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"Green technology" is fast becoming part of a school tech leader's lexicon. It's being incorporated into everything from saving paper to building new high schools. (Digital Directions)
As the movement for "open" education resources continues to grow, it's become vital to understand the different types of licenses that make the process legal and safe. (Digital Directions)
Experts say shifts in other industries foreshadow similar changes that are likely to happen in education. (Education Week)
Teachers’ access to student information has increased, but many lack the training and some necessary tools to support the kind of data-driven decisionmaking that leads to instructional change and improved achievement, a report says.
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Sharnell Jackson, former Chief E-learning Officer for the Chicago Public Schools system, talks with Senior Digital Directions writer Michelle Davis talks about her tenure as the first ever E-learning officer for Chicago's schools and how technology helped support the system to become more efficient and effective. (Digital Directions)
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Educators see benefits in having access to technologies developed for the military long before they reach the commercial market. (Digital Directions)
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University of Louisville researchers are exploring how print math textbooks can be converted to digital versions to help students with “print disabilities,” a term for various learning, visual, and physical issues that interfere with reading. (Education Week)
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Microsoft Research and a consortium of universities and education organizations have launched a research institute to investigate the connections between gaming and learning. (Digital Directions)
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Education Week and Digital Directions have launched a new blog to provide news updates, solutions, and analysis to help ed-tech leaders and others address the technological challenges they face today. |
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Cyberbullying and Schools
Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin, Internet-safety experts who are co-authors of the new book Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying, answered questions about cyberbullying.
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