by Lcom Team | Nov 30, 2021 | Blogs
Most K-12 schools are providing keyboarding for students, but why is this skill so important? In the following article, we discuss the importance of keyboarding and how it supports students not only in education, but also in future careers. Importance of Keyboarding...
by Keith Oelrich | Nov 18, 2021 | Blogs
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. The Thanksgiving holiday is always a great celebration with the “4 F’s” — Family, Friends, Food, and Football. For years we’ve had a long tradition of a Turkey Bowl—played in the mud on a field in Seattle with a...
by Jess Hall | Nov 10, 2021 | Blogs
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the District Administration Leadership Institute’s Superintendents Summit hosted in Tucson. This was my first DALI presentation, so I was really looking forward to the event, and I was not disappointed. I was...
by Christine Byrd | Nov 4, 2021 | Blogs
When Learning.com first published “In Pursuit of Disruptive Tech Integration for Meaningful Learning” in 2019, none of us had any inkling of the enormous disruption lurking just around the corner. While the COVID-19 pandemic was certainly not an edtech innovation, it...
by Lcom Team | Oct 28, 2021 | Blogs
Keyboarding has become a crucial skill for students. It is used regularly for the completion of school assignments, recreation and will eventually be required for job hunting and careers. Being able to type effectively and efficiently will help the student to be more...
by Keith Oelrich | Oct 26, 2021 | Blogs
Fake News. Media Bias. Disinformation. Polarization. Post-truth. These are all terms which have seen increasing use over the past several years. Digital communications have the power to provide tremendous opportunities for improvements in the lives of billions of...
by Christine Byrd | Oct 19, 2021 | Blogs
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and October 18-22 is Digital Citizenship Week. Given how much time students spend online, the need to be taught how to recognize cyberbullying, and how to address it when they see it. Here are seven statistics to help you...
by Christine Byrd | Oct 14, 2021 | Blogs
While it’s often celebrated as a powerful tool for problem-solving, and as a foundation for coding, computational thinking is actually much more. There are four key types of computational thinking: Decomposition. Break the problem down into smaller, more manageable...
by Lcom Team | Oct 12, 2021 | Blogs
In our increasingly digitized world, many emerging careers rely more and more on technical computer skills, including coding. This means coding is becoming a crucial part of a future-ready curriculum for students. Besides creating a knowledge base for future learning,...
