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Leave No Child Without Technology: America’s Effort to Close Digital Divide Stalls

Bonnie Bracey SuttonAugust 24, 2006

Tags Digital Divide, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

I have been working in educational technology for a long time. I was a teacher who discovered the magic of using technology, and so please know my stance is not political -- unless you think only in red and blue.

Ingenuity and iPods: Exploring Their Many Uses in the Classroom

Pat HarderAugust 23, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

Two years ago, my middle school bought six iPods. I was a little baffled with the purchase, because we had so many other technology needs the money could have been spent on. Weren't we just indulging a small population in our school that wanted to be able to listen to music?

Practicing Learning by Learning: The Importance of Continually Educating Ourselves

Jim MoultonAugust 22, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, All Grades

When one-to-one computing comes to a school, teachers, librarians, administrators, and technical staff have plenty to learn.

Sometimes All It Takes to Spark Literacy Is a Little Effort

Bonnie Bracey SuttonAugust 21, 2006

Tags Project-Based Learning, Teacher Development, Upper Elementary (3-5)

I have always loved books, and love reading. When I was a child, I told my mother I was born reading, but she just laughed.

Digital Equity: Working Together For a Solution

Bonnie Bracey SuttonAugust 17, 2006

Tags Digital Divide, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

As minority teachers from all over the United States, a number of us informally worked to promote digital equity for years and years, organizing with the help and the influence of Jennelle Leonard of the U.S. Department of Education, who served as a mentor for us.

Online All the Time: Using the Web to Stay Organized

Ron SmithAugust 15, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

I've been migrating most of my files to the Web. I use my class Web site instead of a file cabinet, and I post family pictures to my personal Web site.

More Free Resources: NASA

Bonnie Bracey SuttonAugust 11, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), California

I recently participated in the Airspace Systems Education Cohort at the NASA Ames Research Center, in Mountain View, California.

The Value of Education Conferences: A Welcomed Information Overload

Bonnie Bracey SuttonAugust 10, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, All Grades

A month after the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), I've finally found the time to go through my notes and unpack the many handouts and freebies I picked up. It brought back so many memories.

Open Source: It's Awesome!

Chris O'NealJuly 25, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

The National Educational Computing Conference is one of the best examples that demonstrates a positive relationship between the commercial and classroom sides of education.

Without Geography, You Are Nowhere: Where in the World Is Geography in Our Schools?

Bonnie Bracey SuttonJuly 24, 2006

Tags Integrated Studies, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

It may be that the study of geography starts as a personal path. My personal geographic journeys started in the pages of National Geographic. I would read the articles over and over and dream about going to the various countries.