Teachers are using Google’s Classroom to manage workflow with their students, but some technology directors think the tool distracts from their districts’ learning management systems.
Smaller tablet vendors reported an increase in global sales in the second quarter of 2014, according to research from IDC.
Purchases of instructional materials fell by 4 percent in the 1st quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, possibly because of districts’ uncertainty about the common-core implementation, according to the Association of American Publishers.
Twenty-five percent of high school students in school wide Title 1 programs said they had a school-provided tablet, while 13 percent of non-Title 1 students had that type of device, according to a Project Tomorrow survey.
Mobile hotspots are helping several school districts bridge the technology gap faced by students who lack home Internet access.
Nearly two-thirds of Michigan’s districts are contracting out at least one of three main support services, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Sales of education publishers’ print and digital K-12 products jumped 7 percent in 2013 over the previous year, according to the Association of American Publishers.
State policymakers are poised to fund early childhood education at unprecedented levels, opening the door to businesses serving the pre-kindergarten market.
By the end of 2013, total shipments for tablets in the education marketplace are expected to exceed 3.5 million units, with Apple’s iPad dominating.
The most popular courses offered by ‘MOOC’ provider Coursera in China include classes on modeling, finance, machine learning, and math.