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This article talks about teaching the parents about how to use social media properly in order for them to stay up to date about many things in their children's lives. one example is using Skype to do parent teacher conferences. Also using high-quality digital content in the homes is allowing parents to once again help their students with homework.

This website contains all the information that is provided for a no-cost public school funded system where families can have curriculum appropriate materials ("even bags of rocks and dirt") delivered to their front door and complete graded Kindergarten through the 12th grade virtually from home. They claim these virtual students will spend about 20-25% of their time working on the computer, while high school students in this program can plan to spend about three hours each day on the computer. This site offers free examples of lesson plans, and lots of information on how this system works.

Search Criteria: Google: virtual school Washington state (I started with virtual school and Google provided me the rest)

This article argues that teachers should actually teach their students how to use these social media outlets successfully so they can use them in the class room. I think this is an important article to show how important it is to bridge that gap between student and teacher.

Cell phones are mainly banned because of being a distraction. However, after 911 events, parents want their children to have cellphones because it makes parents feel better in a school crisis.

Cell phones are mainly banned because of being a distraction. However, after 911 events, parents want their children to have cellphones because it makes parents feel better in a school crisis.

This study was done at a high school and the evidence showed that doing group activities, discussions, etc. on a SMART Board is an effective tool. Although this was conducted at a high school, the evidence may correlate to all age groups in activities where the entire class works as a whole. (Complete URL: http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/research/international_research/canada/11_0142_new%20brunswick_research_summary.pdf) Bing: SMART Boards in schools

National school lunch program explained with connections to applications, program history and notes

Slideshare presentation showing how children in elementary schools can effectively use iPads in the classroom!

A list of education apps that could be used in elementary schools when iPads are also present

Talks about a report of online education among high school students. States how the growth of this method is not enough to keep up with all the students that want to enroll.

This article talks about a high school in South Carolina that used extra tech. money to integrate more art into their school. It lays out "what's it like?" "why bother?" and "how to start?"

This article talks about the trouble with to much social media and the use of "Cyberbullying". I think this is an important article for all incoming teachers to read and understand.

Real teachers discuss the pros and cons of tablets in the classroom. North Carolina middle schools receive 15,450 tablets for educational purposes and discuss their impact on learning. K-12 schools spend $17 billion annually on instructional materials and technology.

This source offers a different perspective on plagiarism detection methods, arguing that they cause more harm than good. Students become better at cheating by finding ways around these barrier. In addition to this, there is an atmosphere of fear in classroom, even for those who haven't plagiarized. Instead, teachers should focus on teaching preventative measures, like how to properly cite and research.

This article explained the pros and cons of using tablets(Ipads) over textbooks. Some ideas that were discussed were; the idea that tablets reduce paper waste, so they are better for the environment. Another idea was brought up about price, textbooks in schools is a 8 billion dollar industry where as tablets are a 35 billion dollar industry.

This article indicates the increased usage by universities and other higher education institutes of social media. It seems to imply that the more integrated a teacher is with social media such as Facebook and YouTube in the class room the better the students respond.

I though this website was way cool! It introduces people who want video pen pals all over the world, ready to share their experiences! As a Spanish teacher, I want to give my students opportunities to speak with native speakers, but the site is not specifically for language learners. You can set up an exchange with students from Australia, England, or anywhere else you might want!

The author of this article discusses why SMART boards (and other technology) are not needed in the classroom. The author finds no extraordinary benefits of SMART boards and therefore supports the idea of less technology in the classroom.

The author of this article discusses why SMART boards (and other technology) are not needed in the classroom. The author finds no extraordinary benefits of SMART boards and therefore supports the idea of less technology in the classroom.