The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 1
With a large touch screen that can display electronic texts in color, Apple’s iPad was greeted with huge enthusiasm by many ed-tech advocates when it debuted earlier this…
Month: December 2010
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 2
The controversial documentary film Waiting for ‘Superman’ has shined a national spotlight on the need for school reform, while sparking intense debate over how best to achieve this…
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 3
More students should have access to online learning, and the federal e-Rate program should be more widely deployed and should embrace and encourage innovation, according to the National…
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 4
Giving web users more control of their personal information online became a key priority for members of Congress in the past year, as well as for federal regulators…
FETC 2011 will turn to the ‘Eye of the Storm’
Thousands of educators throughout Florida and the nation will have an opportunity to journey into the eye of the storm when FETC 2011, one of the largest conferences…
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 5
In March, the Education Department (ED) released a draft version of its new National Educational Technology Plan, and after collecting responses from the public, the department issued a…
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 6
Spurred on by the goal of having students graduate from high school ready for college or a career, the Education Department doled out $330 million in grants to…
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 7
In April, Oregon announced that it would give its 540,000 public school students free access to the online Google Apps for Education, a move that state officials said…
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 8
Using cell phones as tools for learning actually began a few years ago, but a number of developments occurred in ... Read more
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2010: No. 9
Results from the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment, released in late 2010, showed the United States continuing to fare in the middle of the pack in terms…