By: John Bailey Hagerston Herald-Mail October 9, 2012 Technology has led to an unprecedented around-the-clock access to information and technology at our fingertips. The digital age unfolding before us daily has changed the way we live and work, and has touched every industry from banking to healthcare to entertainment. In each instance, these digitally-enabled revolutions are…
Parents for Choice in Education and Digital Learning Now! Host First-Ever Utah Digital Learning Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2012 CONTACT: Judi Clark, Parents for Choice in Education (801) 710-2345, judi@choiceineducation.org Jaryn Emhof, Digital Learning Now! (850) 391-4090, jaryn@excelined.org Parents for Choice in Education and Digital Learning Now! Host First-Ever Utah Digital Learning Summit SALT LAKE CITY – Today, Parents for Choice in Education (PCE), in partnership with Digital…
10 Oct 2012
Digital Learning Now! Releases Second Paper in Smart Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2012 CONTACT: Jaryn Emhof (850) 391-4090 jaryn@excelined.org Digital Learning Now! Releases Second Paper in Smart Series: “Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Learner Profiles” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Digital Learning Now! (DLN), in partnership with Getting Smart and the Foundation for Excellence in Education, today released the second DLN Smart…
9 Oct 2012
Digital Learning Changes in California
California Governor Brown signed AB 644/Chapter 579 on September 26. It takes effect January 1 and will provide that online, synchronous students in grades 9 to 12 will be included in computing average daily attendance beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, if all of the following apply: The certificated employee providing the instruction confirms pupil attendance…
1 Oct 2012
Technology Revolution: Carpe Diem and Blended Learning
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25 Sep 2012
Jeb Bush to Discuss Digital Learning at 2012 Education Nation
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Jeb Bush – former governor of Florida, chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education and co-founder of Digital Learning Now! – will participate in an afternoon session on blended learning, the role of technology in education, and charter schools during the 2012 Education Nation Summit at The New York…
24 Sep 2012
Digital Learning News Updates
Nearly 100,000 families qualify for discount Internet service. Cable provider Comcast is offering reduced price on high speed Internet service for low- and moderate-income families. To qualify, the families must have at least one child receiving free or reduced price lunches at school, and the $9.95 per month plan will be locked in for as…
21 Sep 2012
Digital Learning News Updates
September 17, 2012 China is ahead of the U.S. and Germany in Use of Technology and Learning. According to a new opinion poll commissioned by Dell, the U.S. is falling behind China when it comes to technology use in the classroom. The study surveyed nearly 1,600 students, teachers and parents in China, Germany and the…
17 Sep 2012