Classroom Technology Collection

Digital Directions in Education Week

IT Infrastructure & Management Missouri Repeals Teacher-Student Facebook Restrictions
The measure had generated an unexpected backlash, with teachers raising concerns they would be barred from using popular social media sites.
The Associated Press, November 1, 2011
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3 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management FCC Broadband Initiative Tackles School Needs
Many of the companies contributing to the 'Connect to Compete' effort bring strong experience in educational outreach.
Ian Quillen, October 25, 2011
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5 min read
Curriculum Vegas Schools Hope iPad Program Will Boost Test Scores
Paper textbooks might soon go the way of the slide rule and typewriter as the Clark County School District launches a $790,050 iPad program, one of the largest of its kind in the nation.
Paul Takahashi, Las Vegas Sun, October 18, 2011
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6 min read
Eight year-old Gianna DeTara, who lives in a rural community outside Scranton, Pa., participates from home in an online speech-therapy session. Gianna takes the lessons through her online charter school, Commonwealth Connections Academy. School districts nationwide are starting to turn to online speech therapy as a way to save money and ensure that hard-to-find therapists are available to their students.
Eight year-old Gianna DeTara, who lives in a rural community outside Scranton, Pa., participates from home in an online speech-therapy session. Gianna takes the lessons through her online charter school, Commonwealth Connections Academy. School districts nationwide are starting to turn to online speech therapy as a way to save money and ensure that hard-to-find therapists are available to their students.
Sean Simmers for Education Week
Special Education One-on-One Speech Therapy Goes Digital
When therapists are scarce, some schools are turning to online speech lessons.
October 11, 2011
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6 min read
Laura Johnson, 17, who returned to Florence High School after a semester in an online school, works on a computer between classes next to Tyler Correa, 16, left.
Laura Johnson, 17, who returned to Florence High School after a semester in an online school, works on a computer between classes next to Tyler Correa, 16, left.
Joe Mahoney/I-News
Classroom Technology Test Scores Raise Questions About Colo. Virtual Schools
About half the students who enroll in Colorado's online schools leave within a year, an Education News Colorado investigation finds.
Nancy Mitchell, Education News Colorado & Burt Hubbard, I-News Network, October 4, 2011
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7 min read
School & District Management New Initiatives Signal Shift in U.S. Ed-Tech Leadership
The U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Communications Commission have launched ed-tech efforts that involved the two organizations as agents of collaboration, but not primary funders.
Ian Quillen, September 26, 2011
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5 min read
Teaching Profession Wireless Generation Loses Contract in Wake of News Corp. Scandal
New York state comptroller rejects a $27 million no-bid contact between the educational technology company and the state education department for developing assessment-tracking software.
Ian Quillen, September 13, 2011
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4 min read
Classroom Technology Online Schooling Seeing Explosive Growth in Oklahoma
An analysis shows that the number of Oklahoma public school students doing schoolwork through computer-based programs has increased nearly 400 percent over three years.
Andrea Eger, Tulsa World, August 30, 2011
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3 min read
Equity & Diversity Mo. Teachers Group Sues Over Social Networking Law
The Missouri State Teachers Association is seeking to block enforcement of part of a new law that restricts teachers' use of social networking sites.
The Associated Press, August 26, 2011
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3 min read
South Korean student Kim Jae-min, center, and his classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Goesan, South Korea. The country is among the most wired on earth, with 80 percent of households having access to broadband Internet. The country is working to leverage its population’s digital sophistication as it builds a single computer network with high-quality educational content and replaces traditional textbooks with tablet PCs.
South Korean student Kim Jae-min, center, and his classmates use tablet PCs to study in a class at Sosu Elementary School in Goesan, South Korea. The country is among the most wired on earth, with 80 percent of households having access to broadband Internet. The country is working to leverage its population’s digital sophistication as it builds a single computer network with high-quality educational content and replaces traditional textbooks with tablet PCs.
Ahn Young-joon/AP
Curriculum S. Korea Pushes for All-Digital Scholastic Network
Ditching paper textbooks in favor of digital content is part of a $2 billion gamble in one of the world's most-wired nations.
Sam Kim, Associated Press, August 9, 2011
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4 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Twitter Evolving Into Professional-Development Tool
A growing number of educators around the country are using the social-networking site to share best practices and find answers to important questions.
Adrienne Lu, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 2011
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4 min read
Reflected in a mirror, art teacher Malia Andrus helps Alyssa Hartley with a project at the Hawaii Technology Academy. The school has quadrupled its enrollment in two years to become the fastest-growing charter school in the state.
Reflected in a mirror, art teacher Malia Andrus helps Alyssa Hartley with a project at the Hawaii Technology Academy. The school has quadrupled its enrollment in two years to become the fastest-growing charter school in the state.
Dennis Oda /Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Ed-Tech Policy 'One Size Fits One' at Hawaii Tech Academy
The hybrid charter school, which offers a blend of face-to-face and online instruction, has quadrupled its enrollment in two years.
Susan Essoyan, Honolulu Star Advertiser (MCT), June 2, 2011
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3 min read
Teaching Profession How Do Teachers Use Technology to Facilitate Student Learning?
This table includes data from a cohort of 35,525 teachers, who were asked how they use technology in their classrooms.
May 24, 2011
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1 min read
Standards & Accountability New Rating System Targets Media's Education Potential
Common Sense Media plans to expand its current rating system to evaluate the learning benefits of popular and educational digital content.
Ian Quillen, May 24, 2011
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4 min read
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