TECHNOLOGY MAKES TEACHERS LESS FREE? Faced with scandals and complaints involving teachers who misuse social media, school districts across the country are imposing strict new guidelines that ban private conversations between teachers and their students on cellphones and online platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

--- I would use this article for: 1) Target Practice 2) Toilet Paper 3) Fuel 4) Wrap for Smelly Fish 5) A Dust Pan What AM I TALKING ABOUT --- I was a poor black kid --- I would use this article to explain to all my Harvard classmates what technology is not!!!!!!

The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) saw a definite increase as of the year 2000, with 26% of those in the field now women. This is certainly not indicative of the amount of women in the work force as a whole, currently 47% of the nation.

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ohn Sterman's business management courses have gone toe-to-toe in simulated business arenas, with the latest being a concocted world of video game companies looking for an edge in marketing and selling their gaming consoles and software.

The report, titled "Conducting and Reporting Product Evaluation Research: Guidelines and Considerations for Educational Technology Publishers and Developers," is authored by Denis Newman, CEO of Empirical Education Inc., and produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). It's based on Empirical Education's many years of conducting this kind of research, both for publishers and for the U.S. Department of Education (ED). A working group of industry experts also was established for evaluation, and it met monthly for more than a year to sort through the issues and draft a set of considerations.

Virtual learning can help districts address many needs, such as filling a gap between courses a school offers and courses students might want to take but aren't currently offered-and a new report offers insights on starting a virtual learning program from a number of seasoned experts.

A quantity of possibilities exist for lecturers searching with regard to on-line graduate programs. On the net move on courses can be used for continuing schooling (CEUs), in-service credit rating, or perhaps move on credit.

Can the US compete with 600 million connections?

Just one more remainder, from the point of view of a millennial, of how important Steve Jobs was/is to our educational lives.

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A growing number of classroom teachers are posting student work online. Recent advancements in online technology have made it easier and cheaper, yet many educators hesitate, not quite sure of how to begin.

A growing trend in colleges today is adult students who have decided to pursue a degree in order to better their opportunities in the workforce.

In recent years there has been a major push to equip classrooms with technology, including laptops, overhead projectors, interactive white boards and tablets. It has become big business. But there are questions about whether the investment is paying off. This series explores the push to digitize the American classroom and whether the promises are being fulfilled.

An interesting read about Technology Reform in Education as presented by an official from the US Department of Education.

Is this the direction school will go?

Identification badges for some students in both school districts now include tracking devices that allow campus administrators to keep tabs on students' whereabouts on campus. School leaders say the devices improve security and increase attendance rates.

Georgia's Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has taken a huge step forward in its move to an all-digital education for its students: The district has partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) to implement a single sign-on platform for delivering curriculum, assessment, analytics, professional development, parent information, and more.

Content providers like Behrman House are looking to take learning beyond the classroom in race to the digital top. Imagine your child's Hebrew school homework isn't on some worksheet crumpled at the bottom of her backpack, forgotten until time to leave the house on Sunday morning.

For those who pine for film over digital movies, miss the clackety-clack of typewriters, or even rotary dial phones, well, get ready for the slow-motion demise of brick-and-mortar schools. COLLEGES TAKING OVER THE ENTIRE LEARNING PROCESS! STANFORD HAS STARTED --- OTHERS WILL FOLLOW!