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Calculating the ROI on virtual schoolingJune 25, 2009 All these schools are interested in Virtual High School (VHS). They are excited about the quality of the course offerings and the caliber of the instructors of the courses. School boards love innovative programs but are More..
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Look Ma, no textbooksJune 22, 2009 Empire High School (Vail, AZ) seniors will be the first group of students to have started and completed their high school careers without the use of traditional textbooks, using personal laptops instead. When the school began its More..
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Virtualization saves Texas school over a million dollarsJune 10, 2009 Steve Young, chief technology officer of the Judson school district in Texas, recently performed his own energy cost analysis a year after beginning a major computer upgrade and expansion program in his school district of 21,000 More..
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25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja ColeJune 4, 2009 Twitter can feel like a strange new landscape when you first jump in. It is not always clear what its professional uses are, or what to post in 140 characters or less. But when you start to think of Twitter More..
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Michelle Obama on EducationMay 28, 2009 If you haven't watched the videos posted at TED.com, be careful or you could be there for hours. The one below is from the First Lady's trip last month to a London girls school. More..
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We have a winner: meet our 1000th Twitter followerMay 25, 2009 In May, we announced that we would profile our 1000th Twitter follower in the June issue. And the winner is... Easton Area School District, Easton, PA (about 9,100 K 12 students)Director of Technology Thomas DragoDistrict More..
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New doc cams in action: pros, cons, and tipsMay 13, 2009 Shine a LightThere are as many uses for document cameras as there are styles of product. Teachers are getting more creative in integrating this technology into their curricula, using document cameras to project everything from More..
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The AV Club—Next GenerationApril 20, 2009 Engaging the digital natives isn’t as daunting as you think. Here’s how three classrooms do it.A Media ShowcasePete Episcopo had a vision. When he started at Brevard Public Schools in Viera, Florida, the digital media artist More..
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Nine Reasons to Twitter in SchoolsApril 16, 2009 Why should educators get involved with Twitter? Here are nine reasons. 1. Together we’re betterTwitter can be like a virtual staffroom where teachers can access in seconds a stream of links, ideas, opinions, and resources from a More..
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Ready or not, here IT comesApril 13, 2009 According to the “2009 Horizon Report K12 Edition,” the future may actually be closer than it appears. The report is the second in a new series that analyzes emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in More..
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Profile: Max McGee, President of IMSA, discusses some big ideas shares cutting-edge science and mathApril 13, 2009 What's the big idea? There are a million of them at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA). Its president, Max McGee, shares a few with T&L.Established in 1986 by the state, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, More..
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Ten Ways To Get Beyond Powerpoint With Classroom ProjectorsApril 12, 2009 True tech integrators know the digital projector can be used for much more than projecting. Here is a sampling of some creative ways to use your projector in any curriculum. • Reading Writing. Display images, words, or More..
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Digital Storytelling Goes HollywoodMarch 29, 2009 Digital storytelling already proves its worth in classrooms across the country, but when Joe Brennan took over a position at Wilkes University teaching a Digital Storytelling graduate course and the Discovery Education Network More..
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Create Web 2.0 Flashcards in a Flash!March 28, 2009 by Jenn Farr I must admit I have a bit of an aversion to drill type activities, but I realize there are times that students need to practice and memorize certain concepts in order to succeed. Certainly we all More..
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