Digital Transformation
Through a digitalization of the learning experience, both teachers and students are able to improve their skills to create a more engaging and effective education process. Here are the ways that a comprehensive digital transformation approach is dramatically shifting education in today's classrooms. Support for this toolkit generously provided by SHI.
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A 1:1 Inquiry-Based High School Shares Its VisionThanks to a new partnership with Dell, Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy will be rolling out Chromebooks to all of its students and teachers as a tool to allow inquiry-driven, project-based learning to happen, and serve as a model for other schools in the country. |
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1:1 Laptops Set the Stage for District-Wide InnovationTwelve years ago, Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) in Virginia handed out Dell laptops to the ninth-grade students at its new high school and students attending the Engineering Academy. Today, all 5,000 high school students and 1,400 teachers in the district are part of the Dell Latitude 1:1 program. |
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A Bird? A Plane? No: They're Super-Literates!The gulf between the "functional” and the “super-literate” is expanding. How will educators and students keep pace with these changes? |
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E3 and the Four Cs: eSports in K-12 EducationeSports—multiplayer video games played competitively for spectators—could soon have implications in the modern classroom. |
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Invention versus Innovation: What Does it Mean for Education?Inventing can fill a need, a void, or be an effective strategy for desired results. Innovating? Not so much. |
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Augmented Vs. Virtual Reality: Which Will Transform Education?Numerous studies have shown the strengths of both virtual and augmented reality use in the classroom. But which is the best fit for today's schools? |
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We Can Get It Right!We now have data to show how meaningfully integrated technology has facilitated learner growth. But we can do more to ensure that everyone understands this data. |
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An Updated Version of NowChanging what students experience can be a formidable challenge. It means having a vision of what you want to create and a direction for where you want to go. |
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Moving Pictures: Maximize Your StorytellingBy thinking of your learning presentation as a mini-movie, you could greatly improve the learning experience. |
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Goodbye Ms. Jones, Hello AlexaTeachers won’t be replaced by robots any time soon, but having a personal assistant may soon be as simple as saying “Ask Alexa.” |
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On the Education Horizon: Quirky Programmable ObjectsA look at some of the more interesting bots and programmable objects from the recent TCEA confernce. |
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Top Science Education Take-Aways from NSTA18The National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) Annual Conference was an enormous success this year. Here are my main takeaways. |
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