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I have recently been researching the use of Web 2.0 technologies and Social Networking as a tool for Assessment for Learning. Thanks to all who responded via Twitter especially @nick_chater @57maso...
We can lower that cost per trained science teacher as well as retrain existing teachers using new technology.
As digital divide widens, many can't afford access to information New study reports that 38 % of lower-income parents don't know what an app is http://www.myfoxspokane.com/news/kcpq-app-gap-separa...
Why Tablets in the Classroom Could Save Schools $3 Billion a Year Submitted: March 29, 2012 - 4:08pm Originally published: March 29, 2012 Last updated: March 29, 2012 - 5:58pm Source: Wall Street J...
Microsoft Groundbreaking Speech and Report on CS Education http://blog.acm.org/archives/csta/2012/09/microsoft_relea.html Today Microsoft's General Counsel Brad Smith spoke at the Brookings In...
Telecompetitor.com By Joan Engebretson The NTCA, OPASTCO and the Western Telecommunications Alliance have joined forces once again, jointly sending a letter last week to Agriculture Secretary Tho...
Authors: Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; Policy and Global Affairs; N...
diwnload PDF Digital Divides and Bridges: Technology Use Among Youth Presentation on the site http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Apr/Digital-Divides-and-Bridges-Technology-Use-Among-Youth....
A new federal resource will help groups share learning materials and policy recommendations as they strive to improve the quality and availability of learning resources in education. Launched ...
The US Dept of Education just uploaded a video called "Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit - a discussion at the U.S. Department of Education" . Description: "A special conversation about a new ...
Google is betting that its new social network, Google+, will fix what it calls the "awkward" state of online sharing--but Google isn't sharing invitations to its latest project with everyone. User...
Survey: Majority Say U.S. Teachers Underpaid By Liana Heitin on January 5, 2012 11:56 AM More than half of Americans believe that U.S. teachers are underpaid, according to a national telephone sur...
http://www.fosi.org/research/900-who-needs-parental-controls.html A Survey Of Awareness, Attitudes, And Use Of Online Parental Controls Findings From A National Survey Among Parents FOSI believes ...
Teachers kick off Save Our Schools rally in Washington, D.C. A four-day rally known as the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action is taking place in Washington, D.C., with teachers gath...
Microsoft, Best Buy to join FCC efforts to spur broadband use Microsoft will offer free computer-literacy lessons in schools and libraries in disadvantaged communities across 15 states as part of a...
I have been traveling to various groups, trying to get some synchronicity in their talking points.. and I hope that others will join me to help change the outreach to the unwashed, uninterested and...
Food and Culture As taught in: Spring 2011 A photograph of a child eating dim sum. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/anthropology/21a-265-food-and-culture-spring-2011/ Food plays an important rol...
