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Top News - ISTE urges tech training for future teachers
Lawmakers created the Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners (PTDAL) program last year when they reauthorized the Higher Education Act. The program awards three-year grants to colleges of education to make sure they are equipping pre-service teachers with the skills they'll need to integrate technology effectively into K-12 classrooms
Top News - Four trends that could change everything
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As a result, educators might do well to take heed of four of the more ubiquitous of these trends, which I'll allude to by means of these labels: (1) parallel computing, (2) cloud computing, (3) brain mapping, and (4) the "global dis-assembly line."
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Humanity is developing a network-enabled, computer-assisted global consciousness.
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Blogging, and the easy access to--and exchange of--ideas that it has spawned, is having a "transformative" effect on education, according to the winners of the first-ever eSchool News "Best of the Education Blog" Awards.
- This says it all! - mmkrill on 2008-09-03
- I saw a presentation that said students only write for an audience of like 43 people in their educational career K-12! - mmkrill on 2008-09-03
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giving educators and students an unprecedented opportunity for easy self-expression and reflection that anyone can access--and to which anyone can respond.
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There is an excitement that comes from writing for a real, authentic audience instead of a circular file seen only by the teacher,
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Top News - Social-networking apps can pose security risks
Using those cool little applications designed to enhance social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook can make personal information as...
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Turns out, even the privacy-conscious Sarah Browns of the world freely hand over personal information to perfect strangers. They do so every time they download and install what's known as an "application," one of thousands of mini-programs on a growing number of social-networking web sites that are designed by third-party developers for anything from games and sports teams to trivia quizzes and virtual gifts.
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People often think Facebook profiles and sometimes MySpace pages, if they're set as private, are only available to friends or specific groups, such as a university, workplace, or even a city.
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Top News - 'Hybrid' courses show promise
One educator demonstrates that blending face-to-face and online instruction can lead to better student grades and understanding
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