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An Interview with Doug Robertson, Author of "He's the Weird Teacher"

The Learning Counsel had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Doug Robertson, 5 th grade teacher, author, blogger and educational champion extraordinaire. In our interview we discussed his bo...

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

Event News

Learning Counsel Kicks Off 2018 Digital Transition Discussions-San Antonio, TX

Hot Talk in San Antonio

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

Thoughts

A Valentine - To Educators

In the February 1 st Learning Counsel event in Charlotte, N.C., one of the educators asked me what I think about what educators are doing as a body nationally.  We have been on a tour of around...

LeiLani Cauthen, Publisher

People

Playing to Win

During The Gathering, an annual event hosted by the Learning Counsel, education professionals met to discuss the events of the past year and to work together to envision the future. During this ...

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

People

Learning Group Notes – Instructional Design Committee – National Gathering 2017

During Learning Counsel’s end-of-the-year event, The Gathering, education professionals from around the country came together to learn about and discuss new developments in the rapidly evolving ...

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

Perspective

The Overweight Education Structure

It occurred to me recently that, in all the Learning Counsel’s talking with schools about the real issue being structure as the preeminent change to make in digital transition, we ought to be ...

LeiLani Cauthen, Publisher

Research

The 100+ Characteristics of Digital Curriculum

Welcome to greater understanding of what’s what in Ed-Tech! A group of interested working education executives continue to expand and refine these definitions of terms by joining the User I...

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

People

Designing the Future

The Learning Counsel met with education professionals from across the country at our annual event, The Gathering, on November 2, 2017. During this event we discussed and assessed a wide variety ...

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

Ideas

Garden Spaces for Learning

Within the last ten years, more and more schools across the country are maintaining gardens as part of their curriculum. The gardens have flourished as a favorite activity in small and large to ...

Kenna McHugh

Research

Sneak Peek Video of the Survey Results

*/ LeiLani Cauthen provides a sneak peek of limited data from the Learning Counsel National Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey 2017. Highlights include total instructional resources spe...

Learning Counsel Staff

People

Ensuring Safety for the Next Generation

During the annual education symposium, The Gathering, educators, administrators and ed-tech professionals came together to discuss a wide variety of topics related to the technological shifts ha...

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

Design

The 5 Most Important Considerations When Choosing a Standing Classroom Desk

In the last few years, standing desks have gone from being a novelty to a ubiquitous presence in offices worldwide. For adults, standing desks are the fastest-growing wellness benefit offered by...

Nancy Dellamore

People

Talkin' About User Experience

The Groups Get Together

Troy Starr, Learning Counsel Writer

Tactics

Online Teaching Jobs Growing

Online schools are reporting a steady increase of K-12 students in the last decade according to National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). More families and students consider their digit...

Kenna McHugh, Staff Writer

Tactics

Teachers Working From Home In Their Pajamas?

Telecommuting is nothing new in corporate America. For some professions, it is even becoming commonplace. The Sales Rep who lives in Texas, but has their corporate offices in California. But for...

Kenna McHugh, Staff Writer

Research

5 New Ed-Tech Dimensions in 2018

December 22, 2017 The Ed-Tech market is maturing, and starting to spend at a very fast clip.  Now that 85% of students in America have access to a computing device of some kind for a significa...

LeiLani Cauthen, Publisher, Learning Counsel

Professional Development

Targeting Today’s Teaching Pain Points

Zia Learning Zigs into the Ed-Tech Breach

Cebron Walker, Editor

Innovation

Targeting Today’s Teaching Pain Points

Zia Learning Zigs into the Ed-Tech Breach

Cebron Walker, Editor

Spotlight

Tampa Prep Students Develop Virtual Reality Apps

The Future of Virtual Reality Looks Strong in K12

Kenna McHugh, Staff Writer

Ideas

Creating Quality Digital Citizens Through Media Literacy

A media literacy expert provides tips for educators to teach students how to be better digital citizens and identify credible sources

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin


Featured Papers

The Learning Counsel presents journals, papers and briefs on critical topics in Digital Education.

Most will require registration in order to access them, but they are all free.

Three Near-Term Innovation Areas for K12
K12 human resources are crucial to utilizing the cloud successfully. Roles and responsibilities have all changed dramatically since the start of the pandemic, and a new trend to move to core co...
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
Today’s learning environments have changed markedly from just a couple years ago, prior to the pandemic. Tech devices are comprehensively in both the student and teacher hands, but are they missin...
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
Most administrators know there are still gaps remaining in their school or district’s digital transition. Recent studies including the 2021 Digital Transition Surveys for Administrators and Teache...
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
How come digital processes seem easier but are often harder to manage? A major shift to digital teaching and learning in schools has developed an additional digital traffic load for teachers and f...
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
Seeing the Levels of Chaos Helps Anchor Bringing Order Schools and districts that recently lost 4 percent of students to alternatives continued to lose students in 2021 at an accelerated pace (no...
Hybrid Logistics Security
Your district is a brand, and your network security helps power its reputation. With the accelerated move to hybrid learning environments over the past year, school districts across the nation are...