Digital Education
The Digital Education blog covered personalized learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive testing, digital curricula, data privacy, future of work, and all things technology. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work, and digital learning.
Curriculum
inBloom Aims to Increase Data Flow Despite Controversy
The nonprofit organization hopes to create a vast personalized learning environment for every student through the aggregation of student and teacher data.
Classroom Technology
Former U.S. Ed-Tech Chief Karen Cator to Lead Digital Promise
The former Apple Inc. official plans to use her government and tech company experience to help bridge the public and private sectors.
Teaching
Education Week to Cover GSV 'Innovation Summit'
Stay tuned for Education Week's coverage of the upcoming ASU/GSV Education Innovation Summit on both the Digital Education and Marketplace K-12 blogs, from April 15-17.
Assessment
FCC Commissioner Calls for Overhaul of E-rate to Help Schools
A commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission argues that schools need more funding, and specific capacity goals, through the E-rate.
Education
Success of Blended Learning Depends on Innovation, Study Says
A study from the Lexington Institute examines ways blended learning is affecting K-12 education, for better or worse.
Classroom Technology
Ed-Tech Advocates Petition White House to Support Broadband Expansion
Petition organizers are going through a White House process to collect 100,000 signatures to encourage the federal government to support increased school broadband access.
Education
Competition Sponsored by Defense Agency Promotes Cybersecurity
The National Security Agency, one of the U.S. government's most secretive defense institutions, is sponsoring a high school hacking competition focused on cyber security.
Classroom Technology
Alaska Weighing Statewide 1-to-1 Computing Program
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has proposed a 1-to-1 computing program for his state, but convincing the legislature to pay for it could be a challenge.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Webinar: Ed-Tech Leadership for Better Schools
Participate in a free webinar Friday, April 5, 2013 on how to build stronger educational technology leadership in schools.
Teaching
Gates, Facebook Staging "Hackathons" on Education
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook are staging a pair of "hackathons" this months aimed at producing new ideas in college access, social learning and other areas.
Classroom Technology
Closing the Divide Between District Tech., Finance Officials
School districts' chief financial officers and their chief technology officers often don't share the same language or way of thinking, the leader of a national school tech group says.
Classroom Technology
School Districts, Colleges Identify Tech. Infrastructure Shortcomings
Less than a third of IT directors for school districts and colleges say their Internet connectivity is sufficient for downloading digital content.
Education
Southern States See Changes in Virtual Education
Increased access to online learning, particularly at the district level, has states working to help school systems improve the delivery and quality of online courses.
Classroom Technology
Digital Learning Now! Grades States on Ed-Tech Policies
While only six states earned an A or B on the ed-tech advocacy group's report card, 152 laws were passed in 2012 to support digital learning.