When looking to build an edtech team, soft skills can be vital, particularly strong customer service-oriented abilities, including effective communication and collaboration skills, excellent attention to detail, and resourcefulness.
Amy GÁ³mez began her career as an academic researcher and instructor, but left the academy to pursue a marketing career focused on multicultural consumers. After 9/11, seeking a more purpose-driven path, she spent time as a bilingual third-grade teacher in the South Bronx of New York, where she advocated for her students and their immigrant […]
The LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group are supporting a project that will help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille. The customized LEGO Braille Bricks will be molded with the same number of studs used for individual letters and numbers in the Braille alphabet, while remaining compatible with the LEGO System in Play.
A partnership will leverage GeoTel Communications' geospatial telecom datasets to deliver strategic insight, enabling EducationSuperHighway to assist the more than 2.3 million students across the nation who still lack access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning and the 1,350 schools without a fiber-optic connection.
The argument for getting student voice into decision making can be heard in discussions around the country. What if we combined student voice with design thinking, and then allowed students the same platform for improvement that we provide adults? The Student Innovation Team (SIT) concept does just that.
Wake Up Stars is a storytelling game developed by board game designer Dr. Reiner Knizia. The second game, Lily Pond, helps build foundational reading skills.
The latest K-12 edtech news from the nation's capital, including how more states are now offering edtech training and how educators are preparing to have their voices heard in the next presidential election.
Today's superintendent is responsible for ensuring that all stakeholders—in the district and the community—embrace transformative digital learning. A strong partnership with the district's chief technology officer and other members of the technology department is key.
Merit Network, in partnership with Michigan State University's Quello Center and Measurement Lab, is addressing the digital divide in Michigan with access and availability data collection, and infrastructure investment and societal impact investigation and education. Three districts will pilot the Michigan Moonshot broadband data collection project.
