SETDA Says

Posts from category

• Need Digital Learning Resources? Leverage SETDA’s Guide to Implementing Digital Learning

  January 28th, 2015 by Christine Fox

  Successful digital learning implementation can meet a broad range of goals, including supporting the academic needs of students to ensure that they are college and career ready. As districts strive to implement or upgrade students’ digital learning experiences, a variety of factors impact implementation including planning, professional learning, software and digital content, infrastructure, devices, pedagogy […]

  No comments yet

• SETDA in 2014: Year in Review

  December 18th, 2014 by

  As the calendar year draws to a close and we take time to celebrate family and the holiday season, all of us at SETDA want to wish you a happy, healthy, and productive new year. Over the course of 2014, SETDA worked with you to identify and shed light on emerging issues, share best practices […]

  No comments yet

• State Instructional Materials Leadership and the K-12 OER Collaborative

  November 19th, 2014 by

  As states have become more aware of the advantages of open educational resources (OER), they have taken a variety of steps to raise awareness among school districts and to speed their adoption via high-profile initiatives and projects. Whether it is Utah creating science OER, or Washington leading statewide efforts to discover and vet OER, or […]

  No comments yet

• SETDA in the News: October 2014 Round Up

  November 18th, 2014 by

  October was a particularly busy month for SETDA as we hosted our annual Leadership Summit and Education Forum from the 26th-29th in the Washington, DC area. Our annual Leadership Summit is a unique event designed by and for state and national education leaders, focused on the full range of policies and practices necessary to advance […]

  No comments yet

• SETDA Applauds FCC Chairman Wheeler’s Commitment to Addressing School Broadband Needs

  November 17th, 2014 by

  FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced his intent today to take another bold step forward in modernizing the E-rate program. The first step was taken by the FCC in July 2014 after a year of deliberations. In endorsing the SETDA school broadband recommendations, the FCC voted in July 2014 to establish clear goals for the […]

  No comments yet

• ConnectED Back-to-School Webinar Recap

  September 22nd, 2014 by

  On September 11, 2014, SETDA hosted a ConnectED Back-to-School Webinar as a follow up to SETDA’s ConnectED Private Sector Showcase in June. During the webinar, Richard Culatta, Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education provided an introduction to the ConnectED program and the companies that have committed $2 billion in educational technology resources […]

  No comments yet

• SETDA in the News: August 2014 Round Up

  September 15th, 2014 by

  The summer months offer a bit of a respite to the education policy and practice world and many of us on the SETDA staff took some time off to recharge our batteries for what promises to be an exciting 2014-15 school year. Nonetheless, in this 24/7 world of new media publishing, SETDA news and views […]

  No comments yet

• Hawaii’s Access Learning 1:1 Pilot – Year One Successes

  September 3rd, 2014 by guestuser

  Another in an occasional series of guest posts, we are pleased to feature the work and voices of SETDA members. Today’s post comes from Stephanie Shipton, currently serving as an Institutional Analyst in the Office of Strategic Reform at the Hawaii Department of Education. Across the country, schools are starting to implement 1:1 initiatives. In […]

  No comments yet

• Idaho Technology Pilot Project

  August 13th, 2014 by guestuser

  Another in an occasional series of guest posts, we are pleased to feature the work and voices of SETDA members. Today’s post comes from Alex MacDonald currently serving educators across Idaho as the Director of Instructional Technology at the Idaho State Department of Education. Over the past two years, the Idaho Legislature  has appropriated $6 […]

  No comments yet

• Voices in Support of E-Rate Modernization

  July 8th, 2014 by

  Friday is a big day that will shape digital learning opportunities in schools and classrooms for years to come. The FCC will consider a Report and Order (R&O) that would advance E-rate modernization by expanding support for Wi-Fi connectivity in schools and libraries. If the R&O is adopted by a majority vote in something similar […]

  No comments yet