Digital Curriculum
Games. Video lectures. Interactive software. Learn more about academic material that’s delivered through technology
Reading & Literacy
Startup Aims to Customize Classroom Book Selections
While it deals primarily in print books, a new app presents yet another angle on how digital technology is changing literacy instruction in schools.
Reading & Literacy
Teaching Shakespeare With 21st-Century Technology
Can iPads, social media apps, and digital reading platforms help teenagers better engage with a 500-year-old literary classic?
Curriculum
Fedex Targeted in Open Educational Resources Lawsuit
The legal action—which focuses on academic content licensing, royalties, and photocopying—has potentially big implications for the use of open educational resources in schools.
Curriculum
Rating Materials for Reading
The curriculum review group EdReports.org last week released its first round of ratings for grades 3-8 English/language arts materials—and results were mixed.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Louisiana Offers Its Homegrown Standards-Based Lessons to Teachers Nationwide
Faced with a dearth of common-core-aligned English/language arts curricula, state education officials asked teachers to create a homegrown, online program—and made it free to all.
Curriculum
Mark Edwards, Former Superintendent of the Year, Moves to Discovery Education
Mark Edwards, the 2013 Superintendent of the Year for the U.S., is leaving the top post in the Moooresville, N.C., district after nine years to take a senior executive role in Discovery Education.
Curriculum
The Challenges in Making Ed-Tech Work, Through the Eyes of K-12 Officials
Education Week conducted video interviews with K-12 officials gathered at ISTE on the biggest challenges they face in making ed-tech work in schools.
Curriculum
Smithsonian Launches Online Learning Lab for Teachers
The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access has released a free online toolkit allowing educators to easily use its resources and collections in the classroom.
Classroom Technology
Testing Tech Products in the Classroom
New initiatives aim to help schools improve piloting of ed-tech tools and make better purchasing and adoption decisions.
Classroom Technology
Digital Learning Games Breaking Into K-12 Mainstream
The number of teachers in the United States using games in their classrooms has doubled over the past six years, a new nationwide survey shows.
Education Funding
Free Teaching Website Expands on EngageNY's Mission
The new nonprofit, known as UnboundEd, is offering teachers free common-core-aligned curricular materials and paid professional development.
Teaching
Games, Videos Continue to Make Big Gains in Classrooms, Survey Finds
Students find educational videos appealing because they connect academic concepts to the real world, and make it easy to understand challenging material, the report found.
Curriculum
Quality Learning Materials Are Scarce for English-Language Learners
Teachers and ELL experts say there is an array of problems with curricula and learning materials meant for English-learners. But they all agree on two key points: The materials are usually too simple and too disconnected from grade-level goals.
Curriculum
Es difícil encontrar materiales de calidad para estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma
Los maestros y los expertos en ELL afirman que existe una variedad de problemas con los planes de estudios y los materiales de enseñanza pensados para estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma. Pero todos coinciden en dos puntos clave: Los materiales generalmente son muy simples y están muy desconectados de los objetivos del nivel de grado.