning, and with scientists predicting another wave of COVID-19 in the fall, many school leaders whose districts do not yet have a 1-to-1 program want to start deploying devices as soon as possible.
Students have been tasked with digesting the loss of school as they knew it and getting used to meeting new expectations at home and in the remote classroom. DA guest columnist Christine Ravesi-Weinstein shares how educators can help.
