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This article explores a school in London with major success. School21 is reinventing education. The school has many facets including stressing the importance of oracy. The class sizes are small and students receive individualized attention. Students sit in circles, engaged and excited about learning. The students are taught to see the point of what they are leaning and how they can apply it in the real world. The focus is a healthy smart child, not a test taker.

This article explores a school in London with major success. School21 is reinventing education. The school has many facets including stressing the importance of oracy. The class sizes are small and students receive individualized attention. Students sit in circles, engaged and excited about learning. The students are taught to see the point of what they are leaning and how they can apply it in the real world. The focus is a healthy smart child, not a test taker.

This article acknowledged that with the heavy curriculum of high school classrooms preparing for AP test, Standardized testing and SAT/ ACT testing, it is hard to find the time to add unnecessary technology resources. However, it then lists great ideas to use it everyday. This article is very useful for prospective high schools teachers who want to integrate technology more than power points and research. The best point made was that the more preservice teachers are trained in technology the more they tend to use it in the classroom!

I like this article a lot because it has to do with integrating technology in high-school. Most articles are directed at elementary school teachers and how to make it fun for the kids. Well adding a game or an activity that is fun for a ten year old is not going to please a sixteen year old. Most examples of integrating technology are examples of elementary school activities too. So this article is a nice refreshing take on how to integrating technology in high-school.

The Ramsey New Jersey School District purchased 1,075 ipads for all of the schools. Money well spent because a study proved better in class student participation as well as communication between students and teachers through e mails and video tutorials. I'm impressed because of their drive to create globally technologically competent students who are able to reach out to the whole world through technology. These students will be well prepared to face the work force.

Today ISTE Standards list digital citizenship as one of aspects, which all members of a school district should support. Today digital technology is growing at a fast rate not only in schools but also in society as a whole. Mike Ribble and his college Gerald Bailey wrote a book called "Digital Citizenship in schools." The book defines 9 key elements on how use technology in school, home and within the community. Among the 9 elements are 3 categories: Respect, Educate and Protect. Respect covers using technology correctly and not stealing others property. Educate covers helping users communicate to each other properly and to use literacy correctly as well as buying items online correctly. Protect covers educating others to know their privacy rights. Mike hopes to have these 9 elements created into a curriculum so teachers can use technology at various levels. Mike wants to make sure that educators make sure to help students understand the issues they may encounter online while also showing the positive impact technology can have.

I found that this article may be helpful to this class because it explains how a school in London is not allowing any sort of technology in the classrooms of their students until they are twelve years old. The article uses hyperlinks to back up the claims of the school that implementing technology in the classroom has not shown any positive correlation towards a students ability to learn. This article is showing how a school is actually doing everything the opposite of what our class, INTC 2610, is learning how to do and it is interesting to see a view that does not believe technology integration is an integral part of learning. 

In this article Education Secretary Arne Duncan highlights how the achievement gaps within our schools can be closed by the increase investment in technology use in all classrooms. He states that 2/3 of teachers wish they had more technology in the classrooms which is being limited due a high percentage of schools not having adequate bandwidth or access to high-speed internet. As future teachers who are learning now how to integrate technology into our classrooms this article is important to our class because it shows that most schools do not really have the opportunity to utilize this knowledge. But, the actions of Duncan and other reforms are trying to ensure that we as teachers receive the professional development and resources available so we can integrate our technological knowledge in the classroom.

The article explains that race should not determine some kids going to ivy-league schools while others are barely making it middle school. Soledad O'Brien stated that 70 percent of African American fourth graders could not read on their grade level. She believes that technology in the classroom could help students learn at their own pace and in their own comfort. She believes that a technology gap is a learning gap in students. Every child should have the same opportunity as their peers.

This article suggests that education is not only a civil right, which I agree with, but also acknowledges the role technology plays in the quality of education. When students do what is asked of them and some go to Ivy League schools and some drop out, were those students treated with equality? Technology gap IS AN education gap

I very much enjoyed this article because it challenges the idea of separate but equal in terms of education. Wealth should not determine the quality of one's education yet stories of underprivileged youth receiving little to no education within the poor cities and their dysfunctional school systems is all to common. It is often swept under the rug the amount of injustice and inequality served to poor and marginalized people in our society and i applaud this article for attacking the politics behind it.

There are major predictions for 2015. Teachers all over the nation will be able to share/provide information with online groups. It will also bring an explosion of new classes being formed so students can create and experiment with newer technological programs. People all over the nation will experience a new speed of technology and a new level of privacy.

