By Sara Toth, When the county school board approved a 2013 operating budget last week, board members also gave the green light to a comprehensive, system-wide approach to greater digital learning for students. In its $697 million request, the board designated $500,000 for a new e-learning program that will hail the beginning of a virtual [...]
Sciota, Ill. — West Prairie School District’s three-year technology plan, approved by the district’s board of education Thursday night, includes steps to move the district towards implementing a one-to-one digital learning program that would provide students with their own device, such as a laptop computer or iPad. The plan, which is submitted to the Illinois [...]
Digital learning, teachers are the main subjects of Sen. Chip Rogers weekly legislative address. Rogers said SB 289, the Digital Learning bill, will give Georgia the opportunity to be a leader in education instead of continuing to trail the nation. The Republican senator said most of the time digital learning would take place in the [...]
The Digital Learning Act passed the Senate with a bi-partisan vote of 36-15. The bill was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) is expected to make Georgia a national leader in online elearning. “This bill would significantly broaden learning opportunities for Georgia students. Based on current virtual classes already being offered we have [...]
When Explore Knowledge Academy has its grand opening celebration in March 2012, it will become the first “iSchool” in Nevada, with a 1-to-1 ratio of iPad tablets to students. EKA students as young as kindergartners use the iPad to learn traditional subjects in math, English, social studies, and science. (To read about their experience, click [...]
The education establishment is pulling out all the stops to stifle the movement to expand the use of technology to modernize the way students learn. Digital education is a growing form of school choice. Virtual charter schools are a natural way to provide access to top-notch instruction for students, regardless of their geographical location. But [...]
I wrote earlier this month about Lamar County School District Superintendent Ben Burnett’s goal this semester of finalizing a policy on student use of iPads and other handheld electronic devices. Burnett wants to move towards eventually using digital textbooks in the district. His first step is to allow students to bring their own personal electronic [...]
The Reynoldsburg school district has taken steps this year to implement districtwide digital learning and education technology. Reynoldsburg High School assistant principal Denise Lutz, who is overseeing the development and rollout of the systems, said the focus is on improving student learning. Lutz said that since September, efforts have begun to build capacity around “e-Learning,” [...]
In an effort to curb future losses in enrollment caused by outside online learning programs, Yuma Elementary School District 1 ratified a submission of an application to become a state-approved online instruction provider. Last week, District 1 sent an application to the Arizona State Board of Education to form the Yuma Digital Learning Academy. It [...]
Much like everything else that worries the enhancement of world and development of lifestyle and understanding, the area of education has certainly seen several advancements and improvements with regards to how to better train a student, make better the deliverance of the correct knowledge, and assist in better conception and understanding of knowledge application. There [...]
