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How Districts and Schools Have Been Adapting to Keeping Parents Engaged
Daniel Litwin hosts Vlada Lotkina, CEO & Co-founder of ClassTag, to discuss how districts and schools have been adapting to keep parents engaged. ClassTag is a free Parent Teacher Communication App that connects teachers and families to meet communication needs for remote, blended, hybrid and in-person learning. Vlada is passionate about supporting teachers, parents…
Australia Turns Away International Students in 2021, Welcoming AU$34 Billion dollar Dent in Economy
Few countries have been as firm with their response to the coronavirus as country (and island) Australia. By capping entry and enforcing a strict 2-week quarantine, the country recently celebrated a six-day streak reporting no new locally-acquired COVID infections, according to Reuters. Australia continues this strict course of action into 2021 as it makes the…
Class Solver Reduces COVID-19 Outbreaks through Class List Management
Class Solver, a flexible program for creating and managing class lists, has developed an algorithm that’s been proven to reduce COVID-19 outbreaks in schools by 36 percent. The feature builds upon Class Solver’s ability to customize and create class lists based on factors including behavior, academic performance, special needs and parent requests. “Managing class placement is challenging…
Examining How Students Connect Knowledge
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. In today’s dynamic global economy, one that…
New Research Released: How the Pandemic is Affecting Adult Education
ProLiteracy has released a new report, “COVID-19 Rapid Response Report from the Field,” with research conducted by the E-BAES Taskforce and EdTech Center @ World Education describing how the pandemic has impacted the adult education system. Findings are intended to inform adult educators and offer them useful suggestions for dealing with the current crisis. The research represented in the Rapid…
A Look at the True Impact of COVID on Learning Benchmarks
The nationwide STAR assessment, testing children of grades 1-8, recently released a report with its findings. According to Renaissance, the test shows a mild drop in reading and literacy, but a significant 7 percentage point drop in meeting math benchmarks. The test results estimate in weeks needed to catch up and meet the grade…
Bridging the US Manufacturing Skills Gap with Automation
The U.S. is experiencing a manufacturing skills gap shortage caused by a resistance on behalf of members of the millennials and Gen Z generations to pursue education in manufacturing skills. In many cases, high schools are no longer providing opportunities for students to learn these skills. In our recent history, there have been factory closings…
Funding Our Future with EdTech Entrepreneurship
Celebrating the leaders and experts that are powering education into the future, host JW Marshall sets out to ask the “right questions” in EdTech to understand the changes in policy and technology that will power our universities, tradeschools, and companies – and drive growth in upskilling certifications. The digital revolution has impacted nearly every…
UNC-Chapel Hill Launches an Expansion of its Digital and Lifelong Learning Platform
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is launching an expansion of its digital learning platform, increasing online program offerings from across the University, including graduate degree, certificate, and professional development programs. The goal: to help thousands of people across the state, and many others around the nation and world, gain access to a world-class Carolina…
How Universities can Use Technology in Their COVID Precautions
Across the nation, higher-ed leaders are grappling with the question of how they will ensure a continued safe on-campus environment for students, faculty, and staff in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contact tracing and location technologies play a large part in universities’ ability to monitor adherence to safety protocols such as social distancing and…
Maximizing Year-End Education Budgets
Educational institutions must maximize their year-end budgets by getting the jump on 2021. David Lopez, Senior Manager of Strategic Alliances for ScreenBeam, provided some much-needed tips and advice for educators looking to make the most of their 2020 budget without leaving available funds on the table. Lopez admitted that 2020 was a unique and challenging…
National Study Shows Online Literacy Engagement Minimizes COVID Slide
A real-time national education study of more than one million students by two leading not-for-profit education groups has found that continued engagement with technology-enabled instruction during COVID-19 school closures has significantly reduced students’ loss of potential reading growth. The Successful Practices Network (SPN) and the Center for College and Career Readiness (CCCR) released these findings…
Verizon Innovative Learning Expands to Offer 3M+ Teachers Free Tools for Digital Education
