Trinity Episcopal School may not have smartboards, but they have a middle school technology class smart enough to craft a cheap alternative. 
Science, technology, environment and health news and discussion from the makers of the NPR public radio program Science Friday with host Ira Flatow. 
When we talk about using cell phones in class, we’re not just talking about using cell phones in class. 
Sixth-grader Kelsey Antolick may not know it as she arrives at school an hour early, but she's proof that the Clark County School District's goal of enrolling one in three students in online courses... Could the days of notes coming home to parents in students' backpacks be numbered? Students lounging in a sunny spot on campus with a wireless device or typing furiously away on a laptop are scenes usually reserved for college brochures. But in Hoke County schools, it's just a typical day in class. 
Everyone is on Twitter these days, so why not your school district? Twitter provides an easy platform to keep your followers updated -- moment by moment, if necessary! -- about developing situations, sudden brainstorms and calls to action. Following are 12 reasons to get your school district tweeting this summer so that you can hit the ground running at the start of the next school year. NEWARK -- Newark City Schools leadership can envision a time -- maybe just a few years away -- when every high school student is carrying a laptop or tablet in lieu of textbooks. Autism & The iPad: In the News:iPads (tablets) and Education: Technology can have a significant im... Apple's new software lets anyone create digitally rich eBooks for iPads. iBooks Author experts Joe Wood and Burt Lo share why this new software is important and how to introduce it to schools right now. 
A group of publishers and tech companies gathered in Washington today to talk about getting digital textbooks into U.S. classrooms. The gathering, convened by the FCC and the Department of Education, included everyone from Apple to Intel to McGraw-Hill, and it was premised on the idea that digitizing classrooms is a good thing. 
Blogger Todd Finley leads an engaging tour of open education resources for any teacher who wants his or her students to be better writers. 
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. |
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By Katrina Schwartz - There's been a lot of excitement around TED’s foray into education, bringing its inspirational video model to the classroom. 
An ambitious effort to refocus K-12 science education across the nation enters a new phase today with the release of the first public draft of voluntary, "next generation" standards in the subject. 
We often pontificate about the "haves" and the "have-nots" in our schools -- the unfair way that schools are funded, the ways in which some of our students are robbed of opportunity while others are awash in it. 
The Alexander Dawson School was selected as one of 12 pilot sites in the country to test a multiplayer computer game that teaches middle school students engineering and technology concepts. Students... As mobile devices become more popular, education leaders differ on when and if devices like iPads should be integrated into K-12 curricula. 
Thousands of teachers around the country today are “flipping” their classrooms. What does that mean, how is it done, and why are teachers doing it? 
I have spoken before about the ways society organizes itself to accomplish tasks. Probably the first organizations like this were tribes of people thousands of years ago. Naturally, the bonds of th... 
Higher education will soon absorb a generation of high school students who frequently use smart phones to store cheat sheets, share test answers with classmates, and scroll through Google search results during exams, according to researchers who... 
Smart phones are an incredible educational tool for both educators and students. I have an Android Smart Phone and I can do pretty much everything with it that I can do on my computer or laptop or tablet. This means that I always have access to my data, files, information, and can do work anywhere. Students have the same ability with their smart phones. They have access to information, class resources, and so much more at any time. Instead of buying a $200 graphing calculator, they can buy a $0.99 app. There are tons of great apps out there for educators and students to use. Twenty-four percent of K-12 schools ban cell phones altogether, and 62 percent allow phones on school grounds but ban them in the classroom, according to the most recent national data available. 
Los Angeles Unified is about to go viral, with a social media director launching Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites in an effort to broaden the districts community outreach. |
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