K-12 districts expand 'digital first' initiatives, skip textbooks | Education Dive

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-01-14

Summary:

  • "Districts in North Carolina, Arizona, Texas, Maryland and Pennsylvania are among those embracing a digital-first mindset that makes digital devices the primary tool of instruction over textbooks and forces a shift in the role of tech leaders along the way.
  • District Administration reports the Vail School District in Arizona designed the Beyond Textbooks system to share teacher-created material online, and more than 13,000 teachers across multiple states have come to use the service, creating demand for a CIO as well as a technology director within the district.
  • Houston and Baltimore districts have taken advantage of pilots to implement digital-first initiatives on a smaller scale before a district-wide launch, and Pennsylvania’s Upper Perkiomen School District has saved $300,000 in two years by using free online resources instead of buying textbooks."

Link:

http://www.educationdive.com/news/k-12-districts-expand-digital-first-initiatives-skip-textbooks/434019/

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Date tagged:

01/14/2017, 21:57

Date published:

01/14/2017, 16:57