Blog Juice for Educational Technology

A laptop for every student has been an active program in enough schools now that some interesting facts are coming to light. This article from Scholastic Administrator tells it like it is: Making One-to-One Add UpA laptop for every student and teacher is a great idea in concept. The reality…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has recently released its Digest of Educational Statistics 2004, covering everything you need to know from enrollment to student performance to faculty and staffing levels to technology use. nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/…

Among the findings are the funding for technology and integrating technology into the classroom rank among the biggest challenges that school districts face. To read the full survey results, go to www.nsba.org/site/doc.asp. Key findings include: 92% of respondents believe that technology makes learning more engaging and 88% agree that technology…

From Converge Online, an article about integrating technology into music class. It gives examples of what teachers are doing and then reviews several music programs. This article is the second in a series of articles on using technology in what Converge calls the waning subjects, those most often subject to…

Here is an op-ed piece from the Denver Post Tuesday October 25, 2005 edition. Columnist Diane Carman hits just about every issue from data, NCLB, and the digital divide in this article with a Colorado theme. Full article: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_3148204…

The $100 Laptop web site now has a list of FAQs. Responses are from Nicholas Negroponte, founding chairman of MITs Media Lab. Two samples: Why do children in developing nations need laptops?Laptops are both a window and a tool: a window into the world and a tool with which to…

Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat is all about what is happening now that the digital revolution has made it possible to work instantaneously with people on the other side of the world. One of these possibilities is posted at Wired Newsand describesthe link between 12-year-old Princeton in Glenview,…

This information from PC-World: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN — E Ink, a U.S.-based developer of electronic-paper type flat-panel displays, has developed a color version of its screen technology and is showing it at the FPD International exhibition that opened Wednesday in here. Full article:http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123090,00.asp…

This eSchool News article provides a case study of Western Heights Independent School District in Oklahoma, a district of six schools and 3,100 students. They are using an impressive array of systems to advance their DDDM goals. In citing one of the many benefits they have reaped, the superintendent writes…

Are you, your staff, or your students using blogs? If so, check out Jakob Nielsen’s blog usability guidelines. I’m guessing you’ll take away at least one important idea for your blog(s)… Good stuff!…

MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte and associates continue to stay on course to provide a $100 laptop to the world’s children. Here’s the latest: The first prototype will be shown on November 17 at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. By 2007, the target is to be shipping 150…

This week’s K-12 Technology Roundup from the Center for Digital Education includes a link to a story in eSchool News. The article summarizes a webcast held in September sponsored by National Science Foundation’s Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program that focused on the gender gap in IT….

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…