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App of the Week

An award winning ed-tech platform that teaches kids the fundamentals of coding

Parent Choice Awards winner, codeSpark Academy, is the #1 learn-to-code gaming app for children, making education look and feel like play. The platform teaches kids aged 4-9 years-old the ABCs o...

App of the Week

Fun online game that teaches kids coding using a real programming language

Formats: Website + mobile site for tablets only (no app, just go directly to the website using the chrome/safari app on the tablet).

Industry News

codeSpark Academy Teams With Peanuts Worldwide To Launch Debut Learn To Code Game, Snoopy Snow Brawl

The free game will be featured during Computer Science Education Week’s Hour of Code initiative from December 4 -10th

Industry News

The Virtual High School Announces Computer Science Education Initiative; Participates for Second Year in CSforALL Summit

On October 17, The Virtual High School (VHS, Inc.), joined the national computer science (CS) education stakeholder community at Washington University in St. Louis (MO) to mark progress on the...

Industry News

CodeMonkey Announces Winners of National Coding Competition

Ten elementary and ten middle school teams from more than 20 participating states in the U.S. named winners in Code Rush coding competition

Industry News

National Coding Competition for Grades 3-8 Launched

20 winning teams of ‘Code Rush’ will receive best selling coding books for children and official trophy

Video

Horizon Room Season 2, Episode 1: Guess What, Coding is Core

Hosted by Chris McMurray, Chief Academic Officer at Learning Counsel News, this webinar features: Ellen Palmer, Program Administrator of Educational Technology, Pomona USD, CA Tammie Schra...

People

Vernier Software & Technology: Coding and STEM Education Engages Students in Problem-Solving Activities

David Vernier and his wife Christine Vernier founded Vernier Software & Technology 38 years ago before the concept of educational technology ever existed. David spent several years as a Phys...

Innovation

Bringing Robots to the Center of Learning

How Coding, Programming and Robotics Prepare Students for World Readiness

Event News

What’s Hot in Education in 2017

Coding, Making, Personalizing Teacher PD hot topics at TCEA 2017

Perspective

Is Your School Culture Toxic?

Tom Murray on Dynamic Leadership and Letting Teachers Take Risks

Perspective

How SEL Supports STEM Learning

From coding robots to 3D printing, STEM subjects can be challenging, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. They can also prepare students for various career paths, equipping them with concr...

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...