September 6, 2010
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A high-tech route to smarter kids?

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“Teachers and administrators hope students will become as proficient in technology as they do in reading, writing and arithmetic. It’s not cheap, and there’s no proof that having the latest gadgets available will increase student achievement or help them pass state tests. In fact, districts are beginning to conduct their own research on whether the [...]


National Ed Tech Plan Advocates Radical Reforms in Schools

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If there were any doubts about the Obama administration’s intentions toward education technology, theUnited States Department of Education settled them Friday with the release of the first public draft of theNational Education Technology Plan (NETP). The 114-page document reveals an intent not only to infuse technology throughout the curriculum (and beyond), but to implement some major–sometimes radical–changes to education itself.


iPad Books, The New Form of Therapy

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“But the thing that got me going more than anything, was the children’s book they showcased. It was the first glimpse into how this technology could work for my son.
The surface is large enough that his unorganized movements can still activate the pages.”


Students to Help Teachers Better Use Tech

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“The concept of students as tech support and even teacher support has been around for several years,” says Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Education Technology at the U.S. DOE. “I think what this initiative does is take the best practices and take them to scale.”


Technology vs. Education

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“I do not make a distinction between education and technology. For me, for my students, they are inseparable. Technology is integrated naturally into the lessons. No one says, “Wow! we get to use the computers today!” We just use them, and other tools, as natural parts of our studies.”


Smart Boards, iPods shove aside chalkboards

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Ed Mrosek’s got the entire Constitution on his iPod. With a gentle touch, he can hear the stirring words of Martin Luther King Jr. Mrosek’s dream is to integrate technology in a way that drives students to excel. It’s already started coming true. “How powerful it that?” Mrosek said. “Students can put on headphones and [...]


Computer carts used all day long in PA school

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Pre-kindergarten through third-grade students use the computers to supplement reading and math curriculum, to create programs on Apple iMovie and to use a program called BrainPOP, an educational Web site that supports curriculum in mathematics, technology, health, science, social studies, arts and music, and English.



 

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