The Urgency

Written by Dr. Anna Nolin | Assistant Superintendent in the Natick Public Schools, Vice President of the WETFThe UrgencyNearly twenty years ago, the influential A Nation at Risk (Gardner, 1983) report sparked national anxieties relative to the future of American schools and their inability to keep pace with the educational development of other countries. Further, this anxiety fed worries that American schools would not, ...

Fairfield County School District has gone Google

Shared by Allen Falcon | CEO, Cumulus GlobalThe educators in Fairfield County School District in rural South Carolina are inspiring their students and providing them with an excellent education with the help of Google tools. In this video, hear from Fairfield County teachers and students about how they use Chromebooks, Google Apps for Education, and Tablets with Google Play for Education to transform ...

Education’s ‘Invisible’ Revolution

Made Available to WETF by Founding Member Allen Falcon | CEO, Cumulus Global One-to-one computing is getting a boost from an emerging technology model that combines cloud computing with easy-to-manage laptops called Web clients. The result: Some school districts say technology is finally shedding its disruptive impact on classrooms. U.S. K-12 schools are expected to spend $9.5 billion in 2012 for laptops, desktop ...

WPS School Committee Fall 2014 Technology Report

Written by Jonathan Green | Director of Technology for Westborough Public Schools Executive Summary Throughout the Westborough schools students and teachers are using technology in innovative and creative ways that improve student learning, and there is widespread interest among teachers in increasing classroom technology use. Teachers and curriculum leaders are frustrated by the many opportunities that can’t be realized because there are not enough ...