By Madeleine Mortimore Classroom technology adoption is at a tipping point. Fewer educators are asking what new EdTech can be added, and instead are asking what’s the right edtech to add. As the number of 1:1 device environments rises, so do the stakes of finding the answer. To navigate the existing challenges and find the right EdTech, ...

By Scott Kinney Do you remember the story of Chicken Little? In the updated version of this classic tale, I recently saw an elementary school teacher deliver, Chicken Little read online that the sky is falling. Alarmed, he rushed to tell his friends who all replied, “If it’s on the internet, it must be true!”  ...

Say Hello to ET Magazine Education media has a new look, a new format, and a new way to get the word out. Instead of using paid professional writers and short, catchy or formulaic articles, this new all-digital magazine is written by the world’s top minds in EdTech. “There just didn’t seem to be any ...

By Charles Sosnik   “Still, it’s a real good bet, the best is yet to come You think you’ve seen the sun, but you ain’t seen it shine” –Frank   I was tempted to quote Dickens for this one; that trite and quite overused line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst ...

Results of the Learning Counsel’s 2021 Digital Transition Survey are being analyzed, and many results were released during a widely watched market briefing by Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen at the organization’s annual National Gathering event. 21,098 educators responded, including full and detailed responses from 373 districts, 202 schools and 819 teachers. Multi-part questions included ...

By James Stoffer A recent report from LearnPlatform shows a 40 percent increase in average products accessed by US school districts over the past year; from 1,033 in 2020 to 1,449 in 2021. Clearly, schools are working hard to solve the learning challenges before them. But sometimes, hard work is only a portion of the ...

By LeiLani Cauthen EdTech spend is expected to increase by $2.4 billion in 2021, up from $35.8 billion to $38.2 billion. 2020 spend by America’s K12 schools was captured by the Learning Counsel’s Digital Transition Survey and summarized here.  Technology Spend Increase U.S. K12 school spend on hardware and major software systems is expected to ...

By Amy Valentine There’s always a crisis in education. Covid-19 is the most recent and most significant, and it has challenged our education system in innumerable ways. But before the pandemic, there were already various challenges, both urgent and ongoing―the digital divide, lack of access in rural areas, weather-related disruptions, overcrowded classrooms, understaffed school buildings, ...