A recent report released by Common Sense may give pause to the concept that digital products are the means to increase achievement for students in schools serving lower-income areas. The report surveyed 1,200 teachers from across the country and found that 12% said the majority of their students have no computer or Internet access at home. Homework is still an issue when a digital connection is not available.
Being on Facebook certainly has its pros and cons for students and parents alike. While many schools have strict policies against Facebook use at school and for teachers, some are moving towards using it as tool for school-to- home communication...
Is your school looking for ways to expand and deepen communications with parents? eSchool News recently featured an article on how two districts are trying to use technology to foster two way communication in new and different ways...
An excellent handout on bullying behaviors for parents was recently made available to download from the Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, California.
An excellent handout on bullying behaviors for parents was recently made available to download from the Glenview Elementary School in Oakland, California.
The policy debate over smartphone use in school is one that has been ongoing. The Edutopia Mobile Learning blog recently posted an excellent summary of how teachers are using smartphones to engage students and promote learning.
ClassDojo is a classroom management system designed to help teachers improve student behavior. Positive and negative feedback points can be awarded in real time for behavior in class and teachers can create reports using the data for parents and students to access...
The New York Times recently posed a question on Facebook about the role of schools in regulating the off-campus and online behavior of their students...
Undoubtedly your child’s school has an acceptable use policy that lays out the dos and don’ts of technology use at school. While having such a policy in place is important, Andrew Marcinek points out in his blog post Digital Citizenship: Developing a Culture of Trust and Transparency that schools may want to change the semantics of such a document to reflect the positive use of technology rather than the negative...
As some schools continue to roll out one-to-one device programs, they also are stepping up their Internet filters to ensure students have restricted access to some sites and inappropriate content...