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Education World: Tech in the Classroom - 0 views

  • Tech in the Classroom is a recurring feature that examines widely available technology, software and gadgets and how they might be used in a school setting. What favorite gadget or tool are you using in the classroom? As this new content area grows, let us know what products you’d like to read about.
  • Tech in the Classroom: StudySync This is a Web-based supplemental curriculum. Aligned to the Common Core and aimed at middle-school and high-school students, StudySync enlists broadcast-quality video, digital media, mobile platforms and social learning to advance reading, writing and critical thinking
Garth Holman

Educational Technology Guy: 10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have - 0 views

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    Skills we need by topic 
Christen Cowley

art.com artPad - 0 views

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    Really cool art/tech tool
Mallory Marks

Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence | Home - 1 views

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    OCALI - modules, research, library, video, assistive tech, family center, etc - for Autism in Ohio
Michael O'Connor

In Maine, a laptop for every middle-schooler - Technology & science - Back to School | ... - 0 views

  • Statewide test scores haven’t changed much.
  • “Maybe the full potential of the laptop isn’t being realized,”" he said.
  • How to offer every child the same opportunity at a quality education
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  • The laptops might help breach the economic barrier to school success. Silvernail found that on statewide writing exams, economically disadvantaged students using laptops did outperform advantaged students who didn’t use their computers.
  • Still, the laptop program has faced setbacks. Maine wanted to expand its laptop program to all high schools four years ago, but state budget cuts have prevented that.
    • Michael O'Connor
       
      At the higher levels, do a BYOT program.
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  • “What we need to look at is the broader impact on student improvement,” said Timothy Magner, the director of the Office of Education Technology, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education. “One of the key metrics is test scores. We’re keenly interested in that.”
    • Michael O'Connor
       
      They are keenly intrested in ... test scores! What a suprise! You would think this initative would have the backing of the US government and all its Allies! But no, we are worried about test scores...
  • Some schools’ programs around the country have faced widespread computer glitches, teachers not knowing how to teach with laptops — and to a much lesser degree, yet way more publicized — the issue of students using the Web to cyberslack, cheat and view porn.
    • Michael O'Connor
       
      yep, this is the down side. Kids mishandle internet or tech devices. or a pencil, or a book...nothing very new here...constant monitoring/good filter systme should be used
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  • But whether its program can measure up to the federal government’s key yardstick — improvement in standardized test scores — is another question.
Courtney Lange

Caleb Clark: Why Our Schools Need EdTech Professionals - 0 views

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    This one is for you garth.
Garth Holman

4 No-Cost Tools for Educators -- THE Journal - 0 views

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      Also see next page. 
  • Technology doesn't have to be expensive. Just ask John Kuglin, a long-time tech guru who shows educators how to tap into myriad free Web resources that can be used in and out of the classroom
  • Enhanced video production and distribution. Mozilla's Popcorn Maker i
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  • Keeping content on hard drives just isn't an option anymore, according to Kuglin, who points to Dropbox, Google Drive, and Pogoplug.com
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