Cellphones can be used as instructional tools inside and outside of the classroom, educator Lisa Nielsen writes in this blog post. Students can use phones to write first drafts, record oral reports and take videos of learning activities.
Introducing new tech can be one of the most effective and expensive decisions school leaders take. Nick Morrison talks to heads and technology managers about some of the challenges.
Tom Sciacca writes about the ways in which the "flipped" instructional model can help schools cut expenses. He writes that teachers using flipped instruction can effectively teach more students, allowing districts to reduce costs. To help meet that goal, Sciacca writes about the need for teachers to adopt new instructional methods and receive professional development.
One year of using classroom frequency-modulation systems helped improve the auditory processing variability of children with dyslexia, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers also noted gains in reading and phonological awareness.
Schools can deliver the kind of ICT provision they wish to until the new programmes of study come into force from September 2014. The Guardian Teacher Network has lots of useful resources for teaching the subject in the meantime.
Shoal River Middle School in Crestview, Fla., is piloting a project aimed at integrating social studies, language arts, science and math classes into a "learning community".
The software at the center of Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan schools' new way of teaching reading to elementary school students was developed by an educator now on the district's payroll.
From multimedia to geocaching, the possibilities for using mobiles to engage learners are endless. Teachers tell Emma Drury how and why they are using the devices in school.