the whole child - 1 views
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -- Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guest ...
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More Wireless Broadband Is What Consumers Want, U.S. Needs to Close the Digital Divide - 3 views
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Boring Yet Important Structural Ed Tech Initiative - 0 views
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Claude Almansi on 28 Sep 11by Kevin Carey on September 26, 2011 "Under the category of "policy stuff that doesn't involve grand controversy and/or vast sums of new spending, yet might actually make the world a better place," the other day I attended a White House event announcing the launch of Digital Promise, a "new national center founded to spur breakthrough technologies that can help transform the way teachers teach and students learn." The rationale for the initiative is contained in a Council of Economic Advisers memo ..."
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Claude Almansi on 28 Sep 11Council of Economic Advisers memo: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/unleashing_the_potential_of_educational_technology.pdf
DreamWorks Uses Animated Penguins to Explain Importance of High Performance Computing - 4 views
Video: DreamWorks Uses Animated Penguins to Explain Importance of High Performance Computing DreamWorks, in partnership with the Council on Competitiveness, produced an animated short explaining ...
The Great Tech War - 1 views
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/tech-wars-2012-amazon-apple-google-facebook?partner=homepage_newsletter ilbert Wong, the mayor of Cupertino, California, calls his city council to order. "...
National Cyber Security Alliance Announces New Agreement with the U.S. Department of Ed... - 0 views
National Cyber Security Alliance Announces New Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, NIST and National Cybersecurity Education Council to Promote Formal Cyber Security Education Programs...
Are You Ready for Common Core Math? 2014 will be here sooner than you think. - 0 views
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/are-you-ready-common-core-math By: Alan Dessoff District Administration, March 2012 An elementary student in the San Francisco Unified School District ...
Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report - 1 views
Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report: The dissents By Valerie Strauss Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report The most interesting part of the new Condoleezza...
Kentucky School News and Commentary: National Research Council Report Casts Doubt on In... - 0 views
Unleashing the Potential of Educational Technology - White House - PDF - 0 views
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Executive Office of the President Council of Economic Advisers Unleashing the Potential of Educational Technology September 16, 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Educational technology holds the promise of substantially improving outcomes for K-12 students, but there are significant challenges in bringing new educational technology products for this population to market. It is difficult for producers of these technologies to demonstrate the effectiveness of their products to potential buyers and market fragmentation creates barriers to entry by all but the largest suppliers. The spread of broadband Internet and Common Core State Standards have improved the landscape for educational technologies, but these factors alone are likely insufficient for a "game changing" advance. Working together, stakeholders can form a plan of action to provide local school systems with easy access to good information about the effectiveness of various educational technology products and give prospective developers of these products access to customers on a scale sufficient to make it worthwhile for them to enter the market. The payoff - in the form of more effective and more widely utilized educational technologies, leading to better outcomes for students - could be enormous.
NAS , Board On Science Education - 2 views
Board on Science Education http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/ The Board on Science Education (BOSE) is a standing board within the Center for Education which is part of th...
Animated Penguins Explain Importance of High Performance Computing - 2 views
Video: DreamWorks Uses Animated Penguins to Explain Importance of High Performance Computing DreamWorks, in partnership with the Council on Competitiveness, produced an animated short explain...
ATI: ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation (ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation) - 0 views
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"In the summer of 2010, Peter Mosinskis from CSU Channel Islands assembled a team of approximately fifteen volunteers from seven different CSU campuses and one from the UC system to evaluate the accessibility of Google Apps. The team also recruited student volunteers and screen reader users to assist with the testing. Automated, manual, and screen reader testing began the first week of January 2011 and was completed February 4th. The report has been completed and posted here for your review. The CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Staff, ATI Leadership Council, and Google have reviewed the Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation report. We discovered a number of accessibility issues during our testing. These issues are outlined in the report as well as "workarounds" that can be used to improve the user experience for persons with disabilities. When campuses choose to use Google Apps, they are required to provide an equally effective service for people with disabilities and it is critical for campuses to ensure that the "workarounds" meet the educational needs of the student and/or faculty. The March 15, 2011 USA TODAY online news article "Complaint: Google programs hard for blind students" illustrates possible legal problems that may result from adopting the Google Apps for Education suite. Questions or Comments about this report may be directed to CSU ATI Staff"
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Table of Contents Print Complete BookPrint This Chapter Next ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation Section 1. Executive Summary Section 2. About the Project Section 3. Findings Section 4. Workarounds, Accommodations and Best Practices Summary and Conclusions Authors Note Appendices A - E
Broadband Adoption Key To Jobs and Education Connect To Compete - 1 views
Connect To Compete Overview http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/featured-news/broadband-adoption-key-to-jobs-and-education.html Washington, DC - Last week, Chairman Genachowski unveiled his pr...
STEM http://usnewsstemsummit.com/ - 2 views
WASHINGTON, DC-October 18, 2011-U.S. News & World Report together with Innovate + Educate, STEMconnector™, and over 40 key organizations representing industry and education, will hold a major natio...
The 'New' American Dilemma: STEM and Minorities - US News and World Report - 1 views
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/10/11/the-new-american-dilemma-stem-and-minorities The 'New' American Dilemma: STEM and Minorities - US News and World Report www.usnews.com The 'New' A...
Social Media Rules Limit New York Student-Teacher Contact - 1 views
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/nyregion/social-media-rules-for-nyc-school-staff-limits-contact-with-students.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 Social Media Rules Limit New York Student-Teacher Contact By ...
The Pattern on the Rug By Diane Ravitch - 1 views
******************************** From Education Week [American Education's Newspaper of Record], Tuesday, March 27, 2012. See http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/ ------------------...
Teacher Survey Shows Morale Is at a Low Point - 1 views
By FERNANDA SANTOS Published: March 7, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/education/teacher-morale-sinks-survey-results-show.html?ref=education The slump in the economy, c...
computer education week events - 1 views
Third Annual Computer Science Education Week Spotlights Importance of Standards and Local Efforts to Ensure Strong Workforce http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/12/05/Overhauling-Computer-Science...