As the ongoing pandemic continues to exacerbate the digital divide in America and increase barriers to digital learning, Verizon is increasing its investment in support of remote learning with the launch of new programs to benefit technology-integrated instruction: Teacher Training Pathways and a new offering to bring connectivity to more students in under-resourced schools. Developed under the Verizon Innovative…
How to Revamp Your School’s Remote Help Desk
About the Author: Steven M. Baule, ED.D., PH.D., is an Assistant Professor of Leadership Education at Winona State University. — The impact of the pandemic on educational programming has created what will more than likely be fundamental and foundational changes to the traditional classroom environment. In general, the traditional classroom simply is not visible in…
Professional Development Gives Educators an Immersive, Engaging Experience
Today’s educators face more challenges than ever before. With the pandemic adding new layers of complexity to teaching, are our educators sacrificing their professional development to get through this time of socially distanced learning? With time a precious and scarce commodity these days and in-person training not realistic, how can educators get the professional…
How to use AV to Create Engaging Learning Experiences
Jared Mukai, Ph.D., is the Manager of AV Technologies and Special Projects at Pepperdine University. — This summer posed some unique challenges for colleges and universities across the country, as many needed to act quickly to implement the right AV technology solutions to help faculty create collaborative and engaging learning experiences, regardless of whether or…
Technology’s Role in Improving Teacher Effectiveness
The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the way teachers engage with students, but also created a unique opportunity for teachers to leverage remote classrooms to improve teaching effectiveness. JW Marshall hosted Adam Geller for an engaging conversation on enhancing teacher performance with individual and valuable feedback. Adam Geller, founder and CEO of…
How to Make Educational Content Suitable for Online Training
Transitioning from face-to-face training to online education isn’t easy, and online collaboration and training aren’t going away anytime soon. Without the right approach, online training can be dull, monotonous and overwhelming – and can even fail to have the impact on learners that spurred its creation in the first place. It requires more than posting…
How Campus CIOs can Keep Up With Rising WiFi and Connectivity Demands
If colleges and universities want to achieve their strategic goals in the digital era, they need a reliable, high-speed network infrastructure. But with the demands on campus networks growing exponentially, how can higher-education CIOs stay ahead of these requirements and plan effectively for future needs? Students and faculty now expect seamless, ubiquitous WiFi access across…
4 Higher-Ed IT Predictions for 2021
*Alison Bell is a contributing author for eCampus News and has more than 20 years of higher education leadership experience and is the Regional Vice President of Western Governors University, overseeing Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. WGU is a nonprofit, online university offering 60+ degrees in the four colleges of business,…
Starting a Continuing Education Program for Environmental Engineers
Mary Rusnak, Marketing Manager at CECO Environmental, believes that continuing education is fundamental to many industries. Continuing education is standard in medicine, so why not start something similar for environmental engineers? It was with that thought process in mind that Rusnak created the CECO Certified program. “After a lot of research, I realized that…
5.3 Million Star Assessments Show the True Impact of the COVID Slide
Renaissance has released How Kids Are Performing: Tracking the Impact of COVID-19 on Reading and Mathematics Achievement, a report detailing the learning effects associated with COVID-19 school disruptions. Designed to end the speculation and provide guidance for educators as they address learning gaps, the report is based on the results of more than five million student…
How Campus and School District IT Leaders can Thrive in the Post-COVID Era
This school year is unlike any other. More than 90 percent of households with school-age children are engaged in some form of distance learning from home, while college students are navigating a variety of hybrid remote learning environments. These new learning environments present challenges for educators and school IT leaders alike. As educational institutions of all sizes…
CoderZ Contributes to the National Computer Science for All Movement
The CSforALL movement, to bring computer science to all US students, marked a major growth milestone this week. Along with 126 organizations, CoderZ has made new commitments to advance computer science education access and opportunity for youth across the United States at the 2020 CSforALL Commitments Showcase. “In partnership with Amazon Future Engineer, we’ve committed…
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