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.
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How a Large District Scales up to One-to-OneWith 210,000 students, Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools is the eighth-largest district in the country. Implementing one-to-one on that scale is no easy task but that hasn't stopped the district from moving in that direction. |
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Going 1:1 with Chromebooks and Interoperable Digital Content in Lee County, FloridaTo prepare for online testing and learning, the district adopted Dell Chromebooks and worked with content providers and IMS Global Learning to create a powerful, single login learning environment for 46,000 students. |
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Professional Development Wins the Day in Baldwin County, ALCoaching, teacher academies, annual conferences, online classes and other forms of professional learning are keys to the success of this district’s 1:1 Chromebook initiative. |
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Lessons Learned from a Decade of One-to-OneNext-generation Windows devices, wireless display, and Microsoft apps are some of the new tools that are helping New Jersey’s River Dell Regional School District get better at what they were already excelling at: empowering and inspiring learners. |
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Personalized Blended Learning Plays a Starring Role at Pasadena ISDFrom small pilots to a complete 1:1 implementation, in grades 7-12, involving Windows devices and a dramatically transformed curriculum, this Texas district is seeing great results. |
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Going Big (Texas Style) with One-to-One LaptopsHouston ISD is about to enter the third phase of its phenomenally successful 1:1 PowerUp initiative, which allows teachers in all 282 district schools to create a rich learning environment filled with project-based learning, 21st-century skills development, and coursework aligned to individual aptitudes and interests. |
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Small Pilots Lead to a Successful 1:1 Program in Hillsborough, NJFour years ago, when the Hillsborough Township Public Schools started discussing 1:1, they were determined to take a careful and thorough approach to hardware planning. Their decision to adopt Chromebooks and Android tablets grew out of three years of pilots involving a variety of devices. |
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1Two1 in Richland County School District TwoThoughtful planning and organization, a focus on equity, and choosing the right device were keys to a successful 1:1 for this South Carolina district. |
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The Proof is in the Concept at Orange County Public SchoolsFlorida’s Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is the 10th largest school district in the country. So before instituting a sweeping 1:1 initiative across the district, OCPS conducted a Proof of Concept to test the waters. |
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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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SHI's Value to Digital Transformation in SchoolsEnter North Carolina's Knightdale High School and see Chromebooks, 3D printers, teachers creating virtual field trips, and students rearranging maker space furniture. |
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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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