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

Doug Levin

FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Rationale: “ The Congress eliminated much of the program in 2006; the request would complete the process. Appropriations: FY 2002 $700,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $817,096,000).

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Edsurge

The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

The Social Web is comprised of software that enables people to both read from, and write onto web spaces. It is literally the ‘ architecture of participation ’ (O''Reilly, 2004; Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural facet of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). and Purdon, M. Maramba, I.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

In October of 2006 , Gartner said that Apple’s “best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell.” “Software is eating the world,” investor Marc Andreessen pronounced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2011. Apple sold just 50 million iPads. And the Internet?

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