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Students Want Social Media in Schools
January 2, 2012 | 1:40 PM By Tina Barseghian MindShift In its Policy Priorities report, "Can Social Media and School Policies be “Friends,” ASCD provides a state-of-the union on social media use in...
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Five Key Skills for Effective School Principals
By Christina Samuels on January 6, 2012 5:51 PM The New York-based Wallace Foundation has distilled a decade's worth of research and work funding leadership projects in 24 states into five "key...
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Talking Trash
by Jason Ohler Not to take the fun out of the holidays, but I thought it might be a good time to revisit the topic of "trash." We created mounds of it this holiday season, as we gave loved ones gifts...
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Joe Robertson | Games Are Focus of Quest Schools
By JOE ROBERTSON The Kansas City Star Posted on Tue, Dec. 13, 2011 This is the future American school? Really? “You guys are killing me!” teacher Don Labonte shouts. He’s laughing. He’s roaring back...
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Smartphone App Born on the Battlefield
Smartphone app born on the battlefield CNN|Added on January 5, 2012 A decorated soldier creates a smartphone app that turns your phone into a walkie-talkie.. CNN's Dan Simon reports.
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Top 5 Ed Tech Predictions for 2012
By Christopher Dawson | December 22, 2011, 8:11pm PST Summary: Here’s hoping I’m more accurate than I was last year. Earlier this week I wrote about five major technologies that should have had real...
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How Teenagers Are Using Technology in Their Social Lives (REPORT PDF)
Download the pdf of Consumerlab's report "Talking, Texting, Poking, and Dating"
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Short Film—Powerpoint
Short Film Posted By thekeller on Mon, 23 May 2011 02:56 www.thesmalls.com Obsession can strangle even the best of us. For Christopher, that one thing is Microsoft Powerpoint... because slides speak...
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Launching an iPad 1-to-1 Program: A Primer
By Mitchell A. Salerno, Michael Vonhof 12/14/11 Technology is redefining traditional educational paradigms, and many schools are interested in integrating the latest technological advancements into...
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iPad and Games for Learning
Simple Physics Here you are required to build structures for a specific task. In the image below, its a bomb shelter. The task is to build a shelter that withstands the explosion and remains within...
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Editorial: Fliers, Think Before Turning On Electronics
Many airline passengers using Kindles, iPhones and other portable electronic devices bristle at flight attendants' orders to turn them all off before takeoff and landing. Why? What's the harm? Fliers...
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Tech Trends You'll See in 2012
by Megan Geuss, PCWorld Dec 29, 2011 2:55 pm We're living in an exciting time in technology: From consumer products such as phones and tablets to the way your home computer accesses the Internet,...
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Local Theaters Ready to Bow to Tweeters in the Audience
But distraction to others a primary concern December 28, 2011 By Beth Teitell, Globe Staff To tweet or not to tweet? That’s the question facing Boston-area theaters as live-performance venues...
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Broadband, Social Networks, and Mobility Have Spawned a New Kind of Learner
http://thejournal.com Education Trends | Featured News By John K. Waters—12/13/11 Students are different today because of technology. Every educator knows this, of course, but this change is about...
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12 Most Useful Ways Kids Can Learn With Cell Phones
Posted by Lisa Nielsen on Dec 28, 2011 We live in a world that is increasingly mobile. In order for adults to connect with our kids and students, we need to mobilize. Kids love their phones, they are...
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Global Digital Communication: Texting, Social Networking Popular Worldwide
Usage Differs by Age and Education Released: December 20, 2011 SURVEY REPORT Cell phones are owned by overwhelmingly large majorities of people in most major countries around the world, and they are...
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Canadian Man Uses iPad to Enter U.S.
Martin Reisch holds up his iPad displaying his passport in Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Reisch was allowed entry into the United States using a scanned copy of his passport on his iPad. (AP...
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This Time It's Personal
Truly student-centered learning has a lot of support in high places in education, but it can’t happen without the right technology infrastructure to drive it. By Jennifer Demski 01/04/12 Educators...
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Apple Launches iBooks 2 E-Textbook Platform
By Daniel Cooper posted Jan 19th 2012 10:10AM We're here at Apple's education-flavored event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City. Phil Schiller has just taken to the stage and announced the...
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