Nervous About Web 2.0?
Got the Web 2.0 jitters? You are not alone, so do most of your colleagues.
Ready or not, Web 2.0 is becoming an educational tool for the classroom. The most recent Horizon Report 2009 K-12 Edition, published by the New Media Consortium and regarded as the most timely and authoritative source of information on new and emerging technologies available to education, identified collaborative environments and online communication tools—or what is commonly called Web 2.0—as one of the emerging technologies that are affecting K-12 schools today. You can download and read this report free of charge at http://horizon.nmc.org/k12/Main_Page
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Back to the Future
Last year we made note that the USDOE was embarking on a project to develop a new National Technology Plan that would be shared in early 2010. Thanks to the feedback and input provided by hundreds of practitioners and educational technology advocates (such as yourself) across the country, the plan is coming together nicely. A published draft of the report is planned to be available in late February or early March, but I had the opportunity to attend a webinar today, hosted by iNACOL, that gave us a glimpse into the key themes in the plan. (More...)
December EdTech Matters
Action without vision just passes the time.
Vision with action can change the world."
—Joel Barker, Independent Scholar and Futurist.
Extra, Extra, Read All About IT!
Last week I attended the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) Leadership Summit and Education Forum in Washington, DC, and I learned of two incredible new resources that I am very excited to share with you: (More...)
Lions and Tigers and Bears—Oh My!
The education journals are brimming with headlines—ESEA Reauthorization Recommendations, the New National Educational Technology Plan, Investing in Innovation Grants, Race to the Top Funds, Common Core State Standards Initiative, State and Local Budget Cuts, EETT Stimulus Funds and new developments in the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Initiative are just a few of the top news stories. There are so many new opportunities to positively affect the future of education, it’s understandably difficult to keep up. These are very exciting times, but it can seem like a jungle out there!
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