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10th Technology Counts Survey—New Challenges for Educational Technology

May 14, 2009

Recently released Technology Counts Survey by Education Week magazine reviewed technology access, internet connectivity, technology standards, teacher preparedness and much more across the U.S.
This year’s report, dubbed A Digital Decade, ranked all 50 states based on a matrix of technology accomplishment.
Critical findings of the report include two new challenges for technology integration in education. These [...]

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Study Describes How Professional Development Yields “Ripple Effect”

May 11, 2009

Planning a professional development (PD) workshop?
A new study found measurable “ripple effect” results when PD was delivered in a “learning through doing” format, something we often tout in reference to our students. 
The Kent State University Research Center for Educational Technology’s recent study on professional development concluded that giving teachers ongoing assistance and “situative” learning yielded:

Increased [...]

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More than a Tweet……….for teachers only

May 11, 2009

I firmly believe being “with it” is very important as a teacher.  That’s not to say I think students should be your buddy, as I also believe in demarcations between the roles, even when a teacher is sometimes only a few years older than his/her high school students. 
However, I want to be the teacher who [...]

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Teacher or Technology?

April 14, 2009

Some random quotes that I’ll attempt to reconcile for today’s K-12 educational experience:
“Schools are still using materials developed to teach the students of decades ago, but today’s students are actually very different in the way they think and work.” The Horizon Report: 2009 K-12 Edition
 “A sophisticated workforce of lifelong learners must continuously adapt to technology [...]

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Can netbooks and virtualization make 1:1 computing possible?

February 19, 2009

Niagara Wheatfield School District, a rural upstate NY school district wanted to investigate the efficacy of the new and emerging ‘best practices’ that could make 1:1 computing possible for the average school district. The district is now near the end of a their ‘proof of concept’ stage which tested a combination of 1:1 computing, virtualization, sub $500 mini notebooks, [...]

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