complete the homework and quizzes for each section
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Nielsen Tries To Keep Pace With TV's Evolution : NPR - 0 views
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For decades, the way the TV networks and advertisers worked together was simple. A lot of people watched TV, the Nielsen company estimated just how many, and the advertisers paid for airtime based on the Nielsen ratings. Now, the TV industry is changing and Nielsen is trying to keep up.">@import "/templates/css/mainstyles.css";@import "/templates/css/bucket_alt.css";@import "/templates/css/stories.css";@import "/templates/css/print_stories.css"; metatext/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Classrooms lag on tech front - 0 views
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What suggestions do you have a for a teacher who wants to transform their teaching in this type of a situation?
Hotels Offer Guests the Latest Technology Tools (NYTimes.com) - 0 views
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Hotels are under such pressure to keep up with their gadget-obsessed guests that they are working with technology companies to regain their edge.
My Languages: Isle of Wight Conference, 25-26th October 2008: A Fantastic Opportunity f... - 0 views
Hail to the Twitterer (NYTimes.com) - 0 views
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Big surprise: a lot of smarty-pants computer types have been snickering at John McCain lately.
FCC probably can't police Comcast's BitTorrent throttling (CNET News.com) - 0 views
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Federal regulators are planning to meet on Friday and declare that Comcast violated Net neutrality principles when throttling BitTorrent traffic on its network. This would become the U.S. government's first Net neutrality-related ruling. There's just one problem with the Federal Communications Commission's plans: They may not be quite, well, legal. In other words, the FCC may not actually have the authority to make its ruling stick.
1980s tech products (IDIOT TOYS: Tech news for the bored) - 0 views
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Today's product holders have it easy. Computers were 10 times heavier in the 1980s, leading to rampant drug abuse from the Eastern Bloc holders and numerous injuries. Just look at the suspiciously wide jaws on this lot.
Digital Television Beckons, but Many Miss the Call (NYTimes.com) - 0 views
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...less than a month before the Feb. 17 deadline, so many American households have yet to take the necessary steps to continue to watch over-the-air television - more than 6.5 million, according to Nielsen Media Research - that Congress has considered giving them more time.
Sorting Children Into 'Cannots' and 'Cans' Is Just Racism in Disguise - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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Tomorrow marks a turning point in the history of our schools as well as our country. Note how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whom we honor today, had to confront the cold, hard, in-your-face prejudice of a legally segregated system, while the next president, Barack Obama, speaks of a softer negligence, illuminated by the frequently heard phrase, "These kids can't learn."
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants - Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap - 0 views
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Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast. They like to parallel process and multi-task. They prefer their graphics before their text rather than the opposite. They prefer random access (like hypertext). They function best when networked. They thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards. They prefer games to "serious" work.
Global Music Sales Fell 7% in '08 as CDs Lost Favor (NYTimes.com) - 0 views
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Revenue from music sold over the Internet, via mobile phones and in other digital forms, rose by 25 percent last year, to $3.7 billion, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said in a report set for publication Friday. Digital sales accounted for 20 percent of the industry's revenue, up from 15 percent a year earlier.
The Tongue Untied: an introduction - 0 views
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adequately prepared for a college-level journalism course.
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McCain Says He's Learning How To Use the Internet (Wired.com) - 0 views
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"I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself," McCain told the New York Times in an interview that appeared Sunday. "I don't expect to be a great communicator, I don't expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need." Even so, McCain bluntly admits, "I don't e-mail. I've never felt the particular need to e-mail."
As Travel Costs Rise, More Meetings Go Virtual - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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As travel costs rise and airlines cut service, companies large and small are rethinking the face-to-face meeting - and business travel as well. At the same time, the technology has matured to the point where it is often practical, affordable and more productive to move digital bits instead of bodies.
VITAL Data Retreats - 0 views
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Gathering data. You do it all the time. With it, you've gained an expert understanding of how your school operates. But have you also capitalized on it to improve your students' learning? Data Retreats, two-day leadership institutes, help you focus on the important data you've gathered and create the strategies you want to help improve your school. A Data Retreat guides you through the discovery and analysis of four types of school data: Student achievement Demographic Program Perception
Data Retreat Participants Guide - 0 views
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An important step in the school improvement process is to examine local data in order to determine future goals. The Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) have developed a format for conducting data retreats. Contact your local CESA for more information. The following 8 steps are exerpted from the CESA 7 Data Retreat Participant's Guide.
Welcome - 0 views
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shared by a teacher commenting on Nedra's blog posting; very good effort to pull together the appropriate research for an effective technology rich school environment; the philosophy is that it starts with effective leadership; no bean counters here!