Education Week: It's Time for a New Kind of High School - 1 views
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"Schools embody an industrial model of organization in a postindustrial world, and an authoritarian and hierarchical character in a world where networks and negotiations are increasingly prevalent."
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The time has come to stop tinkering with an antiquated model.
One-to-One or BYOD? Districts Explain Thinking Behind Student Computing Initiatives | E... - 0 views
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the district shelved the idea when it became apparent that students preferred using their personal mobile devices and that the cost of buying and refreshing notebooks every three to four years would be prohibitive
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surveyed the 155 eighth-graders participating in the pilot, they learned something interesting: Although students loved the idea of having their own computer to do their homework, 52 percent of them were using their personal computers rather than those issued by the school
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IT department beefed up the wireless network in its two middle schools and the high school and standardized on a set of cloud-based applications
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Studies Show More Students Cheat, Even High Achievers - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Cheating has become easier and more widely tolerated, and both schools and parents have failed to give students strong, repetitive messages about what is allowed and what is prohibited.
20 Innovative Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter - Technology in Education - 0 views
iPads in Class | Scholastic.com - 2 views
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Roslyn's rush of attention obscures how the district has undertaken this pilot systematically. "We've been studying 1:1 programs and what's made them successful," says Edward Salina Jr., assistant superintendent for human resources and administration. Both he and Brenner have closely aligned themselves with this project, including overseeing teacher professional development and seemingly small details such as consulting with students about the best iPad covers to buy.
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Jody Bowie, a high school physics and earth science teacher at Putnam City High School in Northwest, Oklahoma, uses this program to push his students to write their own textbook. He uses an iPad in the classroom, taking advantage of the long battery life and his ability to import Google documents into the program for maximum flexibility.
20 Incredible TED Talks You Should Show Your High School Students | Online College Courses - 0 views
Gooru | About Gooru - 1 views
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