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Reaching Performance Parity: A Shared Reality About the Achievement Gap

Larry LeverettSeptember 11, 2006

Tags Comprehensive Assessment, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades, Connecticut

It is a mistake to assume that all members of the school community understand the nature of the achievement gap challenge. Getting stakeholders focused on the achievement gap is a challenge regardless of the demographic profile of a school, district, or community.

Light to the Future, or Keeper of the Flame?: The Role of a School

Jim MoultonSeptember 8, 2006

Tags Classroom Technology, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades, Maine

"Saying No to School Laptops: Programs to Give All Students Computers Come Under Fire Over Costs, Inappropriate Use by Kids," published on August 31, 2006, in the Wall Street Journal and written by Jessica E. Vascellaro, has been widely distributed and responded to by folks who advocate for and those who argue against one-to-one computing as a way to improve learning opportunities for all students.

Opening the Lid on Open Source: Is It Good for Schools?

Chris O'NealSeptember 7, 2006

Tags Classroom Technology, Open Education Resources, Teacher Development, Technology Integration, All Grades

At NECC, I visited several booths that dealt with the open source software movement. (See my previous post.) I had been using Firefox, an open source browser, for quite a while. I had also just begun to use Mozilla, an open source mail client.

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.

School Is Starting: What's Different?

Patsy LanclosAugust 31, 2006

Tags Teacher Development, Technology Integration, High (9-12)

A new school year has begun or will begin very soon. What will be different in your school this year?

Lights! Action! Camera!: Student News Coming Your Way

Anthony BencivengaAugust 30, 2006

Tags Project-Based Learning, , Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), New Jersey

This post is the second part of a three-part blog entry. Read part one.

The Global Teenager Project: Promoting Worldwide Education Through Technology

Bonnie Bracey SuttonAugust 28, 2006

Tags , Technology Integration, High (9-12)

Several years ago, I was in Africa with teachers from places that were just pinpoints on the globe to me. There were participants from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Latvia, Macedonia, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Romania, South Africa, Ukraine, and more.

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?

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.