PLAYBACK: Race, Class and Technology Use - 1 views
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Welcoming Mobile: More Districts Are Rewriting Acceptable Use Policies - 1 views
Hotmail Active View Innovation in ISD 199 ( at the Site_ Play video Inver Grove Heights Community Schools has been nationally recognized for the innovative use of technology in the classroom thro...
Education's job in a networked world - 2 views
Education's job in a networked world I can't presume to know education's main job in today's very different media environment, but I think Prof. Michael Wesch at Kansas State University is on to s...
Why Johnny Can't Program - 1 views
Why Johnny can't program -- and how that can change Today's schools are actually turning kids away from computer science, and it will take innovative programs to reverse the trend By Neil McAll...
NCLB - 1 views
The US Dept of Education put out a video called "A Teacher's Guide to Fixing No Child Left Behind" and we have a chance to share our feedback about both NCLB reform and the video at the attached li...
Chemistry Now - 1 views
Chemistry Now http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/chemistry-now Chemistry Now is an NBC Learn Special Collection that reveals how chemistry contributes to everyday life, with lesson plans fr...
Young kids spend more time with screens than pages - 2 views
By Hayley Tsukayama Young children are using digital media frequently, and a new study from Common Sense Media shows that infants and toddlers spend twice as much time with screen media as they do ...
Carrots , Sticks and the Bully Pulpit - 0 views
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 ...
MIT Will Offer Certificates to Outside Students Who Take Its Online Courses - 2 views
December 19, 2011 By Marc Parry Millions of learners have enjoyed the free lecture videos and other course materials published online through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseW...
The Years Worst Tech Trends.. - 1 views
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/12/the_year_s_worst_tech_trend_complexity_.html 011 Was a Terrible Year for Tech All our devices got more complicated. And they won't get si...
Guest post: An 'Arab Spring' of free online higher education By Daniel de Vise - 2 views
Guest post: An 'Arab Spring' of free online higher education By Daniel de Vise http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/guest-post-an-arab-spring-of-free-online-higher-education/201...
Save Our Schools Conference and Clippings - 0 views
A few clippings. The Save Our Schools March http://www.washingtonpost.com/local By Valerie Strauss "I don't know where I would be today if my teachers' job security was based on how I performed o...
Reform NCLB - 3 views
http://reformnclb.wikispaces.com/ The US Department of Education created a video (below) that details some of the challenges brought on by the No Child Left behind law and describes President Bara...
Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? - 1 views
By Audrey Watters / July 2, 2011 12:30 PM / 19 Comments Hacker News Share There seem to be three forces at play when it comes to education and social media. The first is a lack of force, quite fr...
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...
The App Gap - 2 views
The App Gap? http://gigaom.com/2011/10/25/app-gap-emerges-highlighting-savvy-mobile-children/?utm_source=broadband&utm_medium=specialtopics 'App gap' emerges highlighting savvy mobile children By ...
A New Yorker travels South (by Southwest) - 1 views
A New Yorker travels South (by Southwest) http://thedailyirv.com/?p=65 I made my first trip to South by Southwest (SXSW ) this week and I enjoyed it. If you have any doubt about the innovative spi...
McGraw Hill to Award $25,000 to Innovative STEM Educators - 0 views
McGraw-Hill Education just launched the STEM Innovative Educator Awards to recognize and reward teachers who are finding innovative ways to reach today's students. The awards, known as the STEMIEs,...
The future of Gamificationi - 6 views
Plate tectonics is one of the more difficult science concepts to have a lab in. However, it's not necessary to have labs in every topic. Labs, beyond elementary school, are really for understandi...