CTE Career Journeys – Digital Designer

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Career Journeys series is aimed to shed light on current career trends as they align to student career clusters. In this series installation, we have interviewed Stephanie Cwalina, a Digital Designer in the Arts, A/V Technology & Communications career cluster. Stephanie shares with us the career journey that lead her to her current role with Eaton Vance. She dives into how her current role interfaces with other job functions,

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CTE Career Journeys – Marketing

The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Career Journeys series is aimed to shed light on current career trends as they align to student career clusters. In this series installation, we have interviewed Francesca Quinn, the Global Head of Marketing Technology in the Marketing career cluster. Francesca shares with us the career journey that lead her to her current role with the Cloud Communications Division of NTT. She dives into how her current role interfaces with

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What can I do on a Chromebook? (for Microsoft Office® courses)

Teaching Microsoft Office® on a Chromebook is not ideal, but thousands of teachers are forced to teach this software course on machines that can’t download the software due to e-learning models this year. Luckily, Cengage offers tools that make learning Microsoft Office® and preparing for Microsoft Office Specialist and Expert exams possible this year including Office ONLINE projects, Microsoft Office® simulations, and Digital Literacy skills. The problem – no hard drive means no downloaded Office

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Keeping Students Connected, Focused, and Engaged During Remote Learning

A friend of mine is an educational administrator for STEM in my district. While an avid tech user himself, he has often questioned technology use in education. He emphasizes teacher development and using research-based high-impact strategies with an eye toward equity. Hard to argue with that. But now, given the move to remote learning, his views about technology are beginning to change. But let’s step back for a moment. COVID has brought such difficult challenges

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Jimmy Chin and the Tyranny of Passion: A Letter To Your Students

Some of you may have seen the person pictured on this page, National Geographic photographer Jimmy Chin, win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in February 2019. Jimmy is a man of many talents. He won the Oscar for producing a documentary on Alex Hannold, an American professional rock climber who had completed a “free solo” climb—meaning no ropes, harnesses, or protective equipment—of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Jimmy himself is a professional

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Why Teach Office 365?

Many of our business and computing teachers have been asked to consider changing what they teach for business applications with many schools adopting Chromebooks and other digital devices. How can Microsoft 365 can be used in the classroom and for e-learning? What technology skills are the most crucial to prepare students for college and careers? There is no one better to talk about these things with us than our author, Corinne Hoisington. Corinne is a

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What the AP® Computer Science Principles Course is all About. Revising the 7 Big Ideas for Practical use in the Lab

View an overview of what should be included in the AP®  Computer Science Principles Course, some examples of in-class activities and tips and tricks to engage students from our author, Dr. G. Michael Schneider with a recording of his virtual webinar “New Ideas in CS: What the New AP Computer Science Principles Course is All About.” What are the core principles covered in the AP® Computer Science Principles course? The first question Dr. G. Michael

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3 Hot Topics for Web Design and Development Courses

A new edition of RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN WITH HTML5 & CSS, 9e by Jessica Minnick published in February of 2020 and includes up-to-date practices for designing optimum layouts for a variety of devices. Read through some hot topics to include in any web design/development high school course. Focus on Responsive Design Understanding responsive design is a key skill for students learning web programming as most businesses and careers have worked to re-build their sites to

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Engaging Online Students for Career/College Readiness

About the Author:  “Learning for a life worth living” is the teaching emphasis of Les Dlabay, Professor of Business, Emeritus, at Lake Forest College in Illinois. He has authored or has adaptations of over 40 textbooks in the United States, Canada, India, and Singapore, including Principles of Business, International Business, and Business Finance with National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage. In addition, he has taught more than 30 different courses in high school, community college, university, teacher preparation, and adult education

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Emerging Issues in Digital Citizenship

If you google “Digital Citizenship Activities,” you’ll find thousands of videos, examples and suggestions. Use Google Scholar for the same search, and you’ll be practicing just a small piece of the World-Wide-Web-sized library of skills that relate to Digital Citizenship. While there are many, many sets of standards out there created to ensure that graduating students will be able to responsibly and safely use technology, it should go without saying that what we define as

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