by Rachel Minton | Mar 30, 2023 | Blogs
One of the significant shifts in the updated Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Applications, or TA-TEKS, is a focus on teaching computer science skills. In fact, the revised TA-TEKS require foundational computational thinking skills to be taught as...
by Lcom Team | Mar 28, 2023 | Blogs
What’s in a journey to curriculum implementation? A lot, it turns out. When multiple educators are using the same program or application, it’s essential that they all receive the training, resources and clarity of purpose to understand the value from that program. In...
by Lcom Team | Mar 21, 2023 | Blogs
Digital literacy is the ability to understand, use, and interact with technology, media, and digital resources in real-world situations, providing the foundation for college and career readiness. Teaching digital literacy in students requires a range of specific...
by Keith Oelrich | Mar 17, 2023 | Blogs
March 14 (Pi day) marked the kickoff of STEM Education Month in South Carolina. STEM education is becoming increasingly important in K-12 classrooms. By teaching the fundamentals of science, technology, engineering and math, students become better equipped to...
by Theresa Poprac | Mar 16, 2023 | Blogs
Believe it or not, a report by Accenture showed that “the proportion of women working in tech is now smaller, at 32%, than it was in 1984, at 35%.” In 1983, while I was an undergraduate student at UCLA, I worked part-time as a computer programmer for a defense...
by | Mar 15, 2023 | Blogs
Today we celebrate Digital Learning Day (#DLDay), a day sponsored by All4Ed to highlight the digital tools educators use across the country to engage and support students. At Learning.com, we support this effort by ensuring students are provided with the skills,...
by Lcom Team | Mar 14, 2023 | Blogs
There’s no doubt that the digital technology landscape is constantly changing. What began as the ability to automate calculations and digitize otherwise analog transmission has evolved into artificial intelligence, augmented reality, nanotechnology and more. As...
by Chris Urdahl | Mar 9, 2023 | Blogs
For many, technology is a gift. For others…not so much. Either way you view technology, one thing is certain: technology is here to stay and will continue to advance. When I first attended school, we didn’t have computers in the classroom. We were lucky to...
by Lcom Team | Mar 7, 2023 | Blogs
It wasn’t not too long ago that typing was ubiquitous in computer class. Typing curriculum programs were an important focus of technology instructors who knew the burgeoning technological landscape meant students would need to be able to keyboard—and keyboard...
by Lcom Team | Feb 28, 2023 | Blogs
Technology continues to develop at lightning speed. For educators, there is more and more pressure to integrate it into the classroom; but with limited time, training and experience, many teachers struggle to do it effectively, or even at all. There were no courses...
