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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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The Challenge of Coordinating District-wide CommunicationsDecember 21, 2009 The great American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein once said that technique is communication; to conductors the two words are synonymous. For school executives and administrators who are orchestrating communications 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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Top 10 cell phones for studentsJuly 22, 2009 Wirefly, retailer of cell
phones and wireless plans, today announces its annual Top 10 cell
phones for students heading back to school. 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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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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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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Put students to work: tips for a successful laptop programMay 25, 2009 One regularly overlooked aspect of implementing a school laptop initiative is student involvement. The education consultants at Generation YES recently outlined some ways to do just that. For the full report, go to http More..
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Virtualization: A PrimerMay 18, 2009 While funding evaporates in these harsh economic times, virtualization benefits budgets, education, and the environment while improving security. Here are some ways to virtualize DesktopThe entire desktop environment, including More..
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Create Your Own Content with VideoconferencingMay 13, 2009 Here’s one way to cut travel costs for field trips. A dozen broadcast journalism students from Howe, Oklahoma, public schools made the forced migration of Native Americans come alive earlier this year for youngsters 1,600 miles More..
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Saving money with virtualizationMay 6, 2009 School districts across the country always have had to do more with less. Funding only goes so far, leaving administrators and IT staff to find innovative ways to save money while maintaining a high level of academic quality. More..
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The AV Club—Next GenerationApril 20, 2009 Engaging the digital natives isn’t as daunting as you think. Here’s how three classrooms do it.A Media ShowcasePete Episcopo had a vision. When he started at Brevard Public Schools in Viera, Florida, the digital media artist More..
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eBook Reader UpdateApril 19, 2009 It’s only a matter of time now. As e book readers mature, the image of children lugging dated, heavy bundles of pulp will become as anachronistic as them writing on slate boards. Besides the much heralded release of the Kindle More..
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Nine Reasons to Twitter in SchoolsApril 16, 2009 Why should educators get involved with Twitter? Here are nine reasons. 1. Together we’re betterTwitter can be like a virtual staffroom where teachers can access in seconds a stream of links, ideas, opinions, and resources from a More..
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