Blog Coverage
- Teacher Search and Rescue
- As education budgets continue to tighten across the U.S., professional development for teachers is often one of the first things on the chopping block. Yet, given the growing challenges that teachers face – from lack of classroom resources and support staff to changing curriculum to standardized testing to addressing the socioeconomic and learning barriers of their students – professional learning is more important than ever.
- Cool Tool | netTrekker Search
- Millions of educators and students have used it for more than a decade, now it’s been upgraded. Sure, it looks better – its new facelift makes it very easy on the eyes, but it’s got some brains behind the beauty: netTrekker search’s new interface provides access to more than 330,000 relevant digital resources aligned with state and Common Core standards.
- Algebra I Graphing Folder in icurio
- As a high school mathematics teacher, I understand that our subject is often underrepresented in the global repository of technology tools. However, things are changing, and Baldwin County teachers now have access to many tremendous resources, including icurio.
- The new way to deliver digital content with Knovation
- Now more than ever, providing students with the best possible education means providing them with a unique set of tools and solutions that will fit their unique background and learning style. At the forefront of this evolution is Knovation, a company that is dedicated to delivering digital content in a wide-range of different formats that will ensure that every learner's need is satisfied.
- Interview | On a New Mission with Knovation
- A pioneer in creating personalized learning solutions, Randy Wilhelm fosters dialogue, opportunities and innovation among education leaders and stakeholders.
- Know New Ideas
- Know New Ideas is a new learning community that I just found out about. This is a place where new and big ideas are generated for transforming education.
- Cool Tool | icurio from Knovation
- icurio is a digital curriculum content solution that is uniquely designed for personalized teaching and self-directed student learning.
- Districts Increase Use of Web 2.0, but Barriers Remain
- Results of a new research survey indicate growing acceptance of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies among school leaders and educators. Levels of use have improved since 2009 across several categories of Web 2.0 tools, including online social/collaborative networking.
- Trends: Digital Districts - March 2011
- The latest report on technology use in school districts is out. Findings indicate that educators are increasingly using Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies &middash; and with positive results.
- Spreading the Word on igotta by netTrekker
- I am privileged to be working with igotta by netTrekker. As an educator turned SAHM, I saw the demo and immediately longed to be back in the classroom. Because I just saw so many situations that I would have loved this product when I was still teaching!
- Akron CYC Adds netTrekker as an Elective
- Members of the Connect Your Community Corps from the Akron Urban League learned about a valuable instructional resource called netTrekker at a professional development session hosted by Akron Public Schools‘ (APS) Department of Instructional Technology (DoIT).
- Teaching 21st Century Skills
- Sometimes inspiration comes from an unexpected combination of sources. This week, we read chapters in the text about supporting student creativity and problem solving. We also looked at a very interesting web resource called netTrekker. The common denominator is that both items relate to 21st Century Skills; the skills students today need to master in order to compete in the new and future global economy.