Ideas and Opinions
Highlights from Tech Forum Northeast, Palisades, NY October 23, 2009
October 27,2009
Welcome and Opening Keynote Chris LehmannBuilding School 2.0 Creating the Schools We NeedWhat is School 2.0? What are the pedagogical ideas that form it? Examine ideas of constructivist pedagogy and the use of 21st Century tools
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14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza
September 27,2009
This is the best time in history to be a teacher librarian
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Students with Disabilities Excel in Summer Work Program
July 31,2009
A six-week summer work program at Intermediate School District 287 in Plymouth, Minnesota trained students with disabilities in document imaging tasks, and was so successful that the district has decided to make it a regular part
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Connecting neuroscience and reading
July 21,2009
Neuroscience research has shown that the only real way to change the trajectory of a child’s academic career is to change the rate and accuracy with which the brain receives and uses information. Research conducted by Drs.
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Eight Ways To Use School Wikis
July 21,2009
Wikis are a great tool to help a school enrich instruction, and increase communication and collaboration among staff
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Ready for 1:1? Check this list before you answer
July 16,2009
Check this list before you start your 1 1 program or to improve an existing program. Search for more funding The state may be providing machines and some training support but I will guarantee it will not be enough.
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Calculating the ROI on virtual schooling
June 25,2009
All these schools are interested in Virtual High School (VHS)
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Look Ma, no textbooks
June 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
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MA school raises big bucks with trust fund
June 18,2009
Tired of running to the board every time they wanted to buy something, Boxford Elementary Schools (MA) decided to take money matters into their own hands
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Cover Your Assets: the latest asset management software in action
June 18,2009
Quick, tell us How many laptops are in your middle schools? Which ones are about to come off warranty? Did your tech department finish updating all the software licensing? If you can’t answer these questions, it is probably time
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Spending wisely: DC school funds innovative tech programs
June 16,2009
Rick Kelsey, STEM coordinator and technology director at McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C., has developed some unique ways for this citywide public high school and career academy to use stimulus funding for
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Virtualization saves Texas school over a million dollars
June 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
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Smart Money: How schools are saving big bucks
June 10,2009
In these challenging economic times, just about everyone is looking for ways to cut back—even schools
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Is edutech the next industry to see an economic boom?
June 10,2009
Compass Intelligence a market research firm specializing in vertical markets for the high tech, IT, and telecom industries estimates that the U
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25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
June 4,2009
Twitter can feel like a strange new landscape when you first jump in
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