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"By rethinking the schedule and integrating the curriculum, we were able to create a program that is adaptable to student needs and more tightly tied to their chosen trades. Students rarely ask "Why do I need to know this" because they are given the opportunity to apply their learning to their engineering, IT, or performing arts career areas immediately. All of this is made possible by leveraging technology to add asynchronous components to the learning environment, allowing students to move more quickly than their peers or receive additional help from members of the learning community."

" we want you to have a pick from the full list of presentation software tools that are on the market and that could fit your needs. Presentation software is great, but we know there are plenty of options to choose from.  Some have their advantages and disadvantages while others are perfect for a certain audience.  We'll examine the presentation maker programs we believe would be great and even the ones that may not be but could still be another viable solution."

"riting books with or for young children supports literacy skills and creative thinking. Come to this session ready to learn new ways of making books and experience software programs and apps that educators, parents and children can use to produce e-books for viewing electronically. Attendees will learn about eBooks as well as several iOS apps that can be used to create custom eBooks that support and enhance the reading and writing process and content area knowledge. Be ready to create, design and publish your own e-publication and share it with others!"

"As many schools and districts are now rushing to buy every student a digital device, I'm concerned that most one-to-one implementation strategies are based on the new tool as the focus of the program. Unless we break out of this limited vision that one-to-one computing is about the device, we are doomed to waste our resources."

"Adapting existing programs to enhance a digital learning environment."

"This data represents income and poverty estimates for every school district in Ohio. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, represent the only source of U.S. Census Bureau income and poverty data Title I-eligible school districts"

"When it comes to public education, 2013 is likely to be a year of new thinking, from innovative approaches to classroom technology to a potentially game-changing decision by the Supreme Court on affirmative action. States and school districts will continue to struggle with the recession's fiscal fallout, even as demands for more programs and services -- including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives, extended learning time, and early childhood education -- increase."

"Educational Software For UDL and Special Needs" These programs work best on FlashDrives allowing students to use them at school or home on either Mac or PC.

"The Game is not a program that involves lessons that take up valuable curriculum time. Rather the Game is a "behavioral vaccine" or routine that is used every day-like brushing your teeth, buckling your seatbelt, or wash your hands after going to the bathroom to protect or promote one's health, safety or wellbeing. Every day, thousands of the students from pre-K through even high school are playing the PAX Game. Students have learned that PAX means a wonderful school or classroom, filled with productivity, peace, health and happiness. Everyday, students create more PAX by sweeping away "Spleems" by their teams in the classroom or even whole grade or school."

The Rochester Instructional Framework is a professional development tool designed to support effective teaching and learning. It is characterized by its workshop format which is research and standards-based, and used as a guide as educators plan and implement their instructional programs.

"As many schools and districts are now rushing to buy every student a digital device, I'm concerned that most one-to-one implementation strategies are based on the new tool as the focus of the program. Unless we break out of this limited vision that one-to-one computing is about the device, we are doomed to waste our resources."

Today BAM Radio is the largest education radio network in the world offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately commited to quality education.

The Central Texas Student Futures Project - formerly known as the Central Texas High School Data Center - is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center and a growing number of Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). The project documents and analyzes the progress of Central Texas high school students as they move onto colleges and careers. It relies on a combination of student surveys and linked administrative records to improve feedback and policy and program alignment for Central Texas ISDs in preparing students for the demands of adulthood and success in the workplace.

"In this conversation, Alan November and Bob Goodman, Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning, discuss the inspiring work he his leading in the redesign of science curriculum. Through a logical reorganization of content, a rethinking of what good homework looks like and a robust teacher development program that has been initiated, students are graduating high school with an understanding of science at a depth that is truly remarkable."

"Mesquite Elementary School, in Tucson, Arizona, attributes much of its turnaround in student performance -- and their ongoing success -- to their Reteach and Enrich program. Within the first year of implementation, even before teachers had worked out all the kinks, Mesquite went from a "performing" school (as labeled by the state of Arizona) in 2002 to an "excelling" school, the highest ranking, in 2003."

"A self-directed program created for Ohio educators to explore and engage in web 2.0 technologies and 21st Century Learning Skills. Join us in these 21 simple activities or tutorials brought to you by INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio Schools. You will learn the tools of the second generation Internet: Web 2.0 collaborative tools that are bringing our students in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites."

"What makes one low-performing school turn around and build momentum over time, while another, seemingly similar school tries the same strategies but continues to struggle? It's not just particular programs or practices, but the interplay of school implementation with district policies and support, according to the Institute of Education Sciences' Turning Around Low-Performing Schools project-the most comprehensive federal research on such schools to date."

"a high quality, open source, free reading intervention program for grades PK-6"