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Blog post on ZDNET on the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, and how it is not achieving the results desired/expected. From the article: "Why such results? The IDB concluded that OLPC does not provide enough guidance for teachers to show students how to effectively use the computers in class - and so the next item on the agenda should be improving teacher training"

From the blog post: It is not so much about the tool and what it can do, but more about the purpose for using the tool. Obviously, if students want to share pictures of a project they are working on, a digital camera and a blog make a lot more sense than a flipbook. Still, don't count out older technologies just because you are trying to be a "21st Century Educator." Sometimes a dry erase marker and a wipe-off slate will do the job just fine.

Interesting blog post on teachers' relationship with educational technology in their classrooms

From the post: "One challenge teachers face is requiring and enabling every student an equal opportunity to ask and respond to questions during class. A new web-based classroom tool called GoSoapBox is one possible solution to this problem. With GoSoapBox, students can simultaneously interact with the class in real time as well as participating with any Internet connected device. I am currently accessing GoSoapBox with my classroom set of iPod Touches; however, the app will run on laptops, notebooks, iPads or other mobile devices."

Perspective on full-time virtual schools

Teachers across grade levels are forsaking traditional resources such as textbooks for free, online, and collaboratively-created instructional materials.

From the article: But South Korea, among the world's most wired nations, has also seen its plan to digitize elementary, middle and high school classrooms by 2015 collide with a trend it didn't anticipate: Education leaders here worry that digital devices are too pervasive and that this young generation of tablet-carrying, smartphone-obsessed students might benefit from less exposure to gadgets, not more.

A very interesting article. Thanks for posting.

From the article: "Still, students have had to learn to think of the iPads primarily as a learning tool, not a toy. Teachers and administrators have developed new strategies to deal with some apps' inherent distractions. And, perhaps most significantly, the use of iPads as a take-home device has raised questions about Internet safety: Who's responsible for a student's online behavior once they leave school?"

App created for school updates - although how it was created, and how much support was received from an app developer is somewhat nebulous.

Who's responsible for online activity on school-issued devices once they leave the filtered safety of the campus?

From the article: "Given that schools have embraced technology, what is the real impact on learning? Take away the term, technology, and think of it as a tool - not a magic bullet."

Short CNN story on a high school teacher's use of twitter in the classroom to help all students become engaged.

Blog article from a teacher perspective on using 1:1. "The trap too many of us fall in to with technology is that we're just doing the same things we've always done, except now there's a computer involved. "

A collection of information from Harvard and ideas from the district.

Excellent! Thanks for posting!

I agree!