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Category Archives: Technology in Education
Educators are using one-to-one computing to individualize lessons
More schools are employing one-to-one computer technology in the classroom to help educators tailor lessons for all types of learners. In one Iowa classroom, sixth-grade students are working to create a promotional video for a fundraiser for Haiti to b… Continue reading
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Facebook is a promising tool for teacher collaboration
Educators should take advantage of the popular social-networking site Facebook as a free and timely forum for sharing ideas and improving education, writes Nancy Flanagan, a former teacher who is an education writer and consultant. If teachers can over… Continue reading
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Students in gifted program produce school’s morning news show
Students who are gifted at a Tennessee elementary school produce a video news program shown throughout the school each morning. The fourth- and fifth-graders create the 5- to-7-minute program in the school’s news studio equipped with a green screen, vi… Continue reading
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How to include the Haiti disaster in classroom lessons
Having students create written responses to news photos of the Haitian earthquake and its aftermath or tackling the science behind the natural disaster are two ways educators might address this recent event in the classroom, according to suggestions o… Continue reading
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Video of a great teacher
I love this video! I wish I am motivating my students the way he does… Continue reading
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More teachers should take advantage of Internet tools
More teachers should use Web sites to share homework assignments and other information with parents, Jay Mathews argues. He writes in this blog post that parents could use the information to take a more active role in their child’s education. While tea… Continue reading
Posted in ADHD/ ADD, Special Education, Technology in Education
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Experts predict top trends in 2010 school technology
A look at the top technology tools and trends to keep an eye on in the coming yearTechnology that tracks student progress and helps teachers develop more individualized curricula will be among the top five trends in school technology for 2010, experts … Continue reading
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Students with visual impairments praise Amazon’s efforts with Kindle
As the chairman of Wayne State University’s Board of Governors, Richard Bernstein led a call on Amazon.com in September to make its electronic reader accessible to blind and visually impaired people. (PATRICIA BECK/Detroit Free Press)Students with visu… Continue reading
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DCPS Inclusive Schools Week
To celebrate Inclusive Schools Week (12/7 – 12/11), the DCPS Office of Special Education will be hosting three evening screenings of the documentary Including Samuel (read about the film here: http://www.includingsamuel.org). The first screening will… Continue reading
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TeachUp! program helps teachers infuse technology into lessons
Teachers in Louisiana and southern Mississippi are improving their understanding and use of classroom technology through the TeachUp! program, which pairs them with technologically savvy college students and graduates. About 160 schools are participati… Continue reading
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