This article looks at gaming on a variety of levels and offers interesting stats (i.e.,"42% of gamers are women . . . (representing) a greater portion of the game-playing population than boys 17 or younger.") No wonder the White House is interested.
Implemented by Vail School District in Arizona, this approach removed textbooks from their classrooms and replaced them with technology and teacher teams supporting each other in areas of expertise. Interesting concepts and resources.
Interesting article on Arizona schools that showed no improvement in student learning with addition of technology. Provides reasons and teacher responses to budget shifts.
Arizona has been wonderfully progressive in integrating technology into their curriculum. Here are their standards for edtech for the K-6 grade levels.
State of Florida publication to support RTI strategies. Good support for differentiating education, developing learning progressions and formative assessments