Classroom Technology Collection

Digital Directions in Education Week

Maria Garcia, 40, a parent in the Houston Independent School District, uses technology and other resources for a class for parents at a Parent Super Center in Sam Houston High School. The center is one of five in the district that offer parents access to digital-literacy classes and other learning opportunities.
Maria Garcia, 40, a parent in the Houston Independent School District, uses technology and other resources for a class for parents at a Parent Super Center in Sam Houston High School. The center is one of five in the district that offer parents access to digital-literacy classes and other learning opportunities.
Michael Stravato for Education Week
Families & the Community Schools Are Using Social Networking to Involve Parents
Through Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and text messages, districts are giving parents news and information about their children's schools.
Nora Fleming, November 6, 2012
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9 min read
Law & Courts Pa. Plans Less-Severe Penalties for Minors Caught 'Sexting'
The new measure would make such acts a summary offense or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances, rather than the felony child-pornography charge currently filed in those cases.
Kevin Amerman, The Morning Call, Pa. (MCT) & John L. Micek, The Morning Call, Pa. (MCT), October 30, 2012
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2 min read
Teaching Attention Shifts to Blended Learning at Virtual Ed. Conference
Keynote speeches, panel discussions, and new reports all put the spotlight on models for combining face-to-face and online instruction.
Ian Quillen, October 30, 2012
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4 min read
Special Education Center Addresses E-Learning for Spec. Ed. Students
Leaders of a new center designed to expand students with disabilities' access to online courses have expressed concerns about those students' participation in e-learning.
Nirvi Shah, October 16, 2012
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2 min read
Students from New York's Washington Irving Educational Complex line up to store their cellphones with private storage operators before entering school. Because the city school district bans cellphones in schools, many students pay a dollar a day to businesses, such as the one above, to store their devices.
Students from New York's Washington Irving Educational Complex line up to store their cellphones with private storage operators before entering school. Because the city school district bans cellphones in schools, many students pay a dollar a day to businesses, such as the one above, to store their devices.
Tina Fineberg/AP
IT Infrastructure & Management N.Y.C. Teens Pay Valets to Store Cellphones During School Hours
Thousands of students are paying a dollar a day to leave their digital devices in trucks parked near the schools as a result of the district's policy banning cellphones in school buildings.
The Associated Press, October 16, 2012
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4 min read
Students from Elizabeth Forward Middle School in Elizabeth, Pa., play a math game in the SMALLab, or Situated Multimedia Art Learning Lab, where they use images projected on the floor to create a huge game board. The school is one of six across the country using the new platform to make curricular content more interactive. The lab, which uses movement-tracking cameras, is set up in a previously unused classroom at the school.
Students from Elizabeth Forward Middle School in Elizabeth, Pa., play a math game in the SMALLab, or Situated Multimedia Art Learning Lab, where they use images projected on the floor to create a huge game board. The school is one of six across the country using the new platform to make curricular content more interactive. The lab, which uses movement-tracking cameras, is set up in a previously unused classroom at the school.
James Knox/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Classroom Technology 'Embodied Learning' Blends Movement, Computer Interaction
Some schools embrace the emerging approach, which emphasizes that students who fully use their bodies to learn are more engaged.
Mike Bock, October 9, 2012
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4 min read
BRIC ARCHIVE
Emile Wamsteker for Education Week
Curriculum Q&A: Quest for 'Digital Wisdom' Hinges on Brains and Machines
Marc Prensky, author of Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom, talks to Education Week about how to use technology to bring out the best in students.
Mike Bock, September 28, 2012
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4 min read
Maine schools chief Stephen Bowen sought political advice from advocates for e-learning companies.
Maine schools chief Stephen Bowen sought political advice from advocates for e-learning companies.
Gregory Rec/Portland Press-Herald File
States Virtual Ed. Companies Work to Influence Maine State Policy
K12 Inc. of Herndon, Va., and Baltimore-based Connections Education are both seeking to expand online offerings and to open full-time virtual charter schools in Maine.
Colin Woodard, The Portland Press Herald, Ore. (MCT) , September 18, 2012
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10 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement MTV Digital Game Models a Fantasy Presidential Election
The aim of the game is to grab the attention of teenagers and young adults and encourage them to get more involved in political issues.
Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2012
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5 min read
Osarieman Igbinevbo, 17, right, and her teammate, Miguel Zeng, 18, discover a geocache inside a disused Fire Department call box in New York City. The Global Kids program uses the treasure hunt and technology to teach students about public-policy issues.
Osarieman Igbinevbo, 17, right, and her teammate, Miguel Zeng, 18, discover a geocache inside a disused Fire Department call box in New York City. The Global Kids program uses the treasure hunt and technology to teach students about public-policy issues.
Emile Wamsteker for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Out-of-School Settings Create Climate for New Skills
The new environments serve as labs for students to improve their digital-learning and 21st-century skills.
Nora Fleming, August 21, 2012
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8 min read
Nancy Bujnowski, a French and German teacher who was laid off from Eagle Valley High School before officials adopted an online learning program, calls friends to help her make a last-minute move to Colorado Springs, Colo. She was recently hired by that school system.
Nancy Bujnowski, a French and German teacher who was laid off from Eagle Valley High School before officials adopted an online learning program, calls friends to help her make a last-minute move to Colorado Springs, Colo. She was recently hired by that school system.
Nathan W. Armes for Education Week
Education Funding Can Technology Replace Teachers?
As districts and states look for more efficient ways to operate, they are turning to technological approaches that some see as a threat to teacher jobs.
Ian Quillen, August 7, 2012
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12 min read
A boy uses his laptop at the Jose Maria public school in a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Peru has sent more than 800,000 laptop computers children across the country, one of the world's most ambitious efforts to leverage digital technology in the fight against poverty. Yet five years into the program, there are serious doubts about whether the largest single deployment in the One Laptop Per Child initiative was worth the more than $200 million that Peru's government spent.
A boy uses his laptop at the Jose Maria public school in a shantytown on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Peru has sent more than 800,000 laptop computers children across the country, one of the world's most ambitious efforts to leverage digital technology in the fight against poverty. Yet five years into the program, there are serious doubts about whether the largest single deployment in the One Laptop Per Child initiative was worth the more than $200 million that Peru's government spent.
Karel Navarro/AP
Classroom Technology Peru's Laptop Program Gets Mixed Grades
There are doubts about whether the largest single deployment in the One Laptop Per Child initiative was worth the cost.
The Associated Press, July 17, 2012
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6 min read
An 11-year-old girl looks at the Facebook site on her computer at home in Palo Alto, Calif. Though Facebook bans children under 13, millions of them have profiles on the site by lying about their age. The social networking company is now testing ways to allow kids to participate without needing to lie.
An 11-year-old girl looks at the Facebook site on her computer at home in Palo Alto, Calif. Though Facebook bans children under 13, millions of them have profiles on the site by lying about their age. The social networking company is now testing ways to allow kids to participate without needing to lie.
Paul Sakuma/AP
IT Infrastructure & Management Facebook Considers Expanding Access to 13 and Younger Crowd
The revelation by the social-networking giant spurs a flurry of both interest and concern among educators about the potential benefits and drawbacks if the company approves the move.
Michelle R. Davis, June 11, 2012
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4 min read
Classroom Technology School Administrators Seen to Embrace New Digital Devices
A survey shows that about 64 percent of principals and 70 percent of district-level administrators are regular users of smartphones, compared with 40 percent for the public.
Ian Quillen, June 5, 2012
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4 min read
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