In today's times, the K-12 classroom is continually evolving in order to adapt to the fast paced world of technological advances. It's important that teachers keep up-to-date with the latest helpful technology for their students and that parents understand the ramifications of that technology. This blog gives a list of technology trends that are impacting education both with their pros and cons listed.

Public School or Home School, Which is Right for You? This is a comparison of public school versus home school that aims to help parents decide the best option for their child. This article examines the pros and cons of both school options. 1. What are your thoughts on homeschooling? 2. Do you think parents without college educations should be permitted to homeschool their children?

This article explores uses for the iPad in a bridge school focusing solely on English language learners. The use of iPad was hugely successful and allowed students to communicate more effectively and efficiently in their second language. Apps that were used were dictionaries, translators, kindle books, and pages.

This article explores ELL's reactions to blog-assisted language learning. While ESL students, were enthusiastic to lean through this forum, many factors led to unsuccessful results. Students were hindered by social worries regarding peers having access to their work and by how time consuming this learning tool was in actuality. However, the authors do not suggest giving up on this tool as it is such a new idea and research is still incomplete to date.