FEATURES
School CIO: RTT in Tennessee
Mary Reel, a school superintendent in the 2,100-student district of Milan, calls the Tennessee Value Added Assessment System (TVAAS) “Value Added on Steroids” and has used the data system to turn around struggling students, individual schools, and now a district. Read how they did it.
By Pam Derringer
What you missed at ISTE
Didn’t make it to the largest edtech event in the U.S. this year? Don’t worry, we had it covered. In this special supplement, T&L details the latest and greatest from the International Society for Technology in Education show. From new product releases to big-picture analysis from our T&L advisers, you will find the 411 here.
ISTE WRAP-UP
Tech & Learning 30th anniversary reception
ISTE Product News
PRODUCTS
The Answer Is …
Clickers. Audio response systems. Student response systems. Whatever you call them, they can be the answer to some teachers’ prayers. We asked six schools to give us feedback.
By Ellen Ullman
DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS
Editor’s Desk
It’s not what you have but how you use it.
News & Trends
• Next Big Thing: YoLink
• IWBs: Love ’em or hate ’em?
• Six tips for selecting a reading program
• Study shows the benefits of 1:1
• Technologies to watch
• New study finds students more connected than teachers
• Contest to award student response system
• Sites we like
• New cloud consortium
They Said It: 5 developing themes at ISTE ’10
By Henry Thiele
I attended EduBloggerCon, the Constructivist Consortium, the opening events, and more at ISTE ’10, and through my interactions there, I have begun to see some themes developing in the conference:
