Blog Juice for Educational Technology

The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article on banning laptops in college classrooms. The author noted, Professors worry that as wireless networks and laptops become ubiquitous, students will direct about as much attention to the front of the room as airline passengers do to a flight attendant reviewing safety…

There is increasing concern about political lobbying by Internet service providers (ISPs) for laws that would allow them to privilege certain Web content with better service than other content. In other words, web sites that paid ISPs more money would load faster and work better on end users’ computers. The…

While not comprehensive, this 2006 USAC report, Focusing on Success: Examples of How the Universal Service Fund is Helping Schools and Libraries Around the Country, is designed to show how Universal Service Fund (USF) support for schools and libraries is being used by school districts and libraries around the country….

The Spring 2006 issue of Cable in the Classroom’s Threshold: Exploring the Future of Education features articles focused on New Thinking About High School Reform, produced in partnership with the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Contributors include: Paul Curtis, New Technology High Jennifer Dounay, Education Commission of the States Kathleen…

Schools and districts are required, both legally and professionally / ethically / morally, to monitor employee and student use of technology tools when those tools are used for professional or instructional purposes. School organizations that don’t must face the legal and public relations ramifications of ignoring potential employee / student…

Short-sighted. Foolish. Dare I say ‘idiotic?’ The President has proposed, YET AGAIN, to eliminate all funding for the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology program. I tend to try and stay out of political disputes but, as someone who’s interested in our nation’s future (who isn’t?), I’m frustrated. Do we intend…

Last week the Savvy Technologist continued his conversation with Scott McLeod, Co-Director of the UCEA Center for Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education. The new podcast (downloadable here) covers many legal and ethical issues surrounding technology use in education. Scott’s first podcast interview with the Savvy Technologist, on Data-Driven…

Now available at the vSKOOL site is the *new* vSKOOL blog. The vSKOOL blog will post news items and events related to serving students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as vSKOOL consortium events, activities, and updates. The vSKOOL blog offers RSS syndication. Point your newsreaders here to…

Now available at the vSKOOL site is the *new* vSKOOL blog. The vSKOOL blog will post news items and events related to serving students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as vSKOOL consortium events, activities, and updates. The vSKOOL blog offers RSS syndication. Point your newsreaders here to…

If you’ve come to read this blog, unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you’ve heard about the Kutztown 13 case. If not, HERE is the original eSN article about the case. Very broadly, this is a situation where students in a high school were given laptops as…

Just as digital content is making us rethink the textbook, the latest high-tech gadgets will reset our idea of classroom computing. With a little creative thinking, innovative students and teachers can make educational use of the computing power they carry with them. The student backpack of today contains an array…

From Why Rural Matters 2005 comes the following policy recommendation: Distance learning is one strategy that has proven to be effective in ensuring that schools and districts are able to provide rich curricula without restructuring and uprooting students and communities. If rural schools and communities are to take advantage of…

This August 2005 data memo from the Pew Internet American Life Project digs into their recent teen internet use survey and is rife with implications for schools. Among the key findings: 68% of all teen (youth between the ages of 12 and 17) have used the internet at school; This…