Technology News
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eSN Special Report: Beyond virtual schools
Sun, Nov 01, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Virtual schooling / Distance Learning
These days, virtual education can be more than a home-schooled child sitting alone in front of a computer. Purveyors of online-education products are creating various delivery methods to suit school districts, students, teachers, and parents with differing needs, requirements, and budgetary constraints--and often the learning takes place within, or is supplemented by, a traditional classroom experience. [ Read More ]
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Teaching students with autism
Sun, Nov 01, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Special Education , Assistive technologies
As autism diagnoses continue to rise, an alarming new statistic indicates that autism is now diagnosed in one out of every 91 children, instead of one out of every 150 children as previously thought. The increase in autism diagnoses presents a significant challenge for school systems, which already face limited resources as they seek to educate children with the neurological disorder. [ Read More ]
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Panelists: Tech can help bring innovations to scale
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: T+L2
Technology allows educators to share the innovative best practices and ideas they gather with others easily, said panelists during an Oct. 29 discussion at the National School Boards Association's T+L Conference. The panel session was titled "Innovation, Technology, and Going to Scale." [ Read More ]
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Parents: Focus more on 21st-century skills
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: 21st Century skills
Although parents, K-12 students, and educators agree that using technology is essential to learning and student success, parents are largely dissatisfied with the technology skills their children are learning in schools, according to a new analysis of survey data released Oct. 29 by the nonprofit Project Tomorrow and Blackboard Inc. Key words: Speak Up Survey, educational technology, 21st century skills, Project Tomorrow, Blackboard Inc., global competitiveness, school technology [ Read More ]
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Colleges axing student eMail accounts
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Research , Campus-based , Educause
Some campuses are doing away with school-issued eMail addresses as students increasingly enter college with a personal eMail account, according to a nationwide survey by education-technology group EDUCAUSE. The survey also showed that more colleges and universities are offering 24-7 help-desk support for students and staff, and the vast majority employ some kind of bandwidth-shaping practices to manage traffic on their networks. Key words: Educause, education technology, school technology, eMail services, commercial eMail, computer help desk [ Read More ]
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Court: Public-records law covers 'metadata'
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: State Policy
Hidden data embedded in electronic public records must be disclosed under Arizona's public-records law, the state Supreme Court ruled Oct. 29 in a case that could have implications for public schools and colleges across the United States. Key words: public records, electronic data, state law, supreme court ruling, education technology, Arizona [ Read More ]
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Budget woes continue to plague education
Thu, Oct 29, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: State
The federal stimulus package might have saved thousands of teaching jobs, but many thousands more remain in jeopardy -- as well as virtual-school programs, higher-education funding, and other school initiatives -- as a result of lingering budget crises in states from coast to coast. Key words: federal stimulus, state budget, school funding, teaching jobs, education technology [ Read More ]
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T+L speaker reveals keys to innovation
Thu, Oct 29, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: T+L2
Bringing together teachers with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and outlooks can drive innovation in schools, said keynote speaker Frans Johansson during the opening general session of the National School Boards Association's T+L Conference in Denver Oct. 28. [ Read More ]
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Nanotechnology program targets schools
Thu, Oct 29, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Science , Technologies
The nanotechnology industry will employ an estimated 2 million people worldwide by 2015, and with President Obama calling on colleges to ready students for the field, an Illinois-based company has introduced a program designed to teach the complex subject to undergraduates. Key words: nanotechnologies, education technology, school technology, atomic microscope, NanoProfessor [ Read More ]
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SETDA names new executive director
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Association News
On Nov. 16, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) will have a new leader: Long-time ed-tech industry executive Douglas Levin will take the reins from current SETDA Executive Director Mary Ann Wolf--and with challenges ranging from state funding shortages to the formation of a new national broadband plan, he'll have his work cut out for him. Key words: education policies, education funding, state education, SETDA, Doug Levin, education technology [ Read More ]
