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Your Input on a National Ed-Tech Plan
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Apple Official Named Dept. of Ed.'s New Technology Director

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paul martin replied to Michelle Davis's discussion 'Your Input on a National Ed-Tech Plan'
We have the same problem partially (I was unable to read the whole article so am speculating a bit). I would advise reviewing the funding model: top slicing of resources and decisions of erudite committees has led to Large Hadron Collider type fai...
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Your Input on a National Ed Tech Plan
The federal government wants to know what you think about ed tech and how schools should use technology to transform education for students. This Education Week Digital Directions story reports that the U.S. Department of Education has had trouble...
November 13
paul martin replied to Michelle Davis's discussion 'Has Technology REALLY Changed Education?'
Its really about space. In Aberdeen we experiment with classroom layout all the time, rows vs circles vs squares; smart desks (ie pc is submerged for a while); books in the corner. Technology is an extra and the clever way to use it sometimes, lik...
November 13
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Apple Official Named Dept. of Ed.'s New Technology Director
Check out Education Week's Digital Directions blog post about the new technology director at the U.S. Department of Education. Karen Cator, Apple Inc.'s former director of education leadership and advocacy, starts in her new post today. What do yo...
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Boys vs. Girls Technology Use
Do boys and girls use technology differently? I just got finished working on a story about this issue and found that the research on this topic is quite muddled. Do you seen any anecdotal differences between genders when it comes to technology use...
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As the senior writer for Digital Directions, I'm learning about new technology and how it helps or hinders education all the time. I hope to learn more from those who participate on this site.

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Favorite Ed Tech Blogs?

What are your favorite blogs that talk about education technology? I'd like to post a list along the side of this site and am looking for some suggestions.

Posted on August 26, 2008 at 3:06pm — 3 Comments

Michelle Davis

Do You Have What It Takes?

Or know someone who does? The National School Boards Association’s Technology Leadership Network is looking for 20 educators who embrace the power of technology to enhance learning for students, inspire colleagues, transform operations, or engage parents and community members. The "20 to Watch" who are chosen will be honored just before NSBA's T+L Conference in Seattle, Wash. at a pre-conference reception Oct. 27. What do you think the criteria should be to make the list? What factors should the… Continue

Posted on August 12, 2008 at 10:30am —

Michelle Davis

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 on July 21, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Michelle Davis

Did You Go To NECC?

If you did go to the recent National Educational Computing Conference in Texas, what did you see or hear that was interesting and that you might apply in your own school or district? Did you go to Digital Directions' panel on "The Knowledge Gap?" What did you think?

Posted on July 3, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

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At 11:20am on October 7, 2009, Mary-Ellen Deily said…
I'm happy to be here and looking forward to learning more about DD!
At 11:11am on August 27, 2008, Shane Haggerty said…
Students obviously adhere to the district's overall technology policy. Students at school do not have access to the social media sites (YouTube, Facebook, MySpace), but we are going to utilize these for prospective students and recognize many of our current students will view these from home. All of the safeguards such as turning comments off and approving friend requests before they go public have been set. We have done all of this without adopting new policies because our current district policy on the use of technology covers all of this and our staff and students are educated that anything online is public record.
We have a staff of three technology coordinators who work with the teachers and staff on educating them about how they can utilize these tools in a safe and effective way, and while some students do try to take advantage of it at times, for the most part they are cooperative, as are parents and the community.
At 10:20am on August 27, 2008, Shane Haggerty said…
This is a great idea for a Ning site! At Ohio Hi-Point Career Center we have embraced technology full-force! Our students each receive their own laptops and our entire campus is wireless. Our teachers integrate blogs, podcasts, and other educational technology in their lesson plans, and our marketing efforts are about to take full advantage of social media using Facebook, YouTube, Viddler, Linkedin, blogs, Twitter and more! I look forward to learning more on here!
 
 

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