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T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano	Five on Five: A Dialogue on Profession Development A quintet of educators gathers to sound off on what works and what doesn't in the ongoing mission to train teachers to use technology in classroom instruction.
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T.H.E. Journal April 2002 Mark Nixon	How the Web Keeps Parents 'In the Know' As teachers and parents work together to assist students in their studies, the Web has emerged as a highly effective and informative communication tool to meet the needs of today's busy teachers and parents...
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T.H.E. Journal February 2006 Ken Bird	Student Information Systems >> How Do You Spell Parental Involvement? S-I-S Research shows parental involvement improves student achievement, and because with the advent of the Internet and the use of Student Information Systems, schools have never had an easier tool to offer parents.
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	President Ed Tech Following a rough ride with the Bush administration, only one candidate offers the policies and vision that can reinvigorate our industry and help our students gain a foothold on the future.
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T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Mary Burns	From Black and White to Color: Technology, Professional Development and Changing Practice The aim of this project was to help teachers create learner-centered, technology-rich learning environments. For the most part, instruction in these schools was traditional and technology use was virtually nonexistent.
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T.H.E. Journal February 2008 John K. Waters	How Geek Became Chic With budgets and staff stretched thin, schools are turning tech-savvy students into technology leaders and a popular, important source of IT support.
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T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Cathy J. Poplin	Models of Professional Development This article focuses on the models of professional development used by a variety of U.S. Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs. A large number of 1998 projects are highlighted.
T.H.E. Journal December 3, 2009 Bridget McCrea	Keeping on Task in a Digital Environment It doesn't take much to disrupt an entire high school classroom and get a student off task, particularly when that student is using a desktop or laptop computer to finish a lesson.
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T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Christine Fox	More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Manchester, Muir & Moulton	Technology Integration: Maine Learns' Maine is the first state to make real implementation of one-to-one computing through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative by having the provision of a laptop computer for every public school student and teacher in grades 7-12.
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T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Carole Eaton	Sparking a Revolution in Teaching and Learning How one of Ohio's lowest-performing elementary schools used technology to raise its third-grade reading test scores by a whopping 124 percent.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Gale Cooley	Professional Development: Westside School Celebrates the Successful Infusion of Technology into State Curriculum Westside School has just finished having a successful "Technology Celebration" that indicated how they are infusing technology into the Tennessee state curriculum by showcasing student demonstrations and projects.
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
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T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Cathy Higgins	An Inside Job One educator's efforts to introduce her colleagues to online professional development demonstrates how a school's most effective technology leaders are often homegrown.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski	Facebook Training Wheels A secured social networking site allows schools to incorporate the technology into academics while preparing students for the perils of online communities.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 Andrew Hoffman, Ph.D.	Technology Built for Teachers We all love technology, but adapting one's teaching style to the new resources often takes more time and energy than it's worth and doesn't truly help the learning process. When technology is built for teachers' direct benefit, it will have startling results on the educational process...
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T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard	Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers.
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