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An Introduction to Current Trends and Benefits of Mobile Wireless Technology Use in Higher Education

The development of mobile wireless technologies has generated a considerable amount of excitement among practitioners and academics because it results in shifting the academic environment from traditional settings to mobile learning (m-learning) settings. Read the Full Story

There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education

It’s midweek at Anywhere State University. Jenny rolls out of bed at about nine a.m., as usual, and thinks about breakfast and her first class. As she’s dressing and getting ready to go out, she fires up iTunes on her laptop and checks her podcast subscriptions. There’s a new show from Adam Curry at Daily […]

Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course

The Michigan State Board of Education is set to approve a new graduation requirement today that would make every high-school student in the state take at least one online course before receiving a diploma.Read the Full Story

Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course

The Michigan State Board of Education is set to approve a new graduation requirement today that would make every high-school student in the state take at least one online course before receiving a diploma.Read the Full Story

Time’s up; put down your iPods

Districts say embracing gadgets can help students excel.Read the Full Story

Time’s up; put down your iPods

Districts say embracing gadgets can help students excel.Read the Full Story

Designing e-Portfolios To Support Professional Teacher Preparation

Like traditional portfolios, electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) showcase work, demonstrate progress, and guide students’ development and learning. Many courses in higher education also use e-portfolios as a basis for enhancing teacher-student and student-student interactions.Read the Full Story

Ed Tech Skeptic

I guess I would characterize my attitude with regard to technology as skeptical. Why should school districts throw all this money into technology when at the same time teachers and others are losing benefits, when teachers are being asked to teach in cities as hyperinflated as San Francisco in an increasing number of unprotected part […]

Home Schools Are Becoming More Popular Among Blacks

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 10 (AP) – When Denise Armstrong decided to teach her daughter and two sons at home instead of sending them to public school, she said she did so thinking she would do a better job than the school of instilling her values in her children. Read the Full Story

Home Schools Are Becoming More Popular Among Blacks

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 10 (AP) – When Denise Armstrong decided to teach her daughter and two sons at home instead of sending them to public school, she said she did so thinking she would do a better job than the school of instilling her values in her children. Read the Full Story