digital learning

The Art of Procurement: Balancing Price versus Performance

The Art of Procurement: Balancing Price versus Performance

Jun 25, 2015

Do you think of procurement in the same way you think of purchasing? Explore procurement strategies in today’s world of transparency and accountability, coupled with public funds in a school setting. How you shop for solutions can be as important if not more important than how you buy. Is leasing computer equipment a good idea? Is price the most important factor? In this edWeb.net webinar presented by the Essential Elements for Digital Learning community, project management and implementation was discussed.

Picture This: Imagery as Assessment Tools

Picture This: Imagery as Assessment Tools

Mar 17, 2015

Digital imagery offers countless new opportunities for teachers to assess student understanding. In this webinar, Sara Torpey considered practical approaches to both formative and summative student assessment that can be used immediately!

Igniting Digital Writers in the Classroom

Igniting Digital Writers in the Classroom

Feb 23, 2015

Are you tired of hearing, “How many sentences or paragraphs must we write?” Do you want to spark your students’ passion for writing? Are you looking for new ways to engage and inspire your students’ writing?

Picture This, Take Two: Weaving Digital Imagery into Everyday Teaching

Picture This, Take Two: Weaving Digital Imagery into Everyday Teaching

Jan 26, 2015

Interested in the many ways that digital images can be used to build critical thinking skills and student collaboration? Wondering how digital images can deepen and strengthen the learning going on in the classroom or library? In this session, Sara Torpey shared simple, practical strategies for incorporating digital images into everyday teaching!

Top 5 Digital Tools of 2014

Top 5 Digital Tools of 2014

Dec 15, 2014

What are the top apps, websites, and games for learning of 2014? In this webinar, Common Sense Graphite Certified Educator, Dr. Ruth Okoye, shared five of the top tools for 2014 by Graphite. Ruth demonstrated Shadow Puppet, Prodigy, Newsela, eduCanon, and Curriculet and gave specific examples of how to use them with students.

Picture This: Engaging Students with Online Images

Picture This: Engaging Students with Online Images

Nov 3, 2014

How can images you find online be used with students to spark curiosity and learning? Britannica Digital Learning’s Sara Torpey explored ways that you can engage your students with online images. Classroom teachers and school librarians – experienced and novice alike – participated in a discussion of ways to put photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, and other educational images to work, increasing the rigor and demand of Common Core-aligned lessons and activities at all grade levels.

Adaptive Math Learning Community Launch: Separating EdTech Fact from Fiction

Adaptive Math Learning Community Launch: Separating EdTech Fact from Fiction

May 28, 2014

Every math educator has seen first-hand evidence that student understanding of mathematics is far from where we’d like it to be. And in the world of EdTech, educators have seen the term “adaptive learning” become increasingly popular as companies try to support student learning in mathematics with new technologies.