An Inside Look at Flipping the Classroom for Common Core
iPads and interactive digital tools play a key role in the schools' flipped classrooms.
See how teachers and technology staff are promoting Common Core Skills.
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William Jewel College Turns Its Library Into a High-Tech Collaborative Learning Space
William Jewel College creates a place where students can work together via wireless technology, digital signage, interactive displays and more.
See the William Jewel Pryor Learning Commons, a 21st century library that promotes interactive and collaborative learning through cutting-edge A/V. Videoconferencing rooms, interactive displays, wireless technology and social media allow students to work together on multimedia projects. The library design also accommodates BYOD.
2013 Appy Special: 13 Pro Smart Tool-belts for Your Smart Device
This collection highlights the 13 categories of mobile apps that help professionals do their job better.
2013 has been a mobile-centric year. From new tablet developments to the growing popularity of smart gear, catering to your mobile lifestyle has been never been so important. But, with all the availability of apps in the market, finding quality apps that are relevant to you can seem like a challenge–more specifically a potential waste of time. This collection of mobile apps highlights the 13 categories of mobile apps that help professionals do their job better. Whether you are an AV specialist or managing a team in the office, the mobile device is consistently one of the most valuable tools in anyones tool belts; great apps make sure that your mobile device is functioning as effectively as possible.
Passaic Schools Go 1:1, Share How They Prepared for Chromebooks In the Classroom
Professional Development plays a key role in managing a 1:1 classroom. Passaic Schools' technology staff talks about teacher training, digital citizenship and integrating technology in the classroom.
See how the Passaic City Schools prepared teachers for a 1:1 deployment of Samsung Chromebooks. The pilot teachers did 60 hours of professional development, reviewing topics like digital citizenship, managing a 1:1 classroom and more. Passaic technology coaches share their pain points and offer advice for preparing for your own 1:1.
Major Utility American Water Brings Its Security Monitoring Operation In-house.
The company realized that pieces of its security were distributed among third-parties, causing unwanted complexity and potential risks.
American Water, an utility company, has brought security in house to consolidate its efforts. Taking on this responsibility, American Water realized they needed a new control center.
5 Game-changing Trends in Unified Communications
With the latest technology, you can use your own devices, collaborate over your browser and integrate with social media.
Unified Communications is trickling down from the enterprise and becoming a robust solution for smaller organizations. Its higher-end abilities are luring users away from the sometimes unreliable Skype and Google Hangouts. UC’s growing popularity means new capabilities are quickly being added.
Eloy School District Raises Student Engagement with Samsung School
The combination of an interactive whiteboard, the Galaxy Note tablets and classroom management software creates a dynamic learning environment.
The Eloy School District Located in rural Arizona has deployed Samsung School, an integrated classroom technology solution, through a federal School Improvement Grant. The district has reported greater levels of student engagement and higher attendance rates.
The 20 Best Education Apps for K-12 Classrooms
These apps do everything from creating custom study guides to teaching students to tell time. There is even an app to keep teachers and students connected.
As mobile learning becomes increasingly popular, the role of IT director is changing. IT pros need to be familiar with tablets like the iPad, the Google Nexus and the Samsung Galaxy. They also need to know about apps that can be integrated into the classroom. It will become the job of the It department to weed through and find the best apps for education.
Creating Collaborative Learning Environments with Google Apps for Education
A NJ school district uses Google apps for online collaboration and to prepare for BYOD.
The West Morris Regional High School District in New Jersey uses Gmail and Google Apps for Education to share documents, collaborate on homework assignments, create websites, video chat, instant message and more. Since the apps work with any operating system you can use them on any mobile device and in a BYOD environment.
Panasonic Announces New Interactive Whiteboard Series
The new models include an embedded PC and multi-touch technology.
Pansonic announces the new Panaboard UB-T880 Series of Interactive whiteboards with an embedded PC. Models are either 87 inches or 77 inches and include HD audio capabilities, HDMI and Ethernet outputs, Wi-Fi and Microsoft Windows 7.
