SmartBrief is attending ISTE 2012 in San Diego, is a media sponsor for the conference and is providing coverage for educators.
eInstruction has been busy during the first half of this year supporting the launch of products such as its instruction system, Insight 360. That effort certainly didn’t slow down at ISTE 2012, where Samir Joglekar, senior vice president of global sales and marketing, said demonstrations at the eInstruction booth highlighted a new, fully integrated version of ExamView.
Interactive demonstrations allowed educators to get a feel for an enhanced version of ExamView, a tool designed to help them create, administer and manage both formative and summative assessments. Joglekar said eInstruction spent a great deal of time during the design phase working with new and existing users to simplify the interface and sharpen its focus to the features educators use the most. “Customers are telling us that they are up and running and productive in 30 minutes. (read more…)
Santos is not an enigma, but he is misunderstood.
Santos sends approximately 125 texts per day. He sneaks his phone into classes in his book bag or jacket and is online just about all day. He posts messages to Facebook during class. He looks up answers to definitions of words online. He checks sports scores, plays games, posts his location so his friends can find him easily and streams music through an application on his phone.
His teachers use technology as an event. Outside of school, he doesn’t separate technology from other activities. For him, it is air or water, something that he doesn’t really think about because it’s always available.
Santos opens books and is frustrated when he can’t click on words or pictures for more information. Santos listens to his teachers lecture, feeling strange that he can’t pause, rewind, fast-forward or have anytime access to the information. When his teachers have trouble with technology or Web tools, Santos often helps. (read more…)
SmartBrief is attending ISTE 2012 in San Diego, is a media sponsor for the conference and is providing coverage for educators.
With the goal of helping educators re-imagine their classrooms through the use of mobile technology, Atomic Learning unveiled its new Atomic Mobilize offering at ISTE 2012 this week in San Diego. Those familiar with the traditional screen-capture tutorials and how-to-use software of previous Atomic Learning offerings will see more video tips and best practices reflecting teacher and student experiences in Atomic Mobilize. Jonathon Blissenbach, director of product management for Atomic Learning, was proud to share the story of how the company went back to school to gather the information it needed to fine-tune its latest offering.
The design process for Atomic Mobilize got a boost from a 1-to-1 iPad initiative in the Atomic Learning’s hometown of Little Falls, Minn. The local district repurposed all their textbook dollars to buy iPads for students in grades 5-12. (read more…)
It seems as though being a principal has really changed. I don’t have much experience in the role compared with others — I have been an elementary principal for six years. However, day by day, it seems to be evolving into something different, which is good, because principals lead buildings that have a reputation for being caught up in the past.
For too long, school has been seen as an institution that does not change.
With increased mandates, pressure from high-stakes testing, Common Core State Standards, and teacher and administrator evaluation, the principal’s role is facing more accountability than ever before. It has always been important to get into classrooms and observe teachers and students engaged in the learning process, but we have to prove that we are truly trying to go from good to great. As much as it pains me to admit this, not all of this accountability is bad. (read more…)
SmartBrief is attending ISTE 2012 in San Diego, is a media sponsor for the conference and is providing coverage for educators.
As the evolution of education technology meets the changing expectations of education policymakers, GlobalScholar has adopted a strategy that focuses the firm’s 250 products and features on three key solution areas: Personalized Learning, Educator Effectiveness and Standards-Based Education. SmartBlog on Education caught up with Anthony Cross, senior director of product marketing, on the sidelines of the ISTE 2012 conference in San Diego to learn more about GlobalScholar’s new targeted approach.
- Cross explained that the new strategy allows GlobalScholar to harness the expertise it has already developed through its Scantron, Pinnacle and Spectrum K12 offerings. “We are in a somewhat unique position in that we have such a board range of products … scanners, assessment products, etc. … What we are able to do is take those and bring them into these broader solution areas.
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