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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. They are moving more and more into the mobile market and now you can do video calls on the iPhone. My reflections on 2010, and my thoughts on 2011. I want to be hip. How did I do? So there it is. What did I miss?

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Speak Up 2010

wwwatanabe

They want the ability to search for terms easily, take digital notes on it, and to download it to their mobile devices. Our district is involved in the Speak Up 2010 survey. They want to check for their own comprehension (like a benchmark), have learning games, online tutors 24-7, and built in accountability.

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

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Today, students are even able to access assignments on their mobile devices. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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Hindsight: How I *WISH* I had Supported Our Technology Rollout

Tech Helpful

According to wikipedia, the first iPad was released on April 3, 2010 ( [link] ). Mobile devices in education have been a messy journey. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. Oh to have read that book then!

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Girl Scouts against the world

The Hechinger Report

MOBILE, Ala. We’re going to finish up our robotics badge by making a toothbrush robot,” she announced to four fellow members of Mobile, Alabama’s Girl Scout Troop 8274 in June. million in 2010 to 1.7 In Mobile, the reconnections were faulty — the electrical ones, that is.

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Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

Edsurge

A key finding from this work shows that mobilizing personal stories through a range of artistic and cultural expressions, outlets and collaborative networks can help individuals and groups process, heal from and speak back to these everyday experiences and their cumulative effects. There is a way we can connect." Ceja, M., &

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