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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

More than 340,000 students, educators and parents have “spoken” so far as part of this year’s Speak Up surveys about how they use – and how they would like to use – technology for learning. One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003].

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Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students wait to receive formal instruction in secondary grades they may already have too many bad habits engrained ( Bartholome ,1998). National Association for the Education of Young Children , International Society for Technology in Education ). Utah State University, 2003) is an elementary educator. Dr. William L.

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#40years of educational technology: Games

Learning with 'e's

This combination was not only the mainstay for entertainment and commerce, it also became the technological touchstone for many courses and programmes of study. Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games.

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#40years of educational technology: Games

Learning with 'e's

This combination was not only the mainstay for entertainment and commerce, it also became the technological touchstone for many courses and programmes of study. Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner. During his tenure, he focused on aligning the Department of Education’s work on three key issues: early education, educator quality, and secondary school reform. An educator since 1973, Ray has been a teacher, vice principal, principal, and superintendent.