1-to-1 Computing
School & District Management
Key Factors to Ed-Tech Success
The Project RED research team recently released a report that identifies best practices for implementing technology in schools.
Classroom Technology
The Real Cost of Technology Integration
Technology's constructive and destructive potential is magnified for students who have special needs or attend otherwise inferior schools.
Classroom Technology
With U.S. On Holiday, Exploring Rest of Ed-Tech Globe
CoSN CEO Keith Krueger chronicled his thoughts on the global ed-tech landscape while at a conference in South Korea.
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Klein Touts Tech as He Leaves NYC Schools
Outgoing New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein hopes to leverage his experience with new school and technology models at his next job with News Corp.
Classroom Technology
Policy Pitch for Preventing Mobile Misuse
A new study crafts two model policies to help K-12 schools guard against student misuse of mobile devices such as cellphones and laptops.
Classroom Technology
Study Shows Benefits of Laptops, Software. Or Does It?
While a study found students who regularly used laptops with interaction software outperformed their college physics classmates, the link between the technology and achievement is fuzzy.
Privacy & Security
Pa. District Ordered to Pay 'Webcamgate' Lawyer
A U.S.District judge Monday ruled the lawyer pressing civil charges in the now-famous webcam incident deserves compensation from the district he's pressing charges against.
Classroom Technology
Early Elementary iPad Use Sign of Things to Come?
Burley Elementary School in Chicago will be using iPads to help students answer abstract questions, refine their handwriting, and take audio notes.
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Does 'Webcamgate' Illustrate Organizational Problem?
After the FBI and federal investigators decided not to file charges, the most relieved person may be the one who first foresaw trouble.
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Second Suit Surfaces in Philly 'Webcamgate'
A second student is suing a suburban Philadelphia district after hundreds of secret photographs and screen shots taken by the student's school-issued laptop.
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Hi-Tech Tactics in Higher Ed.
A couple interesting ed-tech notes from Campus Technology this week: Twitter as a student recruiting tool and iPads for global health research.
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Some Relationships are Tough to Maintain
An Indiana school district is suing one of its technology vendors, claiming the more-than 7,000 netbooks it purchased have a design flaw that the vendor is refusing to repair or otherwise solve.
Classroom Technology
Suggestion Box: Switch Computing Tools to Cut Energy Costs
An ed-tech expert recommends swtiching from desktop computers to laptops or netbooks to lower energy costs.