From the Classroom
iPads, iPod Touches, and iPhones as Assistive Technology in Education
March 28,2011
The recent release of Apple’s iPad has opened up some great new ideas and
creative paths for teachers looking for assistive technologies (AT) for their
classroom.
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Involve, Prepare, Apply, and Develop: iPads in the Classroom
March 23,2011
Technology
opens doors to learning and builds bridges to learning concepts for kids with
special needs.
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Getting to Know a Digital Textbook
February 9,2011
When I switched to open source digital textbooks, I created a series of activities to help students better learn how to use the textbook in digital form.
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Virtual Tech Forum coming up soon!
November 9,2010
Register for this FREE virtual conference on November 17, 11am 7pmET, for the opportunity to network with some of the greatest names in edtech
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Social Networking or Social Suicide: The impact of social networking on virtual DNA
September 21,2010
Virtual DNA (or vDNA) represents the online activities or "breadcrumbs" of your online persona.
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1-to-1 Laptop Program: Planning for Success
September 20,2010
So you have decided to develop a 1 to 1 laptop program at your school district
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Using Instructional Websites to Differentiate
September 17,2010
In the past, teacher websites were often used only as an introduction to personality, or a repository for class syllabi.
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Can Social Media Help School Phobia?
August 18,2010
For the majority of students prepping for the upcoming school year, September is just another month.
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Yes -- Student Blogs Allowed!
March 16,2010
The keystroke is mightier than the sword, was the message that social studies teacher Gideon Sanders of Washington, D.C.’s McKinley Technology High School helped send last October.? ?While 200 angry McKinley Tech students took to
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Bronx Cheer by Christine Weiser, Managing Editor
March 12,2010
I’ve been reporting on education for a long time
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Blend of lessons is key to professional development in Texas
January 13,2010
Four years ago, the La Joya (TX) Independent School District was given a direct order from its new Board of Education members: improve the early childhood (pre-K and kindergarten) programs.
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BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology)
December 29,2009
Each spring, Walled Lake (MI) Consolidated School District
kicks off its ten-year-old Anytime Anywhere Learning (AAL) Laptop
Program with an orientation meeting for parents of fifth graders.
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One to One Netbook Pilot Program
October 11,2009
Niles Township High Schools
of District 219 in Skokie Illinois have instituted an Anywhere/Anytime
Learning Plan with a 1:1 netbook pilot program, deploying 400 netbooks
to students this year.
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Six inspiring schools honored at Intel 2009 Schools of Distinction Awards Ceremony
September 15,2009
Every year, the Intel Schools of Distinction awards honors U
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Student Response System Boosts Scores
September 5,2009
As an eighth grade science
teacher in Texas, I am always aware that at the end of the year my
students will be expected to pass our state test, the TAKS, as part of the ‘No Child Left
Behind’ Law.
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