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Imagine an Education Nation: Six Leading Edges

Milton ChenJuly 14, 2010

Tags After-School Learning, Curriculum, Digital Divide, Leadership, Online Learning, Professional Learning Network (PLN), Project-Based Learning, Student Engagement, Team Teaching, Technology Integration, All Grades

My new book is just out, Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools (Jossey-Bass). You can preview it on Amazon. In it, I pose this challenge: "Imagine an Education Nation, a learning society where the education of children and adults is the highest national priority, on par with a strong economy, high employment, and national security."

Guest Blog: Making the Case for Social Media in Education

Steve JohnsonMarch 11, 2010

Tags Digital Divide, Online Learning, Professional Learning Network (PLN), , Technology Integration

During the time it takes me to write this intro (approx. one minute), 42,000 people will update their Facebook status, 36,000 tweets will be sent, and fifteen hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube.

Undoubtedly, the world as we know it is quickly becoming wired through social media. Our guest blogger, Steve Johnson (@edtechsteve) sheds some light on the current state of social media in schools and even provides some handy talking points to make the case to lift internet filters within schools.

--Betty Ray, Community Manager (@EdutopiaBetty) and Elana Leoni, Social Media Marketing Coordinator (@elanaleoni)

Guest Blogger: Equitable access to technology in education – can there ever be guarantees?

Betty RayFebruary 11, 2010

Tags Achievement Gap, Classroom Technology, Digital Divide, Technology Integration

This week's #edchat blogger is Berni Wall (@rliberni), who beautifully captured the vasty and wily topic of equitable access to technology and tech literacy. Feel free to share your comments in the space below this blog.

--Betty Ray, Community Manager (@EdutopiaBetty) and Elana Leoni, Online Membership Coordinator (@elanaleoni)

The topic for edchat on Tuesday 9th February was a subject and a half - How can we guarantee equitable access and use of technology to ensure tech literacy and to support meaningful learning for all students? I quote it in full because this is heady stuff!

Ensuring Technology Access for All: The Digital Equity Summit Provokes Thought

Dr. Katie KlingerJuly 3, 2007

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

This year's Digital Equity Summit, sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education, included a dynamic exchange of ideas and strategies. The excitement and camaraderie in the room was evident as colleagues greeted each other after a year's separation. It was a time to catch up informally on new advances in research, funding, resources, and support systems that drive and sustain the integration of technology in our schools, universities, and communities.

The Digital Divide Within: Creating a Level Playing Field for All Students

Chris O'NealJune 7, 2007

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

This is a follow-up post to "1-2-3 -- Red Light!: Let's Give the Use of Technology in Classrooms the Green Light Instead." There's still a lot of talk about the digital divide in this country. I've seen it firsthand as I've worked with schools and school districts around the country on technology-leadership issues; some student populations do lots of online and computer work at home, but other schools serve students who don't have computers and Internet access at home, so the choices for after-school technology work are limited.

Misunderstandings About Reading and Media: A Closer Look

Bonnie Bracey SuttonApril 19, 2007

Tags Digital Divide, Technology Integration, All Grades

I try to ignore those who don't believe children should use technology in schools by remembering what it is like to listen to one voice all day, no matter how interesting the person.

A Learning Lab on Wheels: Science Is on a Roll

Bonnie Bracey SuttonApril 19, 2007

Tags Digital Divide, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5), Pennsylvania

Imagine a high tech, state-of-the-art science lab on wheels, one that provides teachers with tools for coordinating school programs and projects and allows them to share with kids the fun and mystery of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Technology: You Go, Girl!

Bonnie Bracey SuttonSeptember 6, 2006

Tags Digital Divide, Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5)

The Center for Excellence and Equity in Education (CEEE) seeks to promote greater participation of underrepresented groups in the sciences and to encourage academic excellence for all. It's where I learned lots of ways to use technology to interest my students -- girls in particular.

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.

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.