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School officials in these small Pennsylvania towns refused to let their size hinder them from creating an effective — and profitable — cyberschool.
This thriving statewide school mixes avatars with kindergarten curricula to stay current and reach all corners of Pennsylvania.
Funding is the key issue, but these districts have solved the dilemma in creative ways.
The difference between amassing technology and actually building a 21st-century school boiled down to one simple ingredient for a parochial school in Florida: location.
IT administrators can save their schools money by considering environmentally friendly technology solutions.
Four top IT leaders discuss trends, 21st-century classrooms and their thoughts about one-to-one.
Technology not only helps teach foreign languages, but also allows students a world apart to teach each other.
While school IT coordinators’ job responsibilities continue to expand, the surprise is that some of the most important skills have little to do with hardware or software.
Teach computer programming using the simplicity of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Students study existing blogs to learn how to create their own.
Students learn how to calculate their carbon impact.
Show your students how to create animated drawings using Flash.
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Today’s IP camera systems can put one person, sometimes miles away, in charge of an entire school’s security.
Getting work accomplished on the go is easier with today’s crop of new minicomputers.
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After four years of work, this Wisconsin district’s effort in creating its own online assessment program is paying off for teachers, students and the bottom line.
By the time you go home today, 7,000 more high school students will quit. But some educators are reversing this trend using the one tool that has proved powerful enough to stop them in their tracks.
These two teachers revamped their science program using tablet PCs, digital projectors and digital cameras.
Best practices that can make your systems shop a picture of health.
NCLB requires every student be tech literate by eighth grade. Here’s a primer on how educators in four states plan to meet that mandate.
Ohio’s Lawrence School uses tablet PCs to aid students with learning disabilities.
Advances in technology at this acclaimed school allow special-needs students more freedom and control over their education.
Videoconferencing allows a Florida boy with an immune system deficiency to attend school for the first time.
Florida students give up their spring break to help bring this island school into the 21st century.
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When it comes to infusing technology into the K–12 learning environment, the consensus from educators, pundits, students and parents alike is that one-to-one programs are both improving and proliferating.
Teacher-librarians may be the most misunderstood of all educators.
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The latest version of this MIT software encourages students to learn through their own simulations.
Investigating ways to include augmented reality in today’s classrooms.
Internet2 lets students participate in real-time discoveries anywhere in the world.
Installing a one-to-one notebook program effectively demands a new classroom layout and plenty of power.
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These schools have vastly increased their computing power while watching the bottom line.
Software helps schools track lost or stolen notebooks.
Schools are learning to better negotiate the Internet’s fine line between learning and trouble.
Programming and PB&J
Creating Bloggers
Measuring Footprints
Frame by Frame
Every Step You Take
Big Flexibility in a Small Package
Overcoming Obstacles
Taking Charge
A Healthy Education
Reaching Across the Ocean
Funding One-to-One
Data Saves the Day
The Role of Today’s Librarian
Three Ways to Fix AP Computer Science
Mixing Programming With Science
Education in Hand
Peeking Over Scientists' Shoulders
Making the Connection
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