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  • Warning raises new fears of cell-phone risks
    Thu, Jul 24, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Research
    A warning from the head of a prominent cancer research institute has rekindled fears about the possible health risks associated with extensive cell-phone use, especially among children--and it comes as a growing number of children are using cell phones to communicate. [ Read More ]

  • Google unveils online reference tool
    Thu, Jul 24, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Web Resources
    For better or worse, Wikipedia--the online reference site that lets anyone add to its ever-growing body of knowledge--has changed the nature of internet research. Now Google is taking the wraps off a free internet encyclopedia of its own, designed to give people a chance to show off--and profit from--their expertise on any topic. [ Read More ]

  • Educators struggle with AUP enforcement
    Wed, Jul 23, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  School Administration
    School districts create acceptable-use policies (AUPs) to define what is--and is not--acceptable behavior when using their computer resources. But at a time when computers and internet access are seen as increasingly important tools for instruction, many school leaders are struggling with how best to enforce these policies in the event that students transgress them. [ Read More ]

  • First 'hybrid' courses; now, a 'hybrid' school
    Wed, Jul 23, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum
    "Hybrid" courses, which offer a blend of online and face-to-face instruction, have become increasingly popular in schools and colleges nationwide. Now, a new high school in Hawaii has taken the same concept and applied it to an entire school. [ Read More ]

  • Texas district debuts special propane buses
    Tue, Jul 22, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Tech Leadership
    A San Antonio-area school district has debuted new classic-yellow school buses that reportedly are the first in the nation manufactured to run on propane. District officials say the new buses are expected to cut fuel costs at least in half--no small matter, given the soaring cost of fuel. [ Read More ]

  • Patent fight a boon to open LMS software
    Mon, Jul 21, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Open courseware , Open-source
    As learning management system (LMS) provider Blackboard Inc. continues its protracted legal battle with rival Desire2Learn, educators say the ongoing dispute over patent infringement could make the growing list of open-source LMS competitors more attractive to school leaders. [ Read More ]

  • New resource helps teach 21st-century skills
    Fri, Jul 18, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Social studies
    Social studies teachers now have a new resource to help them integrate 21st-century skills into their lessons: a free online document that maps various social studies projects, tasks, and outcomes to corresponding skills--such as problem solving and critical thinking--that are becoming increasingly important for 21st-century success. [ Read More ]

  • McCain, Obama float education plans
    Thu, Jul 17, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Federal Policy
    Presumptive presidential nominees Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R) have released more details about their education platforms in recent days, with both candidates making technology a focal point of their plans. [ Read More ]

  • NECC highlights tech's 'transformative' power
    Wed, Jul 16, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  NECC
    Transformation and collaboration were the central ideas of the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio, which kicked off June 29 with a call to fundamentally change education and continued with several other sessions that repeated this theme. [ Read More ]

  • Getting a grasp on student hackers
    Tue, Jul 15, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Security
    School IT administrators know that some students will do anything to breach network security systems designed to block inappropriate web sites and keep students on task. When a group of school district IT chiefs met recently to discuss the challenges of reining in students armed with tech savvy and a determination to wreak network havoc, their tales were cautionary, but their advice could prove valuable as computers become more common in K-12 schools. [ Read More ]

  • Gas prices fuel rise in virtual field trips
    Mon, Jul 14, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Distance learning
    As schools grapple with budget cuts and rising fuel costs, many districts are finding it necessary to reduce or eliminate field trips, leaving students and teachers with a surprisingly attractive option--virtual field trips. [ Read More ]

  • Editorial: Looking backward
    Mon, Jul 14, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Content Management
    Time was--in the musty era before even the commercial internet was generally available--an upstart America Online would charge you depending on how much time you spent crawling the internet (surfing came later). Ah, memories of spending interminable minutes watching a two-color AOL logo gradually load on your computer screen. [ Read More ]

  • Emerging tech makes learning more accessible
    Fri, Jul 11, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Assistive technologies
    A free, open-source online screen-reading program that gives visually impaired students the ability to surf the web from any internet-connected device, and a system that enables students with severe physical handicaps to control computers or wheelchairs with only their tongues, are among the latest developments in assistive technology (AT) that aim to lessen--if not completely obliterate--the gap between the able and the disabled. [ Read More ]

 
 
 

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