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Digital Classrooms: Is The Investment Paying Off?
1/02/2012 @ 2:32AM Eric Savitz, Forbes Staff Guest post written by Chuck Dietrich Chuck Dietrich is CEO of SlideRocket. There is a raging debate about the effectiveness of the ‘digital classroom’ –...
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Powertrekk Portable Fuel Cell Available Spring for $229
updated 04:55 am EST, Tue January 24, 2012 Powertrekk first to market with portable fuel cell The Powertrekk portable fuel cell charger, that first surfaced as a working concept will become available...
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Web Addicts Have Brain Changes, Research Suggests
By Helen Briggs Health editor, BBC News website Web addicts have brain changes similar to those hooked on drugs or alcohol, preliminary research suggests. Experts in China scanned the brains of 17...
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Some JCPS Students Take Part in Social Media Education Program
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 11:56 AM PST Updated: Jan 12, 2012 11:56 AM PST LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Some JCPS students are getting a lesson that's the first of its kind in Kentucky. Students at Newburg...
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Senate Panel OKs Creationism Teaching Bill
IBJNEWS Associated PressJanuary 26, 2012 An Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in Indiana's public schools. The Times of Munster reported that the...
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Educational Technology Bill of Rights for Students
by Brad Flickinger The following are what I believe are the rights of all student to have with regards to using technology as an educational tool, written as a student to their teacher: 1) I have the...
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How Education Fails Technology (And What to Do About It)
Posted on January 23, 2012 SHIFT PARADIGM | by Mark E. Weston Education has failed technology. Yes, you read that correctly. Education has failed technology. To understand why this is, not vice versa,...
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350,000 Textbooks Downloaded From Apple’s iBooks in Three Days
JANUARY 23, 2012 AT 3:50 AM PT Though nascent and unproven, Apple’s new textbook initiative appears to be gaining lots of momentum — and quickly, too. Within days of its debut, Apple’s iBooks textbook...
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The Library as a Digital Learning Space
A high school in Connecticut is developing and honing a hybrid library that incorporates both traditional books and new digital technologies. By Bridget McCrea 01/11/12 Wanting to develop a media...
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Electric Car Schools Reach Students That Classrooms Can’t
A new school in Philadelphia is being built around designing electric vehicles and finding other energy-use solutions. It’s just part of a new trend of getting students out of the classroom, and into...
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We Are Natural Born Multi-Taskers
ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2011) — Imagine you're a hockey goalie, and two opposing players are breaking in alone on you, passing the puck back and forth. You're aware of the linesman skating in on your...
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YouTube Launches a Section Just For Schools
Posted By Jeff Festa On December 14, 2011 Although there are lots of educational videos on YouTube, there are also many videos that aren’t appropriate for students—which is why many schools block...
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Four Fallacies of the ‘Teachers Are Overpaid’ Argument
Posted By Dennis Pierce On November 8, 2011 The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute have released a new paper arguing that public school teachers are overpaid relative to the...
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Study on Teacher Value Uses Data From Before Teach-to-Test Era
By MICHAEL WINERIP Published: January 16, 2012 My four children have all attended public schools in our middle-class suburban district. When my oldest was in fourth grade, in 1998, he took the state...
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Designing the 21st Century K-12 Classroom
Six design elements that shouldn't be left out of today's smart classroom By Bridget McCrea 01/18/12 It's not enough to take a traditional K-12 classroom and fill it with technology. The smart...
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In Some U.S. Schools, Librarians Are No Longer Saying, “Shh!”
By Nick Pandolfo Buffy Hamilton, who calls herself “The Unquiet Librarian,” holds the phone receiver away from her ear at Creekview High School library in Canton, Ga., revealing a cacophony of noise...
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9 Things That Will Disappear in Our Lifetime
By Plinio Granado Posted Aug 13, 2011 in Internet Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come ..... 1. The Post Office Get ready to...
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Oregon School Boards Association / Convention Speech—David Beeson
President’s Remarks / David Beeson / Friday November 11, 2011 Oregon School Boards Association Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon...
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We Can All Make a Difference
Sara Ferguson Teacher, Chester Upland School District, PA Posted: 02/ 6/2012 4:32 pm www.huffingtonpost.com We often talk about our beliefs, values and convictions. It can be truly magical when we...
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