What happens when over 100 passionate educators converge in Chicago to celebrate two decades of educational innovation? A few weeks ago, I had the thrilling opportunity to immerse myself in the 20th ...
This week is Digital Citizenship Week, highlighting the importance of helping kids, families, and teachers navigate the 24/7 digital world and creating a positive culture around technology use. More ...
When the pandemic prompted schools to quickly shift to distance learning last spring, educators became responsible for using online technologies to teach students. This was the first time that many ...
Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her experience includes education and community news coverage for the Syracuse Post-Standard and international news reporting for the Pulitzer ...
NEED TO TALK TO OUR KIDS ABOUT ONLINE SAFETY AND WHAT THEY’RE ON, RIGHT? BUT LET’S BE REAL, IT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE. WESH 2’S LINDSEY SABLAN FOUND A SCHOOL TAKING ON THE TASK IN HOPES OF HELPING ...
Mari Copeny, from Flint, Mich., introduces herself atop a table during a meeting of young activists and leaders of education and technology organizations at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
Third grader Zoey Johnson (center) explains what she has learned about digital citizenship to the class at Center Woods Elementary in Weare. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff Third-grader Zoey ...
Move over Itsy Bitsy Spider. Here’s a nursery rhyme for the 21st century: “Sometimes with technology, balancing’s hard to do. … Too much of something can make you sad or blue.” That ditty—popularized ...
Judy Keller is a technology training specialist for the Penn Manor School District in Pennsylvania and has worked as a leader for PAECT and Google Education Groups. She became a Google for Education ...