Some of the newest partner districts protecting students with Gaggle are West Memphis School District in Arkansas, Perris Union High School District in California and School District of Lee County in Florida. Five other districts in Iowa, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington have signed on as well.
The MindFuel STEM Store is an online catalog of blended-learning resources, including lesson plans and project-based activities, experiments and design challenges, and entrepreneurial and innovation skills development course material. It covers topics such as body systems, chemistry, earth sciences, energy, ecosystems and more.
For educators, the big challenge is figuring out how best to teach students not just to receive knowledge but to apply it. Educators are also experimenting with approaches like “project-based” and “student-centered” learning, that encourage collaboration and solving complex problems that have applications for the real world.
In its latest update, Verso has added Exit Tickets, a new feature designed to collect student-to-teacher feedback at the end of a lesson to enable formative assessment. Another update includes an improved teacher dashboard that enables teachers, coaches and mentors to share insights with and feedback for other teachers.
Oconee County Schools in Georgia has chosen to expand its partnership with itslearning. The district piloted the learning management system with 80 teachers and ultimately chose to roll out the system districtwide.
Johnson Controls will address aging infrastructure as part of a $3 million project to provide updates to schools within Trenton Special School District in Tennessee. The updates include intelligent LED lighting fixtures, an energy management control system, a Pathways HVAC Technology Learning Center and a STEM-focused curriculum to create energy and operational savings.
edWeb.net joined forces with Pearson on its professional learning community, Assessment for Learning. Hosted on edWeb, the site will provide an online forum where educators can learn from top experts to improve assessment practices, explore new tools and personalize teaching.
Developed by Boxlight's professional services division, EOS Education, certifications are available at three different levels: educator, expert and trainer. These certification courses focus on the tools, processes and practices that educators need most to use MimioStudio to create and deliver collaborative lessons.
Casio announced its new Superior Series of Lampfree projectors. The series is geared for classrooms and conference rooms, and offers high brightness, low maintenance and flexibility. The new suite of education solutions includes features designed to reduce set-up time in the classroom.
