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Removal of 2,000 computers from Christina schools draws backlash
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Move would save $70K in licensing costs, help with budget deficit
The Christina School District’s plans to remove about 2,000 “outdated” computers from its schools in order to cut costs were aired publicly at tonight’s board meeting in Wilmington, drawing criticism from some parents.
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Some teachers squeeze into MySpace
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There's disagreement, however, on whether educators should make use of teens' wildly popular social Web site.
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School security goes high-tech
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Each morning, the 16,000 students in the Spring Independent School District in suburban Houston swipe their ID tags as they climb onto the school bus. A radio frequency tag tracks them, as it does when they arrive at school and as they leave the building.
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New flap for DISD ex-official
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Technology contract for Detroit schools raises questions of favoritism
Ruben Bohuchot, a former Dallas school district technology chief whose relationships with vendors sparked an FBI investigation last year, is involved in another controversial technology deal, this time in Detroit.
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$100 laptop reinvents computer security
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Revolutionary project takes pioneering approach to protecting machines
The $100 laptops planned for children around the world might turn out to be as revolutionary for their computer security measures as for their low-cost economics.
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Calling visual learners: 'TechWatch' debuts
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A new online video news program debuts today at eSchool News Online. Sponsored by New Dimension Media, eSN TechWatch is a 20-minute program that brings you the latest educational technology news in video format, streamed to your computer free of charge.
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PBC students face 'digital divide'
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Across Palm Beach County, all students have the same access to computers and the Internet at school.
In fact, there is a strict 4.8-to-1student-to-computer ratio enforced throughout the county.
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The future of learning:
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When Canyon Crest Academy opened, students were so eager to attend that they endured classes in trailers. Two years later, with the completion of the $103 million construction project, the cutting-edge, high-tech campus is providing students with art and technology equipment that industry professionals drool over.
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Schools punishing kids for what they say online
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Critics say policies that extend to posts from home computers are unconstitutional
A growing number of school officials in the Indianapolis area are trying to punish students for Internet commentary they deem inappropriate -- including postings on home computers -- drawing outrage from teens and free-speech advocates.
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Arctic schooner to enter classrooms via Internet
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MOSCOW - A polar schooner that is to be trapped in the Arctic ice for two years in a bid to investigate climate change will communicate with classrooms via the Internet, organizers said Thursday.
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Technology sparks a new generation
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From gaming systems and cell phones to laptops and the Internet, technology has woven a significant thread through the lives of youths who are part of Generation Y, the group born between 1977 and the mid-1990s.
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Free online instruction for hospitalized kids
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Long-term patients at three major children's hospitals will have free access to online courses this year through the Virtual High School (VHS), a national nonprofit provider of virtual instruction.
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Study: Ed tech has proven effective
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But more needs to be done for technology to reach its full potential in schools
An analysis of existing ed-tech research offers both good and bad news for advocates of educational technology: Although technology has had a positive impact on education so far, more dedication to research, implementation, and development is needed for technology to realize its full potential as a teaching and learning tool.
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Mind game: MSU lab developing new ways to learn
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In the video game "Life Preservers," players have two objectives: Save the planet from invading alien hordes and learn national science standards on evolution and adaptation.
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'Fab labs' deliver high-tech tools
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By Stephanie Hanes
MIT's fabrication laboratories aim to help developing communities find innovative solutions to local needs.
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Academics, fun and games
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Heading into a forest in the dead of night to blow away a few dangerous zombies is part of the fun in associate professor Bruce Maxim's computer science classes at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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School exam cheats turn to technology
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Teenagers scroll through wealth of information sneaked in via their mobile phones.
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No need to turn up at 24-hour school
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A school with one of the country's worst truancy records is to offer 24-hour teaching, allowing pupils to choose when — or indeed whether — they attend.
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Education City to have second supercomputer
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QATAR Foundation’s Education City is to get its second supercomputer, thanks to the efforts of Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) which installed the first last September.
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One-to-one computing for under $100
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As educators worldwide await the release of Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop and technology
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Students Rebel Against Turnitin
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At McLean High School, members of the Committee for Students' Rights collected more than 1,100 signatures against mandatory use of a California plagiarism monitor. Among the committee members are Leo Brett and Ben Donovan, front, and Jonathan Gayer, left rear, Nicolas Kaylor, Jon Ende, Daniel Freudberg and Brooks Powell. (By Katherine Frey -- The Washington Post) Group objects to service's adding their essays to the massive database, calling it an infringement of intellectual property rights.
