http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/technology funding Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56081&page=2 In its report "High-Speed Broadband Access for All Kids: Breaking through the Barriers," SETDA states that although national statistics boast nearly 98-percent connectivity in U.S. schools, the reliability and bandwidth of these connections are often insufficient. carolinemeeks Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:17:25 +0000 digital divide future technology funding t561 http://www.idealware.org/articles/opensource_vendor.php Open source software is sometimes called Free software or FOSS (Free and Open Source Software), because of four tenets of freedom that are a core part of the philosophy of the open source movement. First, you are free to run these software packages for any purpose--you generally don’t pay anything to acquire them. Second, the source code is free--you can see the code and understand how it works. Third, you are free to copy and redistribute the package to anyone you want. And finally, you are free to modify the software however you like, and to release those modifications. carolinemeeks Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:06:23 +0000 open source technology funding t561 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/opinion/13kristof.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin A study by the Hamilton Project, a public policy group at the Brookings Institution, outlines several steps to boost weak schools: end rigid requirements for teacher certification that impede hiring, make tenure more difficult to get so that ineffective teachers can be weeded out after three years on the job and award hefty bonuses to good teachers willing to teach in low-income areas. If we want outstanding, inspiring teachers in difficult classrooms, we’re going to have to pay much more — and it would be a bargain. No family underscores the power of education more than Mr. Obama’s. His father began as a goat-herd in a remote village in Kenya, but his studies carried him to the University of Hawaii. And Mr. Obama himself has ridden the education escalator to the White House. carolinemeeks Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:32:25 +0000 public policy technology funding t561 http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/measuring-21st-century-skills/measuring-21st-century-skills-articles/index.cfm?i=55370&page=1&rc=1 The Arizona Department of Education saw this clause in NCLB's Title II, Part D, as a window of opportunity to add an accountability measure to the competitive grants we award through the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. In preparing for the 2005-06 round of competitive grants, we decided to require an assessment of fifth- and eighth-grade students' technology literacy. carolinemeeks Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:13:28 +0000 21st century skills technology funding t561 http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/desktop-management-made-easy/desktop-management-articles/index.cfm?rc=1&i=51522 Forrester Research, an independent market research firm, published a recent report titled “Staffing for Technology Support: The Need May Be Far Greater Than You Think,” which concluded that large corporations typically employ one support person for every 50 PCs, at a cost of $1420 per computer, per year. According to this model, a school district with 1,000 PCs would need a staff of 20 and an annual tech-support budget of $1.4 million. carolinemeeks Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:20:56 +0000 technology funding t561 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=55881 economic downturn has dramatically affected the technology purchasing plans of the nation's school districts, with two-thirds of districts saying they've put off buying hardware as a result. carolinemeeks Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:45:06 +0000 technology funding public policy t561 http://www.eschoolnews.com/funding/2008-e-rate-survival-guide/e-rate-training-videos/ e-Rate training videos carolinemeeks Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:45:38 +0000 technology funding erate http://vroot.org/node/4721 Harvard University?s Interactive Media Group will host a half-day Immersive Education event, on December 8th 2007 from 2-5pm, that is open to the public and free to attend. From the article: "Educators, researchers and administrators from Harvard University, Boston College, MIT Media Lab, Amherst College and the United States Department of Education will give a series of presentations and demonstrations to provide attendees with an overview of Immersive Education and how virtual world and game-based learning technologies are used in and out of the classroom today. Immersive Education Day at Harvard is a precursor to the Immersive Education event at Boston?s Digital Media Summit in January, 2008. carolinemeeks Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:28:39 +0000 web 2.0 technology funding learning technology t529 http://www.solutiongrove.com/blogger/one-entry?entry%5fid=746779 DAMN! Why didn?t I read about Zotero 2 months ago? I just finished my first research paper in 20 years and, let me tell you, it was not a pleasant experience. Thanks to Innovate, the Journal of Online Education, I now know about Zotero, an open source firefox plug-in. If you have a paper due soon check out the video tour. carolinemeeks Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:26:27 +0000 software web 2.0 technology funding t529 http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6847.html The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy in the Indiana University School of Education will partner with a Washington, D.C.-area company for a first-of-its kind, $3.1 million project examining how current and emerging technologies are being used in classrooms and how to prepare new teachers to best use these tools. carolinemeeks Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:34:17 +0000 nsf technology funding learning technology t529 http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/ Health Games Research investigates how people respond to interactive games, in order to develop highly effective and beneficial ways to design and use games to improve health. carolinemeeks Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:33:20 +0000 contests technology funding learning technology t529 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7467 writing scores have improved on a standardized test since laptop computers were distributed, the study says. Moreover, the students' writing skills improved even when they were using pen and paper, not just a computer keyboard. carolinemeeks Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:13:24 +0000 public policy technology funding learning technology t529 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7461&page=2 The groups? shared vision of 21st-century education involves teaching core skills such as reading, math, science, and world languages--but also "21st-century themes" such as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy; and civic literacy. It also involves teaching skills such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and communication, as well as information and media literacy, self-direction, and leadership and responsibility. carolinemeeks Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:12:05 +0000 technology funding public policy learning technology t529 http://www.economist.com/debate/?sa_campaign=debateseries/debate1/email/publisher/oct/debateseries1 First Debate Oct. 15th-23rd, 2007, “Effectiveness of Technology - Does new technology add to the quality of education?” carolinemeeks Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:25:35 +0000 future technology funding t529 http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=9954516&subjectID=348909&fsrc=nwl&emailauth=%2527%252A%2520Z2H%255EO%255DR0%25224%250A Welcome to the classroom of the future: mud-pies and fancy computer kit, and no chalk or blackboards in sight. carolinemeeks Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:40:39 +0000 technology funding learning technology t529