by Lcom Team | May 30, 2023 | Blogs
Children from a young age are exposed to technology, whether it is gaming on a PlayStation or Nintendo DS, creating content on their phone or tablet, or streaming on their mobile device. Today, we’re expected to integrate technology into everything we do, especially...
by Lcom Team | May 23, 2023 | Blogs
Digital literacy encompasses a range of skills that transform the ways in which students learn, collaborate and digest information. These digital skills include things like computer operations, computational thinking and digital citizenship. By teaching these skills,...
by Shari Tomlinson | May 18, 2023 | Blogs
People typically become teachers because they love children and have a passion for educating and helping others. The problem is sometimes teachers find themselves helping too much, often to the detriment of their own health. Because empathy is a core competency in...
by Lcom Team | May 16, 2023 | Blogs
Digital literacy is having the skills to effectively use technology and to do so safely and responsibly. “Digital” refers to technology, ranging from computers and the internet to technological objects and programs such as cell phones, smart home systems, check-in...
by Christine Byrd | May 11, 2023 | Blogs
Situated between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas, Arlington Independent School District serves 56,000 K-12 students, and has offered Learning.com’s EasyTech for nearly a decade. But, driven by the shift to online STAAR testing – which would require keyboarding...
by Lcom Team | May 9, 2023 | Blogs
In 2019, 95% percent of 3- to 18-year-olds were reported to have home internet access, according to the American Community Survey (ACS). In a separate survey, researchers found that 55% of children own a tablet or smartphone, while only 30% of parents reported feeling...
by Keith Oelrich | May 4, 2023 | Blogs
This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, an important time to recognize the invaluable contributions of teachers in our lives. From early childhood to higher education, teachers play a crucial role in shaping our intellectual, social and emotional growth....
by Kelli Erwin | May 2, 2023 | Blogs
Being a good citizen in the digital world is just as important as being one in the physical world. Digital citizenship means being respectful and responsible while online, and it requires critical thinking skills to navigate various online environments. As technology...
by Karen Smith | Apr 27, 2023 | Blogs
What comes to mind when you think of a school librarian? Books? Circle time? Quietly selecting literature to read at a table? That may be what we remember from our own childhood, but the days of a cardigan wearing, student shushing librarian are now replaced by the...
by Lcom Team | Apr 25, 2023 | Blogs
For many people, “algorithmic thinking” conjures visions of a Good Will Hunting whiteboard with extensive equations and symbols long forgotten in our educational memory. For others familiar with coding curriculum, it’s an important step in the computer programming...