This article describes upcoming technologies that will be placed into school systems and their benefits to students and teachers. This article foresees a bright future in the tech world. They will be implementing faster internet speeds due to the lack of connectivity in several schools across the U.S. With things such as this being implemented into schools, technology seems to be the only future education has and will only be improving from here.

Students in 600 districts nationwide will have their very own Apple iPad. A lot of schools have scratch textbooks and moved to using ebooks on the iPad. There are so many different lectures, videos, and textbooks on the Apple's ITunes U Store for students to use. 

UNC-Greensboro won a massive grant of $7.7 million that will go towards technology integration. The article appealed to me because I am a math major, and the money is specifically meant for training future educators in the fields of science, technology and engineering and math. In my opinion, this is a big step in other schools possibly winning similar large grants. Additionally, it shows the recognition of large schools taking part in technology integration.  

This article talks about Google Expeditions, which is a new technological tool being used in the classroom. Google has created this for students to be able to take virtual field trips. Many schools cannot afford to take their students on field trips but now they can without leaving the classroom. Teachers are able to pause throughout the tour and discuss with students what is happening or what they are seeing. As of right now this has been given to some schools free of charge. Overall, we can think of this as something like Google maps but ten times better! 

This article is about how the schools react the so called problem students. It comments in how older methods are still being used to discipline students. This is important because as teacher we will encounter these students and will have to know how to deal with these situations.

This article is about how the schools react the so called problem students. It comments in how older methods are still being used to discipline students. This is important because as teacher we will encounter these students and will have to know how to deal with these situations.

This article peaked my interest: Within the next ten years, de Blasio is requiring all of the city's public schools to offer computer science for all students.These courses will only be offered as electives. The main concern for this is finding enough teachers that are properly trained and training others. Computer science jobs are among the fastest growing. They are also the some of the highest paying jobs.  Computer sciences are primarily dominated by white or Asian males. With these courses being available to all students in elementary schools, hopefully the number of minorities and girls who will be interested will increase.

I found this article most interesting because it talked about how some school districts are now getting funding that is allowing their students to have their own personal computer that can be used for school work. It allows them to personalize and download things on to their own computer.

Tayne Martin, is an educator and World of Warcraft aficionado, stating that boys make up 80 percent of  the computer classes at her school, and very few girls enroll in AP Computer Science. Girls are gamers too.  Martin, who is coordinator of the Professional Development Support Division at Broward Schools in Florida, is part of a team presenting the ISTE Professional Learning Series webinar "Girls, Games, and Coding" on Thursday. The reason to combine games and coding is simple: There is a clear relationship between gaming and technology.

Nearly 100% of all Hastings Elementary students have learned how to create basic computer codes. This was accomplished by exposing K-4 graders to something called "block coding" which is where students are given a set of blocks that represent commands. They use these blogs to "debug" and "create" a program. The article also outlines technology literacy.

Depicted in the documentary "If You Build It', it shows 10 high school teens in Bertie County helping their local community make a difference and building a farmers market. Instead of sitting in desks and learning in a classroom all day, they took to the land and began to build. They incorporated hands-on shop lessons and used technology to map out the design of the farmers market. They were instructed to think outside of  the box which made their experience all the more valuable.

I thought this article was kind of neat. I am planning on becoming a high school history teacher and this would be cool to use as an extra activity. It is aligned with Common Core standards and it gives students a fun way to learn about a subject many find boring.

Go into any elementary school classroom today and ask the students to raise their hand if they play minecraft. I am not a betting man but I would put a lot of money on at least 50% of the students raising their hand. It is probably the most popular game today for youths. This article encourages teachers to embrace it. It is technology through a game in which children are learning, and enjoying it! Not the easiest thing to accomplish in a classroom. The article brings pop culture into play while allowing positive learning.

I thought this was a great article. There have been a lot of research on this game that suggests it's a really great learning game. It helps kids to use their imagination as well and critical thinking and math skills. Incorporating this into the school would be a great idea as this is something kids are very enthusiastic about and are comfortable with.

I enjoyed this article, i feel it would be a good idea to at least give it a try. Minecraft is a game that I have heard of an my best friends elementary school aged children play. I think it would be a good idea , the game helps kids use skills they need like critical thinking and problem solving. They also build things, use their math skills, and are using their imagination all while incorporating technology.