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Signs of the times: Digital displays go to college
From revenue-generating message boards at concession stands and athletic venues, to point-of-sale displays at campus bookstores and alumni gift shops, to distance-learning applications and asset-reservation panels outside lecture halls and…
Signs of the times: Digital displays go to school
From revenue-generating message boards at concession stands and athletic venues, to point-of-sale displays at campus bookstores and alumni gift shops, to distance-learning applications and asset-reservation panels outside lecture halls and…
ED’s new tech chief previews national plan
As America's brand-new director of education technology, career educator Karen Cator underscores the determination of President Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to develop "a transformative agenda" for the…
‘Convergent education’ comes together
As I was saying last month, an avalanche of change is rumbling towards our field. I propose we call this cascading phenomenon "convergent education." Key words: convergent education, educational technology, instructional…
Commentary: The avalanche of change
Once every generation or so, something big takes place that alters education, and it's usually bad -- or so it must seem to most Americans. Key words: education reform, A…
Commentary: The avalanche of change
Default Lines from eSchool News, first published in print on Oct. 1, 2009-- Once every generation or so, something big takes place that alters education, and it's usually bad --…
Commentary: Hope and experience
Commentary: Sometime this week (before the end of the day, if you can), I urge you to read a watershed report from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future…
Editorial: Philadelphia story
Transparency is a popular word these days. It's on the tongue of every oleaginous politician and beleaguered corporate chieftain. But as for actual instances of transparency--in business, government, the news…
Editorial: Wags and Dogs
Programs such as EETT, eRate, and BTOP amount to several billions of dollars that could become available for ed-tech projects. That's not enough to bring state-of-the-art technology to bear on…
Editorial: Fox at the henhouse
Default Lines for eSchool News, print edition, May 1, 2009 -- A carnivorous creature has been seen skulking about the internet henhouse, and frankly, it's making certain chickens just a…