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ScribbleNauts E3 Demonstration
Created by 5th Cell (creators of Drawn to Life), this title turns writing into objects, drawing from a database of "tens of thousands" of items. You type them in with the stylus, to solve problems. It could be a promising writing activity because it illustrates word meanings, instantly. Why learn to write? To play ScribbleNauts.
PA Applies for $108 Million to Expand Broadband Infrastructure, Internet Access, Governor Rendell Says
Governor Edward G. Rendell today said the commonwealth has applied for $108 million in federal funds to expand high-speed Internet service to people, institutions and communities throughout Pennsylvania -- an investment that will boost the state's economic development and education systems for years to come.
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Pennsylvania's seven applications are competing for some of the $7.2 billion available nationwide for broadband development under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA. The funds would advance the state's existing broadband development efforts, as outlined in an aggressive strategy released in July. Applications include efforts to:
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Aggregate broadband purchases by educational facilities.
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N.C. Application for $28.1 Million in Broadband Recovery Funding
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that MCNC has applied to receive $28.1 million in broadband recovery
funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support fiber acquisition for the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) in North Carolina.
President Obama’s Broadband Initiative Will Attempt to Bridge the Nation’s Growing Digital Divide
The digital divide is large and shows no signs of decreasing. It compounds the racial disparities found in education and household earnings and impacts heavily on standard of living. The broadband initiatives contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) could help to bridge that gap by making the internet more accessible to all Americans.
Big-League ISPs Press FCC to Lower Bar on 'Broadband'
The FCC wants to push broadband Internet access further into the rural reaches of the U.S., but to do that it'll have to define what level of data speed should be given the term "broadband." Top ISPs have provided their suggestions; most involve setting a fairly low bar for what may officially be called "broadband" speed.
NECC: High Tech Field Trip on the National Mall [Video]
Educators learned how to use technology to enhance learning experiences beyond the classroom as part of the National Educational Computing Conference in Washington.
Water Quality Service Learning Program
The California Water Boards Water Quality Service Learning Program Web site is designed to introduce teachers to an innovative student-centered science investigation focused on California's growing problem of polluted runoff. The resources are designed to be used with students enrolled in grades 4 through 6.
75% of AISD eighth-graders fail technology test
In 2002, The No Child Left Behind Act said that students should be technologically literate by the end of the 8th grade. Texas developed a long list of specific technology skills students should know, but nobody has required that students learn them. "We have a difficult time finding the time for the students to be taught these technology skills since teachers have to focus on preparing students for the TAKS test," said Mark Gabehart, AISD's technology chief.
Twenty-Two Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom
Another fine presentation by Tom Barrett
Duncan: Use tech to leverage change
To avoid being caught short when stimulus money runs out, school officials should use the short-term federal funding to upgrade technology and improve the tracking of student data, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told eSchool News in a wide-ranging interview on June 12.
Free Digital Textbook Initiative [California]
Governor Schwarzenegger, Superintendent O'Connell, and the State Board of Education have announced the Free Digital Textbook Initiative, a project to provide a list of standards aligned free digital textbooks for high schools that cover the course content in mathematics and science subject areas.
Dell - Economic Stimulus - Education
Dell Computers - Economic Stimulus Learning Center. Current focus is on the ARRA funding distribution. Later the site will highlight funds available for technology and related investments. As details become available, they plan to update this site with eligibility criteria, grant resource tools, news alerts and more.
Stimulus money may fund summer school, teacher pay
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has some suggestions for how schools can spend their windfall from the economic stimulus law, including summer school and extra pay for teachers to coach struggling colleagues. The nation's schools will get an unprecedented amount of money - about $100 billion, double the amount of education spending under President George W. Bush - over the two-year life of the new stimulus law.
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You can identify your best teachers and pay them to coach their colleagues who are having trouble," Duncan said in prepared remarks. "You may have to scale this down after two years, but it can really help your younger teachers get up to speed."
Duncan also recommended adding afternoons, weekends and summer days to the school calendar: "Our school day, week and year is too short as it is. Many kids just need more time on task," he said.
Title IID Competitive Grant Program [Missouri]
Missouri State EETT Competitive Grant program.
Assistive Technology and Turn-key Computer Systems for People with Disabilities.
Technology companies are gearing up to take their fair share of economic stimulus funding. Web sites have been updated to reflect ARRA opportunities. This page links to Dell's technology solutions specifically designed for people who are visually, physically, hearing or learning disabled.
Tech-Ease! [Windows]
The EdTech ClearingHouse and Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida put out these very useful tutorials on a multitude of technologies used in the classroom.
American Association of School Administrators: Technology Resources
The AASA website is rich with resources specifically developed to assist school system leaders.
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