FETC, one of the nation’s largest education technology conferences, opens in Orlando this week. StateImpact Florida will take a look at how state schools are trying to meet requirements to integrate more technology in lessons. _______ Today’s status symbol in classroom technology is the interactive white board. For teachers who have one, it’s a flashy […]
FETC, one of the nation’s largest education technology conferences, opens in Orlando this week. StateImpact Florida will take a look at how state schools are trying to meet requirements to integrate more technology in lessons. _______ Facing a 2015 deadline to add more digital textbooks and materials to classroom instruction, Orange County schools chief operations officer […]
With Florida schools looking to add more technology to their lessons, FETC opens in Orlando this week. FETC is one of the nation’s largest education technology conferences. About 10,000 educators will meet to talk about trends, swap ideas and check out hundred of companies presenting their newest products. It’s a chance for Florida school districts […]
FETC, one of the nation’s largest education technology conferences, opens in Orlando this week. StateImpact Florida will take a look at how state schools are trying to meet requirements to integrate more technology in lessons. _______ When 12th grade English teacher Mariolga Locklin’s students started thinking Shakespeare was nothing but an old fogey, she told […]
About 600 Miami Dade students are learning to read using an iPod Touch and an app which allows teachers to listen to and track a student’s performance — or receive help from tutors across the country. The Innovations for Learning initiative started as a pilot last year in a handful of classes. It’s now being […]
As Florida works its way toward the digital transition in classrooms by 2015, a publication is questioning whether the potential health hazards are worth it. Dumping textbooks for technology won’t be a problem for most students, who’ve grown up with cell phones and iPods. Some adults, however, are having trouble with the change. Three organizations […]
Election Day isn’t keeping the State Board of Education from meeting this week in Boca Raton. The panel has a full agenda on Election Day that includes a discussion of whether to appeal court rulings in two lawsuits: Teacher evaluations – The Florida Education Association and two named teachers sued the State Board of Education […]
The State Board of Education had a day-long meeting in Orlando Tuesday. Here are the highlights: The Board approved a plan by the Florida Department of Education to ask lawmakers for $15.2 billion in spending next fiscal year. That’s a 4.4 percent increase over the current year. The Board figures the state’s transition to digital […]
Kindles or other electronic devices will soon replace textbooks in classrooms. New requirements mean Florida students will use digital textbooks by 2015. Some districts have already started making the change. In Pasco County, where there’s a textbook shortage, the district opted to spend money on digital copies of books this school year. The problem is […]
A digital production company that helps the St. Lucie County School District with design software for digital media programs is closing up shop. Digital Domain Media Group has filed for bankruptcy and is being sold to a private firm for $15-million. That’s less money than the company received in incentives to come to Florida. Digital […]
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