Technology

Technology Turns Teacher Into Tweecher

Wearing bright red rimmed sunglasses matching his red hat and red shoes, he high-fives his students who tell him, “You got swag.”  That’s student speak for ‘you...

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LAUSD’s Up-Trade Program: "Where Trading Makes Cents"

What happens when one school has too many chairs for its classrooms and another school has too few? LAUSD has an answer. Introducing the Los Angeles Unified School District’s new barter...

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Making Sense of Social Media: LAUSD's New Policy

Have you “liked” LAUSD on Facebook yet?  How about following @LAschools on Twitter?  The District supports continued “retweeting,” “sharing,” and...

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LAUSD Wants Your Bright Ideas

LAUSD is facing a 377-million-dollar deficit in 2012-13, which has created job losses and very hard times at our local schools.  The parcel tax and labor negotiations could make a big...

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Video: LAUSD Teachers Talk About DonorsChoose

Could your classroom use more technology, art supplies, or graphing calculators?  A new partnership between the Wasserman Foundation and DonorsChoose.org can help! Thanks to a $2 million...

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District Steps Up Effort to Complete Tech Upgrades at School Sites

Prompted by repeated concerns from LAUSD Board Member Tamar Galatzan, the District has begun a determined effort to fund Internet upgrades and wireless access at the 166 schools that do not qualify...

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