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Rendell launches program to put laptops in classrooms
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During a visit to Wilkinsburg High School yesterday, Gov. Ed Rendell officially announced the start of a three-year, $200 million program to furnish high school classrooms with laptop computers and wireless Internet access.
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The Next Level of Open Source
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Going a step beyond free course materials, Yale will put videos of selected courses online — available free to anyone.
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No more teachers, no more books - 'Educators' lead School of the Future, and 'learners' all have laptops
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PHILADELPHIA -- Students enter this city's newest public high school through an invisible metal detector. They swipe "smart cards" to open their lockers, stowing jackets as they head to class with laptop computers.
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Choosing a College, With Help From the Web
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By KATE STONE LOMBARDI
As the college application process has become increasingly available through the Web, many companies are offering search engines that help students build a list of colleges to consider.
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Teacher touts blogs for learning
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Dysart technology teacher Ben Goodman is recognized for his efforts in improving students' writing and learning through the use of Web blogs.
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'Virtual' schools tap public dollars
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CHEYENNE -- Erik and Suzanne Johnsrud and their 11-year-old twin boys travel a lot -- scuba diving in Bonaire, mountain biking in Moab, summers in
Oregon, visits to family in Maine -- and home-schooling allows the whole family to get away three months out of the year.
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Laptops raise stakes for student safety
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Nearly 300 Philadelphia students are traveling to and from high school this year - many through high-crime neighborhoods and on foot - toting district-issued laptops.
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Net to connect parents, school
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Bellingham parents will soon be able to check out their children's class attendance, schedules, and quarterly grades via the Internet. School officials hope the system will keep parents better informed and get them more involved with their children's education.
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E-learning project starts at girls’ school in Wakrah
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THE first phase of an e-learning project – eSchoolbag – was launched by ictQATAR (Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology) at Al Wakrah Independent School for Girls yesterday.
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Virtual schools again in spotlight
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District-run online schools run afoul of state regulations
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Technology: Enabling or disabling youth?
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"Electronic gizmos make us stupid."
Those words, written and published 25 years ago by author Daniel S. Greenberg, seem almost heretical, given the ramped-up technological world of the 21st Century.
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Microsoft-designed 'School of Future' opens in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has famously called high schools \"obsolete\" and warned about their effect on U.S. competitiveness. Now, his company has a chance to prove that it can help fix the woes of public education.
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Digital divide separates white, minority students
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WASHINGTON -- Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone, a federal study has found.
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An Interview with Mark Herring: Why the Library is STILL better than the Internet
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Michael F. Shaughnessy
You are somewhat well known for your poster on why the library is better than the Internet. What prompted you to do that poster?
The poster has an interesting history, at least to me. In 2001, after I had been in my current job just over a year, the president of our institution sent word that he wanted talking points for his visits with the legislature, vis-à-vis libraries and the impact of the Web on them. I saw this as a chance to dispel an extraordinary notion I was then recently encountering: that libraries were already, or were becoming, obsolete because of the Web.
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NEW WHITE PAPER: "CAREER PATHWAYS" MODEL HELPS REGIONS AND STATES INTEGRATE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS-AND YIELD GREATER RETURN ON PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
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Study details how approach is ideally suited for communities focused on economic growth and creating opportunities for incumbent workers, jobseekers, and students
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Xandros Desktop - Home Edition Offers Easy-to-Use Linux Alternative for "Disenfranchised" Windows 98 & ME Users
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NEW YORK, NY - Xandros, the leading provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to Windows, today announced an immediate solution for the 50 million 'disenfranchised' Windows 98, 98SE and ME customers left without support and security patches
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HB: 2 -- Putting the Cart Before the Horse
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by Donna Garner
Texas HB 2 (as crafted by Rep. Kent Grusendorf with the help of an Apple computer executive) was filibustered to death on July 20, 2005. However, on July 21, Rep. Grusendorf refiled HB 2 again. (Please go to .) Now we Texans need to request that our Legislators vote down parts of HB 2 for the third time.
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"$14 Million Study Proves Student Laptops Ineffective Academically"
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by Donna Garner
Our country has been waiting for a scientifically conducted study on laptops. Now we have it. Presented below are excerpts from the $14 Million Texas Technology Immersion Pilot (April 2006 report -- funded by the U. S. Department of Education) which is supposed to prove whether student immersion on laptops by middle-school students will raise their academic achievement.
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Nicholas Negroponte Updates NECC Attendees on $100 Laptop Project
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Working Prototype on Display for Public Demonstration for First Time
San Diego - National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) keynote speaker Nicholas Negroponte on Thursday told more than 6,000 educators that the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) is alive and well, and is set to put laptops in the hands of millions of children around the world next year.
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