If you work in today’s school districts, you’re no stranger to IT budget pressures. Some districts get their budgets slashed year after year, while others just have to do more with less—every day. How do you move your district ahead with new technologies and applications, when...
Institutions of higher education have typically been at the forefront of academic innovation. The pursuit of an open and free-thinking campus has led many universities to cultivate an environment primed for developing new methods of teaching. Advancements in technology can greatly assist this goal by adding new teaching instruments and avenues to...
Schools now have access to technology that uses robots to stream content onto their classroom computers or TVs. This could radically change how teachers relay information and give them access to new kinds of material. Music teachers could use a robot to share the experience of a live concert with their students. Science teachers could show their st...
The goal of any new piece of educational technology is to facilitate the learning experience. Sometimes that can mean diversifying the method in which material is presented to students to take advantage of the different ways people absorb information. Much of the focus of burgeoning technological advancements in the education field is centered on p...
“I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” — STEVE JOBS, THE LOST INTERVIEW
The reality is, technology is part of our every day lives, whether we like it or not. It's so integrated, we probably can't imagine life without it anymore—let alone making...