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Recognizing the vital role that High Performance Computing (HPC) plays in national competitiveness, on November 8th 24 U.S. Senators signed off on a letter to the White House asking the Administrat...
Microsoft wins TEACH campaign from Education Dept By Valerie Strauss http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/microsoft-wins-teach-campaign-from-education-dept/2011/11/13/gIQA5t5bMN_bl...
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2011/kindergartners_put_down_your_pencils_60036
Adoption Gap Remains Along Demographic Lines; Socio-Economic Status Does Not Explain the Entire Gap WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Commerce's Economics and S...
Supreme Court to weigh warrantless GPS tracking By Gautham Nagesh and Brendan Sasso The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case to determine whether police need a warrant to trac...
BY VANESSA VEGA 10/25/11 People often ascribe technological devices with magical properties, as though the inert objects in and of themselves can bestow us with the capacity to be "better, faster, ...
Digital Natives are a myth in the November issue of Learning & Leading with Technology, ISTE's magazine. Interesting short essays. http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/2...
By Michael Nunez | October 28, 2011 12:00 PM EDT The Federal Communications Commission accepted Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to overhaul a program dedicated to building telephone connect...
New coalition seeks to protect future of broadcasting By Gautham Nagesh A diverse coalition of businesses and public interest organizations will launch Tuesday with an aim of safeguarding the futu...
" School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come" is a free e-book edited by Kristin Fontichiaro, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, an...
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...
Barriers and Bridges to Digital Inclusion Now that we're in the second decade of the new millennium, how is digital access changing, and what are the implications for schools? Digital Literacy i...
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...
http://wadhwa.com/2010/08/28/silicon-valley%E2%80%99s-dark-secret-it%E2%80%99s-all-about-age/ An interesting paradox in the technology world is that there is both a shortage and a surplus of engin...
http://www.setda.org/web/guest/maximizingimpactreport In the report, Maximizing the Impact: "The Pivotal Role of Technology in a 21st Century Education System", the State Educational Technology Di...
http://www.pabnews.com/20541/broadband-must-increase-to-diversify-online-learning/ USA - The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission spoke on the benefits which broadband can bring to ru...
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 ...
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 ...
Cell Phones - Time to Lift the Ban on Mobiles in the School Setting? by Thomas Needless to say, the general consensus regarding cell phones and schools is that the two simply do not mix. However, ...
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...
