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National Geographic offers up over 500 maps through Google Maps engine’s public data program

December 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Google is launching an initiative to let organizations share their map data with the public, via Google’s Maps product and cloud-based infrastructure, and today partner National Geographic announced…

NASA sows seeds of science for children

December 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

NASA is teaming with the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association to cultivate agricultural innovations for space, and tapping classrooms across the country to help.

OPINION: So you use ed-tech, but are you an early adopter?

December 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Early Adopters: There are usually one or two at every school and they are sometimes referred to as ‘power users’ - but they are more than that, EdSurge…

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Why educating the educators is complex

December 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Smack in the middle of the fiery debates about teacher education is the troublesome fact that we lack a fitting and consensual definition of teaching itself, the Washington…

Age of distraction: Why it’s crucial for students to learn to focus

December 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Digital classroom tools like computers, tablets and smartphones offer exciting opportunities to deepen learning through creativity, collaboration and connection, but those very devices can also be distracting to…

This bullying social experiment is incredibly eye-opening

December 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

No one is immune from bullying. Whether you are the oppressor, the victim or the witness, you are part of a cycle that needs to end, the Huffington…

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Weingarten: Common Core rollout ‘toxic’

December 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten spoke on a wide range of issues -- from the troubled implementation of Common Core education standards to bullying -- Wednesday…

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5 questions every teacher should ask in class

December 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Here’s a great way to spark some discussion, increase engagement, and get your students learning, LearnEgg.com reports.

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Microsoft revamps Imagine Cup, adds worldwide semifinals and new challenges

December 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Microsoft's Imagine Cup is one of the world's largest software development competitions aimed at students, TechCrunch reports.

Stolen laptop makes it from DC school to Louisiana pastor in 10 days

December 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A month before last Christmas, a church pastor in Louisiana found the gift his wife wanted: a Hewlett-Packard Elitebook laptop computer, selling on eBay for $500, reports the…

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Gates, Zuckerberg chip in to fund broadband in schools

December 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are among several philanthropists who have pledged $9 million to a nonprofit organization that is trying to bring the…

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7 pillars of digital leadership in education

December 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

As schools change leadership must as well, according to TeachThought.com.

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Howard Rheingold: The new power of collaboration

December 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

In this TED Talk, Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action

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Dozens of L.A. Unified schools lack staff needed to run libraries

December 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

As many as 145 schools across L.A. Unified may have closed their libraries, according to staffing numbers provided to KPCC this week.

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In the rush to buy new tech for Common Core, what happens to the big picture?

December 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Who’s ready for the Common Core? Many schools and districts are re-assessing what they need to do, and how much they will need to spend, to comply with…

Predictions about the web from 1995

December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

After two decades online, I'm perplexed, Slate reports.

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How Olympic gold medals nations compare in education infographic

December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The United States is first when it comes to winning Olympic gold medals, but how do we rank when it comes to education?

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Do schools have the infrastructure to implement the Common Core?

December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

How long can students stare at a frozen screen before their minds wander off? How long can they wait for a webpage to load during testing before losing…

Wiping out the blackboard

December 9, 2013December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Classrooms have had computers for decades, but in the past few years the buzz about “education technology” (or edtech) has become persistent, especially in America, The Economist reports.…

How visual thinking improves writing

December 9, 2013December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Younger kids typically love to draw and aren’t too worried about the outcomes of their artwork — until they get older, Mind/Shift reports. By the time they’ve learned…

Three weeks with an iPad Air: A whole new experience

December 9, 2013December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

It's an amazing experience when little things in a product can make a huge difference in the human reaction, Mac Observer reports. I recall watching a Top Gear…

Texas Education Board flags biology textbook over evolution concerns

December 9, 2013December 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Texas Board of Education delayed final approval of a widely used biology textbook because of concerns raised by one reviewer that it presents evolution as fact rather…

How (and why) it’s time to create digital student portfolios

November 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

I always find it quite confusing when educators tell me that students in their classroom are reading at a 7th grade reading level, Edudemic reports.

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Merit pay for teachers is only fair

November 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Business has long been accustomed to rewarding good performance with salary increases, but the birth of merit pay for teachers ... Read more

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Ending education reform to reimagine what’s possible

November 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

According to a recent PEW Research Study, 66 percent of Americans say either that the education system in this country needs to be completely rebuilt or that it…

Why should students show up to class?

November 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Where do you get your information on content or ideas that you present in the classroom? Some of you educators may say the classroom text book, most of…

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Steubenville school superintendent indicted for obstruction in teen rape case

November 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A school superintendent has been indicted on charges of obstructing justice and tampering with evidence by a grand jury investigating the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville,…

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Teachers, technology & talent: Could education be an untapped investment opportunity?

November 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

My mother was an English teacher. My Father an art teacher. My sister is a modern languages teacher. One could say that the ABCs are my DNA, the…

Teaching Trends

5 data-driven ways to prevent the achievement gap

November 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Take a look around your classroom, We Are Teachers reports. What do you see? Future scientists? Mathematicians? Writers and lawyers? Artists and singers?

Drumming to Success: Why teaching music matters

November 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

As an instrumental music teacher in the Philly School District, there is not much that I haven't seen in school, the Huffington Post reports.

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Dan Pink: How teachers can sell love of learning to students

November 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

In his new book To Sell is Human, author Daniel Pink reports that education is one of the fastest growing job categories in the country, Mind/Shift reports.

Dade delays tech rollout as other districts struggle

November 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Tens of thousands of high school freshman and seventh graders were slated to get brand new, high tech hardware this fall as the Miami-Dade school district prepared to…

OPINION: Learning to code isn’t enough

November 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The 2020 Science report released in 2005 observed that science was changing in a subtle but fundamental way--from the use of computing to support scientific work, to integrating…

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Educators learn about leadership at CGSC

November 22, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Principals and their protégés from around the country participated in an inaugural event at Fort Leavenworth Nov. 13-15 to learn more about how the Army develops leaders so…

When ed-tech meets Montessori, kids rule ed-tech

November 22, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Take a peek at Acton Academy and you may wonder if you’ve stepped into a mythical world where students are heroes, learning is a quest, and teachers are…

An uptick in the hiring of women for tech jobs

November 22, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

There are signs that tech companies are hiring more women, but women still appear to make up far less than half of all new hires in the industry,…

For the tablet generation, a lesson in digital citizenship

November 22, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Parents pack into a gym at Cahuilla Desert Academy, a middle school in the southern California city of Thermal, NPR reports.

Do SAT tutors add up?: One parent’s journey

November 21, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

I’m going to start with a disclaimer: I’m one of those crazy parents who paid more than $150 per hour–or rather per fifty minute session– to help my…

F.C.C. Chairman calls for transforming the technology used by phone systems

November 21, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Americans could soon be one step closer to getting that videophone they were promised in the 1960s, The New York Times reports.

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