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What Happened to the ‘$100 Laptop’?

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Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. At the time, a typical laptop cost well over $1,000. That never quite came to fruition, but almost 3 million is still a lot of laptops out there.

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Leadership: The Connective Tissue of Educational Change

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By Mac Bogert “True leadership only exists if people follow when they have the freedom not to.” –Jim Collins Connective Tissue I delivered my first virtual class in 2009. I never saw the 23 participants and could only communicate with them through a chat screen on my laptop. I was in front of a blue screen, behind a desk.

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How teachers address cell phones in class

Ask a Tech Teacher

I teach online grad school classes in how to integrate tech into education. In 2009, a National Center for Education Statistics survey showed that about 90% of schools prohibited cell phones during school hours. Encouraging user-friendly education starts with the tools kids enjoy. I hope you can educate me!

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Implementing Mobile Devices With a Focus on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. Koole’s (2009) Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME) model provides a more holistic framework for mobile learning. Mobile learning: Transforming the delivery of education and training (pp. Cristol, D., & mLearn, 15.

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League of Innovative Schools Members Named 2016 “Leaders to Learn From”

Digital Promise

Today, we’re thrilled to congratulate Matt Akin, Superintendent of Piedmont City School District , and Steve Webb and Tom Hagley, Superintendent and Chief of Staff of Vancouver Public Schools , for being named to Education Week’s list of “Leaders to Learn From” in 2016. Congratulations again to these educators!

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Better Edtech Budgeting: How Yuma Elementary District Makes The Most of Its Money

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During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. With these laptops, many teachers rose to the challenge of using digital materials—a new concept back in 2009.

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League of Innovative Schools Members Named 2016 “Leaders to Learn From”

Digital Promise

Today, we’re thrilled to congratulate Matt Akin, Superintendent of Piedmont City School District , and Steve Webb and Tom Hagley, Superintendent and Chief of Staff of Vancouver Public Schools , for being named to Education Week’s list of “Leaders to Learn From” in 2016. Congratulations again to these educators!