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Promoting discussion of cutting edge ed-tech issues and ideas among technology leaders in K-12 school districts.

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Musings on the State of IT in Education

After attending his first NECC conference this year, Ron Canuel, the director general of Canada’s Eastern Township School Board schools (who also happens to be a member of this site) wrote the following essay summing up his version of the state of IT in education. I’ve edited the piece for space, but I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts. July 7, 2008 As the superintendent of a school district that has deployed, since 2003, 1:1 wireless laptop computers to our students from grades 3-11, I… Continue

Posted by Michelle Davis on July 21st, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments (Add)

 

Welcome to the Digital Directions Networking Site

We hope this site will be a place to share new ideas when it comes to education technology and to work through roadblocks you face in your schools. We'll start by identifying the top 10 problems in ed tech and work toward solutions. But we hope the discussion will naturally grow from there into an ever-changing conversation about how technology can improve education.

We've already started a forum discussion about the top 10 problems in ed tech below, so start chiming in. Also, explore the site. Each expert participant can personalize their profile page, leave comments for others, or highlight their own ed-tech musings on a personal blog.




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Has Your IT Budget Taken a Hit?

I'm working on a story for an upcoming Digital Directions magazine story about the impact the faltering economy is having on IT budgets. I'm looking for ways that IT leaders are finding new money f...

Started by Michelle Davis Jul 14.

Has Technology REALLY Changed Education? 11 Replies

A new NEA/AFT report on technology use found that even though many schools are connected to the Internet and have some technology, it hasn't really altered the way education is delivered. The techn...

Started by Michelle Davis. Last reply by Susan Kienlen Jul 22.

The Top 10 problems in Ed Tech 14 Replies

What are the major problems you are facing? How do you plan to solve those problems?

Started by Michelle Davis. Last reply by Jennifer McMaster Jul 16.

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