Blog Juice for Educational Technology

Link: E-Learning Options. From Converge, an article by Susan Patrick, Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the USDOE, reporting that the U.S. Department of Education has published the first-ever data on distance education in elementary and secondary schools. The 2005 report, Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and…

Many school systems have implemented cafeteria management systems that allow them to track and monitor school breakfast and lunch operations. In Marietta, Georgia, however, students not only can electronically purchase their lunch but parents also can monitor what students are buying. Find out how you can see if your kid’s…

There are many examples of live video streaming and webcasts being done by large companies. A good example would be Steve Jobs keynotes at MacWorld which are watched live around the world.

There are also examples of live video streaming being done by individuals and K-12 schools that are usually …

There are many examples of live video streaming and webcasts being done by large companies. A good example would be Steve Jobs keynotes at MacWorld which are watched live around the world.
There are also examples of live video streaming being done by individuals and K-12 schools that are usually watched by one or two […]

Ed ‘visionaries’: Schools Must Change Robert Brumfield, eSchool News May 24, 2005 excerpt: Susan Patrick, the director of educational technology for the U.S. Department of Education, began the talks with a now-familiar stump speech cataloging some alarming statistics: Only 68…

Michigan Rethinks Laptop Giveaway Program Megan Dwyer, IT&T News/The Heartland Institute June 1, 2005 excerpt: Computer network configurations can vary between districts and even between schools. Connecting dozens of laptops to a schoolÂ’s network is not as simple as plugging…

U of Maine To Require iBooks For Teachers-To-Be Peter Cohen, MacWorld May 11, 2005 excerpt: The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development has announced plans to require students working towards Maine teacher certification to have Apple iBooks….

Making a Play to Bring Diversity to Video Games Abigail Tucker and Rasheim Freeman, Baltimore Sun May 18, 2005 excerpt: Nonetheless, though most modern games are three-dimensional, their portrayals of race are often one-dimensional. Part of the problem, industry experts…

Glitches in School Laptop Initiative Walter Dawkins, NorthJersey.com May 17, 2005 excerpt: Last fall, the Pascack Valley Regional High School District became the first - and is still the only district in the state - to issue a laptop computer…

Technology Counts 2005: Electronic Transfer Education Week May 5, 2005 excerpt: Underlying the trend is a major philosophical shift in the White House concerning the role of technology in education. During the Clinton administration, federal leaders largely viewed technology as…

How To Make Microsoft Unhappy: Open-Source Software for Schools London News Review May 9, 2005 excerpt: It all seems so obvious. But the penny seems finally to have dropped: the Government has been advised that if schools started using free…

Teachers Look to Computers to Critique Student Essays Matt Sedensky, Associated Press/St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch May 1, 2005 excerpt: Work to automate analysis of the written word dates back to the 1950s, when such technology was used largely to adjust…