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Educational Technology in Public School Districts: Fall 2008 - 0 views
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"This First Look report presents data from a fall 2008 district Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) survey on the availability and use of educational technology. This includes information on networks and Internet capacity, technology policies, district-provided resources, teacher professional development, and district-level leadership for technology. "
MIT World | Distributed Intelligence - 1 views
5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 - 0 views
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THE Journal: "A look at the top technology tools and trends to keep an eye on in the coming year. With technology evolving at the speed of light, and everyone looking to benefit from the latest, greatest hardware and software, keeping up can be challenging for educators, administrators, and school districts themselves. To help, THE Journal spoke with a handful of technology experts and came up with a short list of top tech trends you'll want to watch in the new year."
New CTO guidelines issued for schools - 0 views
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If this is important nationwide, why can't Pennsylvania ACT 45 courses have a focus on this areas?
Education Week: Motives of 21st-Century-Skills Group Questioned - 1 views
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Criticism of P21 as conspiracy of tech businesses to sell more tech. to schools. Primary criticism comes from Common Core, an advocacy group that promotes a strong liberal arts core curriculum.
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I again question whether I am reading the same article as many of the respondents. It would seem that if education had a grasp on what needed to be done they would have taken steps in that direction years ago. Creating more standards and content to be memorized is really out-dated. Having technology in schools is important as well as knowing how to use it. Problem-based learning is not new yet how many schools are really embracing a model of instruction that even resembles authentic problem solving? Could the criticism from Common Core be biased as well?
Top News - Obama launches new STEM initiatives - 1 views
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Information about several new STEM programs that Obama administration is rolling out. Click on video to hear Obama speech.
Top News - How to fix the STEM education 'crisis' - 1 views
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Interesting article on strategies for addressing the STEM "crisis" in our schools. Mentions emphasis on STEM in Race to the Top grant program. Also links to supporting research.
Top News - New 21st-century skills guide available - 0 views
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Article about the new 2009 MILE Guide published by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The article includes a link to the Guide.
Education Week: STEM Defection Seen to Occur After High School - 1 views
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Interesting article about recent research study that reported that the flow of qualified math and science students being produced by the American Education system is strong. Unfortunately, many of these students opt out of pursuing STEM in higher education and as careers. This is especially true of "high achievers."
This is consistent with the observations of Mooney in Unscientific America.
The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » Innovation Part 1: What the Fore... - 0 views
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Good discussion of why teaching the skills of innovation is so important. Please note the comment that I submitted.
Welcome to Whyville! - 0 views
Education Week: Books Face Extinction as Schools Go High-Tech - 0 views
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Massachusetts moving away from print and towards digital curriculum materials. Moodle mentioned in article.
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474 of 706 schools in Massachusetts planning to upgrade from print to digital curricular materials
Spezify - 1 views
The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » Chaos or First Step to Innovation? - 0 views
flatclassroom09-3 - Expert Advisors - 1 views
Twitter Funding Round Is Said to Value Company at $1 Billion - Bloomberg.com - 0 views
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Bloomberg story about Twitter receiving $100M in venture capital investment and being valued at $1 Billion. Same week as Facebook reached 300 million active monthly users.
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