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we just talked about this in class regarding the size of documents and photographs being downloaded for projects or multiple purposes. This school decided to look at ways to help save storage. They found a program that has increased by 30-40 percent in just a few days and they have found it to be easier to use and allows for more storage. They are very happy with their investment.

Oh yeah!  Star Wars has arrived.  Just imagine the possibilities for this technology in the classroom.  Can you just imagine having world famous leaders from every discipline recording a 3D hologram session and then being able to "invite" them to your classroom.  Could lead to a whole new download section in iTunes....

How can the power of gaming be used to increase learning?  

A great example of disrupting class with technology! 

Awesome civics resources!  Once again, games/simulations can promote learning

Does social media = social activism?

The debate over teacher/student friendships on facebook continues.  What do you think?

Microsoft Office or Google Docs?

Does games-based learning really work in educational settings? 

How intelligent can artificial intelligence get?  

This was in use in the classroom I observed during Winter Quarter. It was an excellent tool for the teacher to use, not only to post grades, but to offer kids study guides, etc., that they could access from home. They could also log on from home to complete lessons, etc. And, best of all, it is FREE. With school's on such tight budgets, free products are excelent!

This is sort of like a "learning" Second Life. Here's a little blurb about the "River City Project": As visitors to River City, students travel back in time, bringing their 21st century skills and technology to address 19th century problems. Based on authentic historical, sociological, and geographical conditions, River City is a town besieged with health problems. Students work together in small research teams to help the town understand why residents are becoming ill. Students use technology to keep track of clues that hint at causes of illnesses, form and test hypotheses, develop controlled experiments to test their hypotheses, and make recommendations based on the data they collect, all in an online environment. Isn't this a great tool for higher order thinking?

While I have never twittered, I think it is important to use the technology that students are already using to incorporate technology into the classroom. For me, this is a "whole package" approach, so learning (celebrating an author's birthday, etc.) just becomes part of a daily Twitter routine, instead of something done inside the classroom only.

The federal government may intervene as to which text books the state of Texas should purchase for their students.

Create great looking avatars for your website or social network. This website is great for middle childhood students. It allows the students to make little avatars. It can be used for books or just for fun. If using it for a book one can take a character out of his or her own book and create an Avatar for that character.

There is a lot of resources on this webpage that pertain to using Smart Boards in your classroom

I would like to see all classrooms have SMART Boards. The Catholic School that my children attend has them in almost every room. The kindergarten students even use them for graphing their morning lunch count, and then they create questions pertaining to the information on the graph. There are just so many possibilities!

This is a kind of overview of how technology plays out in special needs classrooms

This article is about rural and/or small schools using online courses to satify student's educational needs.

I don't think that computers are going to drop that much, but I sort of agree with you John. If the price of computers drops enough, there just might be more wiggle room in the overall school budget.

I don't know how much a computer will drop in price anymore, but what is truly remarkable is how much the price of a personal computer has dropped in last 10 years. I remember purchasing a computer 10 years ago for $2000. Now I can purchase a computer for $500. That to me is a remarkable drop in price.

The state of Colo. is deciding whether or not to change teacher tenure.

This is going to sound stupid but what is teacher tenure? Is teacher tenure like when a teacher has been teaching at the same school for like 20 years and has a lower chance of getting laid off verses someone that has only been teaching like a year?

Teacher tenure is basically job protection.