Techno-News Blog. Today, teachers often face an uphill battle against digital distractions in the classroom. In particular, students tend to get sidetracked by social media, such as Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter. More...
Need a Teaching Assistant? AI to the Rescue
Techno-News Blog. Keeping up with the grade book, student correspondence, and the daily minutiae of teaching can be a serious drain. For many educators, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything well. Unfortunately, budget cuts and constraints often prevent teachers from hiring an assistant that they truly need. More...
Spike Lee to launch online class for filmmakers
Techno-News Blog. The Atlanta-born director is partnering with MasterClass, a platform that hosts dozens of celebrity-led tutorials, to educate up-and-coming artists about the craft. For $90, Lee will discuss the technicalities of writing stories, collaborating with actors, choosing music, financing and picking the best camera angles. More...
Study offers insight into the adult learner profile
Techno-News Blog. The Chronicle of Higher Education has produced a new report profiling the growth of adult learners as a critical part of the American college student profile. According to the executive summary, about 80 million people between the ages of 25 through 65 have earned high school diplomas but have not earned a college degree. About 15 million adult learners have earned at least an associate’s degree. More...
10 Tips for Up-and-Coming CIOs
Techno-News Blog. What does it mean to be a higher education chief information officer? For those aspiring to the position, it can be a daunting combination of technical know-how and business savvy, diplomacy and communication, management skills and more. More...
On Change and Relevance for Higher Education
Techno-News Blog. Higher ed institutions are facing some serious challenges to stay relevant in a world that is diversifying and changing rapidly. They want to make sure that the experiences they have designed for students will carry the next generation forward to be productive citizens and workers. More...
Top 10 TED talks for EdTech
Techno-News Blog. TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) formed in 1984, and since then, its series of short videos have revolutionized motivational speeches and the technology. With the click of a button, you can access powerful speeches that will make you help you embrace change and new ideas. More...
Microsoft Education and Open Up Resources announce partnership to deliver top rated math curriculum
Techno-News Blog. Today we are announcing the integration between Open Up Resources curricula and Microsoft Education for Back to School 2018. Open Up Resources is a nonprofit working to develop the highest quality full-course OER curricula, standards-aligned, and provided for free to promote instructional equity. More...
Scaling Investment in Open Textbooks Through the Omnibus Bill
Techno-News Blog. For the first time in nearly a decade, Congress has significantly boosted federal education spending through its $1.3 trillion spending bill. In addition to the good news for early education advocates, legislators have done more than increase higher education spending—the omnibus bill also introduces several new programs. More...
Some UNG professors are implementing free, online textbooks
Techno-News Blog. Some UNG professors are taking the initiative to keep students from breaking the bank and their backs by providing free digital textbooks. More...