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Jennifer Roland

Jennifer Roland is an experienced ed tech writer, having worked on various ISTE publications for 12 years before striking out on her own. Her work has appeared in Ed Tech: Focus on K-12, NPR-affiliate KQED’s education blog MindShift and edCetera. Jennifer’s first book, "The Best of Learning & Leading with Technology," was published by ISTE in 2009. Follow her posts about ed tech and marketing at edtechcopywriter.com. Follow her on Twitter: @jenroland

Posts By Jennifer Roland

An interactive digital curriculum helps keep students engaged.
Teaching with Tech

Interactive Digital Curriculum Starts With the Right Content

Find out what makes an interactive digital curriculum effective for both students and teachers.

Special education technology has the power to provide the optimum support that students with special needs require to participate and learn along with their mainstream peers.
Video Teaching with Tech

How Special Education Technology Improves Learning

A look at the different ways to use special education technology to support students with special needs, especially in a mainstream educational setting.

A digital curriculum can help schools provide differentiated instruction and a more personalized learning experience for students.
Education

Paper to Digital: Transforming Your Lessons Into a Dynamic Digital Curriculum [VIDEO]

A digital curriculum can better engage students and help teachers spend less time on grading and more time on guiding students through learning.

Though the move to a digital curriculum is challenging, it is well worth the effort.
K-12 Tech

Considerations for Transitioning to a Digital Curriculum [VIDEO]

Digital curriculum resources bring new possibilities to classrooms, but they need to be deployed with proper planning and professional development.

Digital signage in higher education can help keep your campus informed and your students engaged.
Digital Signage

Digital Signage in Higher Education: Keep Your Campus Informed

Looking for a way to communicate, build community and enhance your degree programs? Look at innovative ways to use digital signage in higher education.

As schools look for ways to integrate coding into K–12 curriculum, Samsung Chromebooks make the process approachable but also provide the power to create great apps.
Video Teaching with Tech

Teaching Students to Code for Android

Want to bring coding into the K–12 classroom? Samsung Chromebooks and MIT's App Inventor open app creation and computer programming to everyone.

Mobile devices in the classroom can be a blessing and a curse. Learn how to make the most of them.
K-12 Tech

Keeping Control of Mobile Devices in the Classroom

Classroom management tools, along with good examples and lesson design, can help teachers keep students on task when using mobile devices in the classroom.

Classroom technology brings many advantages to the classroom, but it also brings a new set of challenges for teachers.
Teaching with Tech

The Importance of Classroom Technology Management in One-to-One Environments

Worried that classroom technology will make it impossible to keep students on task? Read best practices for classroom management in tablets environments.

Last Mile Health Community Health Worker Using Healthcare Technology
Healthcare

How Healthcare Technology Is Helping Health Workers Fight Ebola

Mobile healthcare technology helped Last Mile Health's workers combat the Ebola crisis in Liberia, allowing them to assess symptoms and select treatments.

Case Studies Education

Go Beyond the Classroom: The Benefits of Tablets in Education [CASE STUDY]

Former Harvard University president Derek Bok once said, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Planning special projects like field trips or integrating