Technology Education

New Video Game-Themed High School Program May Be A Hard Sell

Posted 04.30.2012

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Never mind video games getting in the way of homework or learning time. At one Florida school, video games are homework. A new magnet program at M...

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Real Life Lessons From Real Life DoGooders: Embrace Technology Today or Be Left Behind Tomorrow

Marc Ozburn | Posted 04.26.2012

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Innovation and technology should be at the forefront of every organization, whether in the private or public sector, to remain relevant in an increasingly competitive and tech-savvy world.

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Stop the Education "Blame Game": Let's Get Real About Accountability

Lydia Dobyns | Posted 04.17.2012

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If we want our teachers to succeed, we need to stop blaming them and offer new habits. Transforming our schools will demand real resources and real reform built on a commitment to change some of our behaviors.

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Innosight's Michael Horn on How 'Blended Learning' and Technology Can Bridge the Education Gap

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 04.16.2012

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Author Michael Horn predicts that in the future, the majority of students will be engaged in what he calls "blended learning" where they'll learn online with control over the pace of their learning in schools with teachers providing guidance.

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Technology Killed Neighbors, Kindness

The Daily Collegian | Posted 04.03.2012

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Technology is at our fingertips every moment of the day, and we're losing sight of our old ways. We can connect more with someone who is halfway across the world than someone who goes to the same school.

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Liberal Arts in the Digital Age: Teaching Technology as a Language

Sara Rasmussen | Posted 05.29.2012

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From iPads to audio recorders, Smart Classrooms to online courses, new tools find their way into students' and educators' hands every day. But many teachers seem hesitant to embrace all this rapidly emerging technology.

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Educational Innovation Rises Down Under

Lydia Dobyns | Posted 05.20.2012

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The culture of learning we have in the U.S., and have now introduced in Australia, focuses not only on knowledge attainment, but also on the development of work ethic, teamwork, presentation skills and literacy skills.

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Against the Machine

The Columbia Daily Spectator | Posted 05.14.2012

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I'm not so sure that the ability to look up a concept or name on the fly in class makes us better learners -- on the contrary, I think it makes us reliant on an external body of memory.

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Succeeding in STEM: Lessons From Black Colleges

Marybeth Gasman | Posted 05.05.2012

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The good news is that African Americans are earning more college degrees. However in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, we aren't seeing as much growth.

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A Turning Point

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 04.22.2012

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Your history teacher probably told you the printing press was a turning point in human history. Just watch what the shift to digital learning will do.

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NYE Party Busted.. Teen Car Thieves.. Ron Paul Rally

| Posted 01.07.2012

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Every week, HuffPost High School rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch...

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High School Seniors Talk Turkey about Deeper Learning

Lydia Dobyns | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: New Tech Network, Deeper Leaning, Education, 21st Century Skills, Education Reform, Technology Education, Technology, Public Education Reform, Pbl, Education News

Deeper Learning delivers the skills and knowledge students will need to succeed in a world that is changing at an unprecedented pace. Earlier this mo...

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Tell Us: How Has Steve Jobs Inspired You In Education?

Posted 12.06.2011

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Technology Education and Literacy in Schools Program (TEALS) Grows by Leaps and Bounds

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 12.03.2011

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Kevin Wang, a software engineer who started out his career as a high school teacher, is showing technology industry employees who are passionate about education that they need not choose between the classroom and the industry.

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The Real "S and T" Crisis

Dr. Michael J. Feuer | Posted 10.09.2011

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If we have an "S & T" crisis, then, it is less about science and technology than about the substance and tone of our political discourse.

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LeBron James: Gearing Up For Third Grade

Posted 09.05.2011

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LeBron James is gearing up for third grade. James' annual bike ride through hometown Akron, Ohio -- formerly "King for Kids" -- will be called "Whe...

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Girls as Inventors

Tara Chklovski | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are getting ready to conduct six Technovation Challenge programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and New York City this coming spring, reaching out to more than 300 high school girls.

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Let's Bring Aging Americans Into the Information Age

Marcia Kerz | Posted 05.25.2011

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As young Americans have become the most tech-savvy generation in history, the generations preceding them have not kept pace -- to the detriment of their economic and even physical well-being.

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Opportunities and Possibilities...

Cheryl Arnett | Posted 05.25.2011

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My journey to Cape Town, South Africa, to attend the Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Education Forum as an innovative teacher representing the United States gave me plenty of time for reflection.

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Microsoft Launches 'Shout' Partnership To Support Tech-Based Environmental Learning

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Climate Change, Technology Education, Microsoft Education, Microsoft, Worldwide Innovative Education Forum, Smithsonian Institution, Takingitglobal, Education News

At the Worldwide Innovative Education Forum, a conference of 500 international educators hosted by Microsoft in South Africa, the software company ann...

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Kickstarting Science and Math Learning

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recently issued a report which looks at the underlying causes of our current crisis and makes recommendations on how to fix it.

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Will Politics Trump Economic Progress?

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States is in danger of losing its global competitive advantage in science and technology, a prospect that would surely result in economic decline.

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