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| 18 November 2009 |
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November 18, 2009
CETPA Conference, San Diego, CA
Karen Greenwood Henke presents the second part of the long tail argument, looking at what the long tail means in terms of teachers. Until we break down the time and space limitations of the classroom, teachers will continue to gravitate to the stage. Technology has the potential to support teachers in their efforts to customize instruction for advanced and lagging learners without losing the middle. It also districts develop a diversely talented teaching force to meet the needs of long tail learning for all.
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As a member of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Board of Directors, I have the opportunity to meet and learn from educational technology leaders from around the world. At our last board meeting, I volunteered to draft a statement for the group to respond to the development of the National Educational Technology Plan by the U.S. Department of Education.
CoSN members are professionals who have first-hand experience with planning, implementing and maintaining the nation’s educational infrastructures. The plan’s vision for learning, assessment, and teaching with technology assumes seamless, reliable access to networks and computing devices. It assumes applications are intuitive, easy to learn, and responsive to changing needs. It assumes information is secure, integrated, and authentic. To become reality, this vision requires a comprehensive technology infrastructure with massive scalability and micro adaptability. Please view and vote for our statement if you agree: Laying the Foundation for Ubiquitous Technology.
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School districts come in all sizes and most of them seem to build their own applications and systems. Web 2.0 and the browser as a platform really opens the door to lots of low-cost, specialized, nearly free or subscription-based tools that could really help schools improve their productivity.
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National School Boards Assocation T+L Conference
Denver, CO
I missed the first 10 minutes of the Project RED presentation, but was immediately engaged by the slide displayed when I walked through the door. More than half of survey respondents (62%) reported that ubiquitous technology in their schools increased high-stakes test scores, and 48% reported a reduction in disciplinary action.
You can participate in the survey at Project RED Deadline: November 16, 2009
Project RED is the research project of Jeanne Hayes, the Hayes Connection; Tom Greaves, the Greaves Group; and Leslie Wilson of the One-to-One Institute. Through surveys and interviews, the group seeks to show the true financial benefits of education technology. They have focused on two key issues: student achievement and the financial impact of technology on state budgets. To my knowledge, no other group is making a research-based financial connection between education technology investment and state economies by analyzing cost savings, cost avoidance and revenue enhancements to state budgets with investment in educational technology.
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