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"You may have heard already that dig­i­tal lit­er­acy and increased tech­ni­cal capac­ity are crit­i­cal com­po­nents of the K-12 edu­ca­tion. I hap­pen to agree. The prob­lem is that pub­lic edu­ca­tion hasn't had suf­fi­cient means to put enough com­put­ing devices in the hands of stu­dents. Com­put­ers have been expen­sive and if you have had a com­puter lab that you could visit with your class once a week then you had more than most. Now with the evo­lu­tion of mobile plat­forms, net­books, tablets, and "Bring Your Own Tech­nol­ogy" pro­grams (like this one explained my @micwalker) there is a warm feel­ing in the edu­ca­tion com­mu­nity that mean­ing­ful 1 to 1 access in the class­room is pos­si­ble every­where. Teach­ers are excited, stu­dents are stoked, and tech­nol­ogy direc­tors are pet­ri­fied. The pos­si­bil­i­ties are end­less includ­ing live streams from our class­rooms, social media at the hands of every learner, and every stu­dent becom­ing the smartest kid in school because she can search Google on her iPad. I am ener­gized that the promise of edu­ca­tional tech­nol­ogy - a world of con­nected learn­ing, col­lab­o­ra­tion, and cre­ative design to engage and impact stu­dent achieve­ment - may finally be mature enough to imple­ment in all classrooms."

"e BYOT Summit was held on the campus of Kennesaw State University on April 26th. * Buster Evans, Superintendent of Forsyth County Schools - Watch his presentation here. * Download a copy of his presentation here. * Attorney Phil Hartley - Watch his presentation here * Download a copy of his presentation here. * Forsyth County Educators Share their perspective - Watch their presentation here * Download a copy of their presentation here And here is a video featuring Forsyth County Students in the BYOT program. Forsyth County BYOT Page - http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/BYOT * Courses * Registration * Labs * Resources * GACE Exam * ETC Staff * Contact the ETC"

"Squishy circuits are a project from the Thomas Lab at the University of St. Thomas. The goal of the project is to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough. conductive dough, insulating dough and building circuits model Thank you to the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering, the University of St. Thomas Young Scholars Program, and the 3M Foundation for supporting the undergraduate students working on this project. How To Conductive Dough"

Lingt Classroom helps teachers enable their students to speak. Create online assignments that make engaging and assessing spoken performance as natural as giving out a worksheet.Make oral exams that take a fraction of the time to administer and assess. Perfect for IB and AP preparation.Offer targeted feedback to individual responses to maximize student improvement.Incorporate video and images to create media and culture-rich exercises.Archive all your assignments and students' responses to reuse next time and track individual improvement.