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Report: Digital literacy is essential for students

“For the first time in a long time, we must ask ourselves what it means to be literate, what it takes to achieve this, and how technology will play an essential role,” stated a white paper called “21st Century Literacy in a Convergent Media World.” Read the Full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3592

Study touts classroom benefits of handheld Computers

Despite their small size and more limited computing power, handheld computers can improve classroom teaching practices and aid in student learning. according to more than 100 teachers who were given the devices through a $2.3 million grant program from Palm Inc. Read the Full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3591

Classroom Connect Introduces Professional Development Workshops For Educators Using Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs

BRISBANE, CA – Mar. 7, 2002 – As handheld devices become a prevalent tool for educators and their students, there is a need for understanding the many ways teachers and administrators can use these devices to make their jobs easier and student learning more effective. Classroom Connect, a leading provider of professional development for K-12 […]

Cyberschools Under Fire

The school says that in the wake of the lawsuits, the state and local school districts are holding up more than $10 million in funding. Read the Full Article http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3376368,00.html

State may put technology to the test

Testing technology on the MEAP would include group projects and problem-solving questions using technology. Read the Full Article http://www.freep.com/money/tech/ntech14_20020314.htm

Study: Missouri’s ed-tech program is raising student achievement

Students who participated in Missouri’s educational technology program scored “consistently higher in every subject area” on the state’s standardized test… Read the full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3588 <

Dell signs $25 million school district deal

Dell and the Oklahoma City Public Schools today announced that the school district has chosen Dell as the exclusive computer systems provider for a $25 million technology initiative to install wireless notebook systems and desktop computers throughout the school district over the next three years. The agreement calls for Dell to supply more than 90 […]

Charter Schools: Microsoft money would fund ‘High Tech High’ in Midtown

High Tech High is part of a $6.4 million Gates Foundation push to open nine schools in the United States … Read the Full Article http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/tuesday/metro_c3d88aa862e011830017.html

Europe’s low-tech schools fail to deliver

Two years after the European Council in Lisbon launched an ambitious agenda to turn the European Union into “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world” by 2010, Europe is still struggling to narrow the competitive gap with the US. Read the Full Article http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT349PAQOYC&live=true&tagid=ZZZAFZAVA0C&subheading=europe

Students’ use of technology lags

But many Maryland students don’t know how to make use of that technology, according to a report to be released today. Read the Full Article http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.technology12mar12.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines