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Monday, January 05, 2009
Five ed-tech stories to watch for 2009
12 hours and 20 minutes ago Recently, we posted a look back at the 10 most significant educational technology stories of 2008. Now, here's a look ahead at five stories that could have a huge impact on educational technology in the new year. (You can follow the latest developments regarding these and other stories at eSchoolNews.com.) Key Concepts: online distance learning, internet safety, digital tv transition READ MORE››
$2.2 million for safe school initiatives
Jan 02, 2009 The Safe Schools/Healthy Students program supports the implementation and enhancement of integrated, comprehensive community-wide plans that create safe and drug-free schools and promote healthy childhood development. READ MORE››
Digital TV subsidy program running out of money
12 hours and 27 minutes ago The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasting looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money, reports the Associated Press. READ MORE›› |
No shoes? No problem for this college interview13 hours and 25 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel: Admissions & Enrollment
For her college interview, Avery Cullinan put on her best outfit but didn't bother with shoes. She sat in her living room, smiled into her computer's webcam, and told an admissions officer more than 800 miles away that Wake Forest University was right for her.
The top 10 ed-tech stories of 2008Dec 24, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: eSchool News Publications
A new web site peddles campus gossip, raising the ire of college administrators ... A groundbreaking cyber-bullying trial ends with a mixed verdict ... U.S. students benefit from a program designed to bring low-cost laptops to kids in developing nations: These are among the many noteworthy developments affecting educational technology in the past year. Key concepts: educational technology, top ten, cyber bullying, laptops for students
RIAA drops effort to sue song swappersDec 23, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Copyright
Marking a shift in its efforts to clamp down on illegal file sharing, the group representing the U.S. music industry says it will only bring lawsuits against college students who are the most egregious violators of music copyrights--but higher-education officials still will be expected to block students' internet access if they use campus networks illegally.
Technology key to award-winning district's excellenceDec 22, 2008 Primary Topic Channel: Tech Leadership
A North Carolina school system has won a prestigious national award for excellence, and its superintendent credits the district's use of technology for such initiatives as distance education, teacher professional development, and data-driven decision making as reasons for the award. Key concepts: Iredell-Statesville Schools, Baldrige Award, distance education, teacher professional development, data-driven decision making
12 hours and 27 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel: Technical Support
The Feb. 17 transition from analog to digital television broadcasting looms and as many as 8 million households are still unprepared, but the government program that subsidizes crucial TV converter boxes is about to run out of money, reports the Associated Press.
12 hours and 31 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel: Technologies
"I have proof from an expert that the iPhone interface really is better," writes CNET blogger Stephen Shankland. "Who's the expert? My 3-year-old son."
12 hours and 39 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel: Admissions & Enrollment
As a Jan. 1 deadline loomed for thousands of college applicants, the computer system that handles online applications for some 350 colleges and universities was overwhelmed by the flood of last-minute activity, sending high school seniors into a panic, reports the New York Times. On
12 hours and 50 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel: Community
As concern about student debt rises, promotional relationships between schools and banks have sounded alarm bells, reports the New York Times. The relationships are reminiscent of those uncovered two years ago between student loan companies and universities.
12 hours and 59 minutes ago Primary Topic Channel: Security
The growing problem of cyber bullying has led to a push among states to pass laws aimed at clamping down on the student-spun harassment, intimidation, and threats coursing through the web, reports the Washington Post.
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Association News
- Wanted: More IT workers
- New NGA boss pushes school, tech reforms
- Stating the case for SIF
- SETDA names new executive director
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Budget News
- Obama taps Arne Duncan for secretary of ED
- Editorial: Dollars and change
- Survey: College students struggling for loans
- Feeling financial squeeze, VCs curtail investments
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Business News
- Students profit from diligent note-taking
- New twist to student loans: Peer-to-peer lending
- Free text reader to help print-disabled students
- Microsoft makes a bid for Yahoo
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Community
- Microsoft unveils career resource for students
- Analysis: Yahoo's fate riding on new CEO
- Students wow lawmakers with video savvy
- Obama calls for ed-tech investment
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Conferences
- Cost savings, solutions mark EDUCAUSE show
- These traits make online teachers successful
- Banning school technology: A bad idea?
- CoSN offers green-computing, disaster help
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Curriculum
- P21 offers free guidance for English teachers
- New low-cost college option emerges
- Tech helps teach about the 2008 election
- Celebrities and kids join to set reading record
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Funding
- $2.2 million for safe school initiatives
- Aspen Institute scholarships for public high school juniors
- $2 million awards to assist in teaching American history
- $425,000 to help migrant farmworkers complete first year of college
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Legislation
- State school chiefs seek Obama's ear
- Schools can scan more criminal records online
- Free broadband plan raises critics' ire
- Ed tech central to Obama's recovery plan
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Litigation
- RIAA drops effort to sue song swappers
- Missouri begins prosecuting under cyber bullying law
- Music 'tax' proposed as file-sharing solution
- Harvard law professor fires back at RIAA
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Multimedia
- In move to digital TV, confusion is in the air
- School sports 2.0: Webcasting catching on with schools
- Need help with class? YouTube videos await
- YouTube videos are pulling in serious money
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NCLB
- ITT Technical Institutes in Texas now offer bachelor degree programs
- Under 'No Child' law, even solid schools falter
- At school, technology starts to turn a corner
- Education effort relies on McCain, Obama
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Research
- U.S. students gain in math, stay flat in science
- Matrix helps students weigh internet research
- Scientists: Is technology rewiring our brains?
- Gossip-site ban raises free-speech issues
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Safety & Security
- Missouri begins prosecuting under cyber bullying law
- Sending racy photos is common among teens
- Cyber bullying case nets mixed verdict
- Teen's cyber suicide raises questions
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School Administration
- What superintendents need from their CTOs
- Tech officials grapple with campus file sharing
- Technology key to analyzing assessment data
- Schools grapple with teachers' Facebook use













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