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Stimulus funding to promote digital literacy in Humboldt County

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.times-standard.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 3)
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The U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) last week announced a grant award to Access Humboldt for sustainable broadband adoption. Access Humboldt will receive more than $150,000 in funding and support from ZeroDivide, a San Francisco-based foundation, for the Generation ZD Digital Literacy Program.

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Catoosa students get laptops for some high-tech learning

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 3)
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At least 320 middle school students are receiving MacBook laptop computers this week as part of a learning project. A total of 175 eighth-graders at Wells Middle School received their computers Tuesday as part of Catoosa's One to One Learning Initiative, Wells Principal Della Parrish said. She said 147 seventh-graders were given laptops Thursday.

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Del Crest eighth-grade class has new laptops for learning

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 26, Clicks: 5)
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Title I federal grants paid for new Apple MacBooks for 194 eighth-graders at Del Crest Middle School in Del City. The laptops are hoped to boost student performance and help keep them in school.

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North Adams Public Schools making use of iPads

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.thetranscript.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 7)
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Forget laptops. The North Adams Public Schools are hoping the latest form of innovative handheld technology -- the Apple iPad -- will entice at-risk students to improve their grades and graduate on time.

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Conference promotes incorporating technology in classrooms

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.gainesvilletimes.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 3)
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With the goal to engage students more in the classroom, teachers are attending the three-day conference at Flowery Branch High School to learn more about using Google documents, creating better teacher websites and incorporating popular gadgets — such as smart phones, laptops and MP3 players — in the classroom.

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Potomac School students take photos of Earth's curvature with help from iPad

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At the Potomac School in McLean this past school year, 13 seventh- and eighth-graders signed up for a biweekly science elective that proposed this challenge: Take a photo of the curvature of the Earth and spend just $200 to do it.

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Teacher wants to change education using 40 iPads

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.journal-news.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 3)
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Matt Wilson, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Garfield Middle School, is asking for some help to outfit his classroom with a set of iPads.

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Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.waldenu.edu (Views: 31, Clicks: 9)
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The study addresses five myths about technology use in education—particularly by teachers—and educators’ perceptions about the effects of technology use on student learning, behaviors and skills.

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Program makes math easy as 1, 2, 3

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.boston.com (Views: 10, Clicks: 1)
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Researchers are examining whether changing the context of a math problem and other subtle environmental cues can influence students’ — especially girls’ — performance and confidence in their math ability. While studies have shown that girls are as good at math as boys, there is also evidence that, despite major gains over the past few decades, women are less likely to choose math- and science-oriented careers.

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Some educators question if whiteboards, other high-tech tools raise achievement

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 20, Clicks: 4)
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Under enormous pressure to reform, the nation's public schools are spending millions of dollars each year on gadgets from text-messaging devices to interactive whiteboards that technology companies promise can raise student performance.

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Cell Phones Allow Anytime Learning

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.ascd.org (Views: 27, Clicks: 9)
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An Interview with Liz Keren-Kolb -- She discusses why now, more than ever, schools are taking advantage of the tools already in students' hands to integrate education technology.

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20 Amazing iPad Apps for Educators

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.teachhub.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 3)
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Teachers with a love of technology and a passion for nurturing the minds of their students can easily discover creative ways to incorporate the iPad into the daily routine, and some of these great educational and organizational applications are bound to help them get started.

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Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.oett.org (Views: 15, Clicks: 0)
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The mission of the Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust is to equip Oklahoma common school and CareerTech students with the technology and technological skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace. The Trust provides funds for computer and telecommunications equipment, infrastructure, leadership and professional development to implement and advance integration of technology into classroom instruction.

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Texting poetry inspires kids to learn

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.recordonline.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 0)
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Once considered a disturbance in the classroom, cell phones, texting devices and other wireless technology are being embraced by some of the very same people who used to malign them: teachers.

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Tech Tool Targets Elementary Readers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 35, Clicks: 0)
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A Game Boy-like device now being used by 40,000 students in 15 states aims to improve the reading skills of K-2 students.

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