The ActivTable Promethean's preview of the interactive, collaborative table, the ActivTable. It has a high-definition 46-inch touch-screen, a full-featured Windows PC, and and can support up to six users simultaneously.
Facebook's newest user agreement set off some red flags. When you logged onto your Facebook account today, you agreed that: "You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including Facebook, the Facebook and F Logos, FB, Face, Poke, Book and Wall),
The "data room" at Sharpstown High School in Houston is covered from floor to ceiling in dense grids, neatly drawn numerals, and a rainbow of felt marker.
A dramatic shift is sweeping through our schools. Third graders texting on their cell phones. Kindergarteners who can navigate an iPod Touch better than we can.
An insider's look at innovation in the MIT Media Lab In its 25-year history.
He found that CEOs and elementary-school students alike had the same reaction: "Everybody goes away thinking, 'How can I be more creative in my life?'"
MITx, a new online-learning initiative launched by MIT begins in earnest today with its first course: 6.002x (Circuits and Electronics). More than 90,000 people have signed up for the experimental prototype course since registration opened in February.
For three years, a pilot program tracked the reading ability of approximately 1,000 students at 20 New York City schools, following them from kindergarten through second grade.
Posted at 10:11 AM ET, 03/09/2012 Montgomery County Public Schools translates its snail mail, phone messages, and television programs into multiple languages to serve its diverse community. So it was only a matter of time before its social networking went bilingual. Announcing the MCPS Spanish twitter feed!
Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop."
By William Johnson, New York Times In Print: Sunday, March 11, 2012 I am a special education teacher. My students have learning disabilities ranging from autism and attention-deficit disorder to cerebral palsy and emotional disturbances. I love these kids, but they can be a handful.
The topic for Saturday, March 3rd will be "Technology in the Multi-ability Classroom" featuring Andrea Keller. Andrea will explore increasing the rigor of meeting the needs of all students through technology and share ways teachers can modify and adapt learning activities so that all students of all abilities have a chance to participate in digital learning.
Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday? Now do all that easily with Wallwisher wall and some stickies.
David, Washington International School Feb 22, 2012 - Two years ago, on the 12th of January, Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake. With a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, it was the largest earthquake that had hit the region in 200 years. According to the Haitian...
David Greer recently won a contest sponsored by FLENJ to attend the ACTFL conference in Denver, Colorado. Click on the links on the next page to read more on David's experience at the ACTFL conference and a thank you letter expressing his gratitude to the FLENJ board.
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.