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Technology codes our minds, our expectations and how we interact with our environment. It changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand. 
Discovery Education Science Techbook is an incredible resource for educators. It's more than a digital textbook. "It’s a different way of thinking. Thinking outside the box, perhaps. Or more appropriately, thinking outside the book." "The Techbook not only provides awesome content aligned to each state’s standards (there are currently Science Techbooks available for most grades K-8 in 30 states across the U.S.), but includes a model lesson for teachers to use with every concept... 
As competition heats up in the educational technology space, publishing giant McGraw-Hill encourages startups to join the fray. 
Today Mozilla launched a new program it is calling “Mozilla Webmaker” to promote more widespread knowledge about how the internet works and how to help create it. Mozilla’s stated goal is to “help millions of people move from using the web to making the web.” It believes web coding should be considered as important as a core school subject. 
By Brian Vadakin, the Post Online classes may have increased educational accessibility for many students, but a study conducted by two Ohio University professors shows they might have contributed to a large increase in academic dishonesty. Mark Shatz and Frank LoSchiavo, two psychology professors at OU’s Zanesville Branch campus, used an introductory psychology course to survey the level of academic dishonesty in online courses. At OU, students can take online classes through programs offered by the eCampus department. The research found that, after students had taken a class with 14 online, not-proctored quizzes, 72.5 percent of the 40 students reported cheating on at least one of the quizzes. The 14 quizzes allowed students plenty of opportunities to cheat, LoSchiavo said. 
Schools are moving to using the Internet as a teaching resource throughout the day, not just as an add-on, SETDA says. Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing demand for Web-based instruction and a skyrocketing number of student-owned Web devices, according to a new report by a trade group representing state education agencies. 
When school ends in a few weeks, Maumee High School media specialist Cindy Bramson will retire and, like so many school librarians, will not be replaced. 
With the ReWalk, an individual is able to stand, walk, and climb stairs, using a pair of crutches and a set of wrist strap buttons that determine her movement. The exoskeleton's motion sensors and onboard computer system are used to detect shifts in weight and balance, which trigger movements in its lower limbs. These movements are executed by small motors, and the entire system is powered by a four-pound battery stored in a user's backpack. One of the foundations of Georgia's new teacher evaluation system will be classroom observations by administrators, which are supposed to occur twice a year and... 
A pair of MIT students have developed a working UI concept, using iOS devices, that looks like it came straight from Hollywood. 
Educators Weigh E-Textbook Cost ComparisonsEducation Week NewsIn figures cited by the Digital Textbook Collaborative from Project RED, a research project that examines the use of technology in education, a 500-student school can save between $35 and... A survey of K-8 teachers shows nearly half of them are incorporating digital games in lessons to engage students and personalize learning. |
I love my Livescribe SmartPen. It is a great resource for me to take hand written notes and then have them digitized and saved. It also includes a voice recorder that syncs with your written notes. I've been using it at conferences, meetings, and to do science work and calculations. It is much faster than typing and works great for math, science, symbols, and diagrams. I love that I can then view my notes on any device and even send my notes via email, to Evernote, Docs, or a variety of apps. 
Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research associate in UC Santa Barbara's physics department, created a new... 
Hatch(R), a leading provider of technology for early learning, and Teaching Strategies, LLC, an early childhood educational publishing company, have partnered to align Hatch's iStartSmart(R) computer learning system with Teaching Strategies GOLD(R) assessment system to enable educators to utilize authentic data from Hatch's individual child reporting as evidence for each child's GOLD assessment. 
Although enrollment continues to grow each year in full-time online schools, more research is needed about the effectiveness of such schools, says a report from the National School Boards Association. This is a partial list of the free on-line tools available on this website: How Far Can I Travel The Department of Education rolled out a communications outreach program Monday to teach parents about its role in state education. It includes a new website, hotline, and online forums and blogs for parents. It comes a week after much lower Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores were released, prompting the State Board of Education to lower the standard writing score from a 4 to a 3. It's graded in a range from 0 to 6. Education officials, however, say the call to reach out directly to parents came before the release of the FCAT scores. AppStart is the first app to download on your iPad: An app starter kit with all the essential apps you'll ever need. Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Compare your reading speed to the national average. A good book is hard to put down. But if you’re enjoying it on an eReader you eventually have to break and recharge. How many pages can you get through before your battery runs out? How fast can you read classics like The Lord of the Rings or War and Peace? Check your reading speed on this fun interactive infographic and compare it to the national average. Taken this test before? Change the snippet by clicking on the cog at the top of the eReader. Created by the eReader experts at Staples®. ... 
Aday.org wants to document the good, bad and ugly of May 15. 
Orangutans are great communicators, whether if it's through sign language or gestures or sounds they make. Now, trainers at Jungle Island in Miami are using technology to help the apes communicate with humans. (streaming video) 
A collaborative effort to produce short videos on specific topics. You can participate. Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
This article includes the 92 page technology plan for this school district! ....A classroom technology survey the district recently conducted found that 43 percent of teachers already use mobile devices for teaching, whether to plan or deliver instruction. The new position may be the first in the country dedicated solely to building and overseeing a district’s social-media efforts, observers said. |
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