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T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Geoffry Fletcher |
Fighting the War on Ed Tech Funding Two extremely important sources of funding from the federal level for states and local districts, Title II D of the No Child Left Behind Act and the E-Rate program, were in jeopardy within the last month. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
The Power In a Story In the last six months, SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association) has been working with professional organizations to educate members of Congress about the importance of funding the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) section of NCLB. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Title I-- and Then Some School districts are getting creative in finding ways to finance technology purchases, blending Title I dollars with money from numerous other funding sources. |
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Christine Fox |
Alabama Gets on Board The changes seen in the Roanoke City Schools in the four years since Tools for Life was launched are remarkable. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Sleepless in Washington Ed tech money is finally flowing from Capitol Hill. So why are education leaders so filled with angst? Because of a nightmare scenario in which the funding goes wasted. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Wolf & Hall |
Fighting the Good Fight Can the ed tech community convince policymakers that states and districts desperately need dedicated technology funding to ensure no child is left behind? |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel |
EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology. |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go. |
T.H.E. Journal April 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Two Plans, One Vision March 10, 2010 was an important day in education technology history. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Carla Wade |
Professional Development :: Oregon In Oregon, professional development experts built a team to foster networking among educators about ed tech. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Joel Shore |
Profile :: Carla Wade Whether working at the classroom or state level, the former science teacher has shown a passion for teaching educators the most effective ways to integrate technology. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Follow the Money Federal largesse only goes so far. So to support their technology programs, districts are pursuing funding sources in the state, local, corporate, and taxpayer ranks. |
Information Today July 23, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser |
E-Rate Connects America's Classrooms, Libraries The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation convened on July 17, 2013 to discuss ways to strengthen E-Rate (E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology). |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Matthew Miller |
Q&A: Ruben Lopez, Florida's Chief Technology Officer How is Florida dealing with the No Child Left Behind act? |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf |
Spread the Word: Ed Tech Matters With the future - and present - of ed tech funding at risk, it's imperative to inform legislators about the impact of technology on student achievement. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Tom Mykl |
Rural Wisconsin District Improves Teaching and Learning Through Worldwide Connectivity School districts are providing services that support and train teachers in everything from basic computer skills to how to use the Internet in the classroom. It's time for the institution of education to get off the dirt road and become the leaders of the information highway. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2002 Geoffrey Fletcher |
Groups Examine ESEA's Technology Provisions At a meeting held Feb. 25-28, the U.S. Dept. of Education worked with state directors of technology and members of the Regional Technology in Education Consortia to take a focused look at the technology provisions of the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act... |
T.H.E. Journal |
Professional Development Unlike training, professional development is more concerned with helping teachers learn to use technology in order to help students learn. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Anita Givens |
Technology Integration: Meeting the Technology Integration Challenge in Texas Schools Deep in the heart of Texas classrooms, students use digital technology to access, analyze and evaluate information; solve problems; and communicate with diverse audiences. |
T.H.E. Journal August 1, 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
'A Test of Leadership' Arne Duncan believes that stimulus money earmarked for education technology provides local school districts with the resources to reform. It's on them to carry it through. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Geoffry Fletcher |
Sharing State, District Best Practices Sharing, learning and working together can accelerate the effective use of technology in education. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Geoffry Fletcher |
Assessing Technology Integration We need a significant overall change in education - especially in curriculum and instruction - and technology can be the catalyst for this change. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships NCLB Draft a Boost for ed Tech... Grant Moves STEM Experts to Teach... Metametrics Launches Lexile Framework for Writing... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush |
Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Rama Ramaswami |
Make It Stretch As technology funding dwindles, districts must use the resources they do have to maximum advantage. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2001 Philip J. Bossert |
Lessons Learned An inside look at four of the top technology school districts in the nation... |
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. |
PHONE+ July 20, 2009 |
Case Study: LifeSize Takes Teachers to Class With looming budget cuts, one school district turns to video communication to keep teachers connected for professional development, staff meetings, and training sessions. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 16, 2014 Michael Blanding |
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening? |
T.H.E. Journal May 2001 |
First Annual State-of-the-States Survey The goal of the survey was to gather state-level information about educational technology in each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, and then to track this baseline information over the coming years... |
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
A Revolution on Hold In their push toward using digital content in the classroom, many schools are stuck in second gear until basic changes to both infrastructure and entrenched habits are made. But even as school districts grapple with making those changes, policymakers have begun to move forward. |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Now What? We put the question to a host of K-12 IT leaders: If you had a one-shot chance to spend a big sum of technology money, where would you begin? Here are their shopping lists. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Neah J. Lohr |
Implementing the Complexities of NCLB Wisconsin's approach to overcoming the law's challenges and closing the achievement gap |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Educators Awarded Environmental PD Courses... Microsoft Honors Innovative Educators... Google Offers Free Education Apps... |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Spend Wisely...or Else Thoughtful use of our share of the stimulus package is the only way to guarantee more ed tech funding in the future. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Follow the Money- Carefully The stimulus package provides billions of dollars in new funding. Schools and states need a plan to pursue it. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2003 Berger & Gunn |
Challenging Districts to 'Put Reading First' When it comes to the legislation known as Reading First -- a law with profound implications for how our children will learn to read -- the administration has backed up its words with forceful policy, its policy with unprecedented amounts of money, and its money with a plan for vigilant enforcement. |
D-Lib Mar/Apr 2011 Diekema et al. |
Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. |
T.H.E. Journal February 3, 2010 David Nagel |
Education Groups 'Extremely Concerned' over EETT Cut in Obama Budget If adopted by Congress without alteration, President Obama's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget would cut the sole source of dedicated federal funding for education technology |
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Why Aren't Dollars Following Need? The need for professional development is enormous and expressed; the question is, where's the money? |
T.H.E. Journal November 16, 2009 David Nagel |
Is American Education Neglecting Gifted Children? America's 3 million gifted and talented students are getting the shaft in the vast majority of K-12 schools, according to a new report from the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf |
Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2001 Ruth Watson |
The Trumbull County Community Network Project In the early 1990s, the school districts of Trumbull County, OH were similar to most schools in the amount of technology available to teachers, administrators and students. The project that changed that situation made an organized effort to infuse technology into K-12 schools... |
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Geoffrey Fletcher |
Making Sense of NCLB's Technology Component This section of the bill calls for states to submit to the Education Department an application addressing 15 topics related to how they will use their technology money. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Fletcher & Wolf |
Striking a New Tone The fourth annual collaboration with SETDA finds that, even in the face of political peril, ed tech supporters have plenty of reasons to be hopeful. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 |
SIIA Lays Out a Vision for Change With defined goals and benchmarks, the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) new initiative urges increasing technology use in K-20 classrooms... No Child Left Behind Act prompts major curriculum shifts... etc. |