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In this Bloomberg's Business Week article, Aaron Ricadela explores the Obama push to increase the number of computers available to students in America.

It's great to see that Obama wants to increase student access to computers but we all know that computers are just a tool. Hopefully he understands the need to provide PD to teachers so that they can use the computers effectively. The worst thing that could happen would be to purchase all the computers and have them sit in the corner with nobody using them.

Free tutorials for a variety of technologies from Computer Basics to Microsoft Office products to iPad Basics provided by the Goodwill Community Foundation.

"It's not enough to purchase the equipment, it is also important to have support. A technology coordinator must organize training and provide ongoing support in the computer room so that teachers gradually learn to feel confident in the computer room. " Wow!! This article is old too and still this statement rings true!!

List of computer simulations in several content areas

List of computer simulations in several content areas

Diigo has clear advantages to the individual that needs to store and recall important information. But how can it be used in the classroom? This blog post shares a few options for using Diigo in the classroom. One common problem of student computer use in schools is access to student work from home. Using Diigo, students can bookmark important websites and access them from school, home, the library or any internet-connected computer. Students will always have access to this data. Teachers and students can use the group and list features of Diigo to organize bookmarks on themes or topics. Classes can also collaborate and discuss information within Diigo.

a bit of history about cloud computing & a bit about where it is heading

Basic Computer Skills, Word, Excel, PPT, Publisher, and Internet Safety Lessons

Basic Computer Skills, Word, Excel, PPT, Publisher, and Internet Safety Lessons

"Either teachers embrace the new language learning technologies and integrate them in a new pedagogy or they will not only deprive themselves of the enormous benefits afforded by computer-assisted learning (CALL), computer mediated communication) (CMC), distance learning, social networking, and language games, but they will be increasingly out of touch with their own students, who are by now wired, networked and computer-savvy". This book explained why teachers should integrate technology tools into foreing language classrooms.

ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

This article is about Computer Based Instruction and how to design an online course for students who will be attending classes online. This article talks about creating an online classroom where the teacher communicates via the web only. This article offers eight guidelines for creating such a classroom. A few of the guidelines/tips that are offered is to orient students with the internet, have students select "email pals," and use computer based testing.

Lessons, videos, and interactive elements that explain various components and features of a computer to a novice or young adult learner.

Great article comparing traditional writing versus using a computer along with the effect of keyboarding.

Checklist for ensuring equal access to computer labs.

Specific information on computer lab accessibility requirements.

Explains and defines assistive or adaptive technology and gives examples

Reasons -- and resources! -- for teaching computer science to our students

Professor uses blogs, YouTube, and Twitter to reach computer science students at York University.