Tag: educational technology
It’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day!
By Guest Blogger on February 21st, 2013
Our Corporate Communications intern Erin is guest blogging today! As a part of Engineer’s week, She did a little reconnaissance work to find out more about female engineers. In celebration of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on Februarymore… full post
Should your students have laptops or tablets as their main tool?
By Alex on February 19th, 2013
Wayne D’Orio, Editor of Scholastic Administrator Magazine, shares the pros and cons of students using laptops and tablets. Every once in a while, a decision of great import presents itself, forcing you to stop to consider themore… full post
Digital Learning Day and Mad Libs!
By Alex on February 7th, 2013
Yesterday was Digital Learning Day! Embracing technology and supporting teachers and leaders who adopt technology in the classroom is a big part of what Digital Learning Day is all about! It is also what motivates us here at Scholastic to createmore… full post
Common Sense for the Common Core
By Suzanne on January 16th, 2013
Editor-at-Large Suzanne McCabe introduces Scholastic’s new website on the Common Core. It’s a big day for us at Scholastic. We just launched a new Web site with great resources for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), including: • amore… full post
The 5s: Teachers to follow on Pinterest
By Megan on December 12th, 2012
As we close out 2012, we’re looking back on the great things in social media and tech that caught our eye this year. We’re calling it The 5s! Today, it’s the 5 teachers to follow on Pinterest. I’m no closet pinner. I think Pinterest is onemore… full post
Margery Mayer: AEP Hall of Famer
By Tyler on November 29th, 2012
What a fun morning it was for us here at Scholastic. Margery Mayer, the visionary and inspiring leader of our Education division, was inducted into The Association of Educational Publishers “Hall of Fame” at a breakfast event in midtownmore… full post
What’s next for YA and teen publishing?
By Scholastic on November 28th, 2012
This morning, Ellie Berger, President of Scholastic’s Trade Publishing division, addressed members of the publishing industry at a Publishing Perspectives forum held at Scholastic. The topic of her address was “What’s next for YA and teenmore… full post
A DIY project: using Scholastic’s celebrity Bookprints in school
By Megan on November 26th, 2012
We love when parents and teachers share with us stories about how they use our books, products or programs at home or in the classroom. When a mom posts on her blog about how she loves using Storia with her child who is learning to read, or amore… full post
Using data to motivate: The “quantified student”
By Tyler on November 14th, 2012
In a tiny classroom on the fourth floor of a nondescript school building in the South Bronx, four struggling KIPP Academy students huddled with their reading teacher for an important strategy session. The second of four such sessions scheduled formore… full post
The Class of 2025: Technology, the great equalizer
By Tyler on October 24th, 2012
In honor of the children of the Class of 2025, who have just begun their educational journeys this fall, Scholastic has commissioned a five-part series of articles called “Closing the Gap Before it Begins.” Join 10 leaders, scholars, andmore… full post
