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Tamp;L reports live from Educon 2.2January 30, 2010 Educon 22 is an impressive conference held at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy, and kicked off with a full house of educators and top edtech names from around the country.Self described as "EduCon 2.2 ...is not a More..
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BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology)December 29, 2009
Each spring, Walled Lake (MI) Consolidated School District
kicks off its ten-year-old Anytime Anywhere Learning (AAL) Laptop
Program with an orientation meeting for parents of fifth graders. More..
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Magic Johnson Foundation partners with CiscoNovember 18, 2009 Tech & Learning magazine – along with key sports media had the unique opportunity to meet via videoconferencing with basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson today to discuss his new partnership with Cisco. In addition to More..
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Highlights from Tech Forum Northeast, Palisades, NY October 23, 2009October 27, 2009 Welcome and Opening Keynote Chris LehmannBuilding School 2.0 Creating the Schools We NeedWhat is School 2.0? What are the pedagogical ideas that form it? Examine ideas of constructivist pedagogy and the use of 21st Century tools More..
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Six inspiring schools honored at Intel 2009 Schools of Distinction Awards CeremonySeptember 15, 2009 Every year, the Intel Schools of Distinction awards honors U.S. schools that demonstrate 21st century teaching and learning environments that promote excellence in math and science. This year, Intel received more than 700 More..
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Safety Net: Web filtering that worksJuly 23, 2009 A district can take many steps to ensure that its students are protected from harmful, obscene, or otherwise unworthy websites. It can establish guidelines for appropriate Internet usage, create acceptable use policies, or More..
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Eight Ways To Use School WikisJuly 21, 2009 Wikis are a great tool to help a school enrich instruction, and increase communication and collaboration among staff. They are also free (for educators using wikispaces) and provide unlimited storage for digital materials More..
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Ready for 1:1? Check this list before you answerJuly 16, 2009 Check this list before you start your 1 1 program or to improve an existing program. Search for more funding The state may be providing machines and some training support but I will guarantee it will not be enough. More..
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Calculating the ROI on virtual schoolingJune 25, 2009 All these schools are interested in Virtual High School (VHS). They are excited about the quality of the course offerings and the caliber of the instructors of the courses. School boards love innovative programs but are More..
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Free home-school podcastsJune 24, 2009 The Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center at Edvantia has created a free podcast series for educators on increasing parent involvement in schools. More..
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Look Ma, no textbooksJune 22, 2009 Empire High School (Vail, AZ) seniors will be the first group of students to have started and completed their high school careers without the use of traditional textbooks, using personal laptops instead. When the school began its More..
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Cover Your Assets: the latest asset management software in actionJune 18, 2009 Quick, tell us How many laptops are in your middle schools? Which ones are about to come off warranty? Did your tech department finish updating all the software licensing? If you can’t answer these questions, it is probably time More..
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Spending wisely: DC school funds innovative tech programsJune 16, 2009 Rick Kelsey, STEM coordinator and technology director at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., has developed some unique ways for this citywide public high school and career academy to use stimulus funding for More..
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Virtualization saves Texas school over a million dollarsJune 10, 2009 Steve Young, chief technology officer of the Judson school district in Texas, recently performed his own energy cost analysis a year after beginning a major computer upgrade and expansion program in his school district of 21,000 More..
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