This group is open to all members who are interested in exploring the fundamentals of literacy and learning in the context of digital education. This vast category includes topics such as media and computer literacy, and even the cultural literacy required to navigate and utilize the Internet.
Teachers Advised to Get Real on Rase
By: Debra Viando, Education Week | February 7, 2008
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Everyone at Columbus High, the pseudonymously named school where researcher Mica Pollock taught in the 1990s, worried about the “hall wanderers”—students who roved the building, seemingly unimpeded, while their peers sat in class. |
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Stanley Litow
By: Stanley Litow, Forbes | January 23, 2008
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| Our education systems were largely designed in the last century and are simply inadequate to meet the demands of the current century.
Our educators work extremely hard and are very dedicated, but we must understand that we need fundamental changes in how we train and support our teachers and our principals. The quality of education is inextricably linked to the issue of teacher quality and principal leadership. |
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Who Decides what we teach and how we reach?
By: Bonnie Bracey Sutton, The THornburg Center for PRofessional Development | September 18, 2007
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| National conversations in Washington lay the blame for the state of the nation's education on teachers. Perhaps there is not an understanding of what constitutes permisison to use curriculum or of how we are told what to teach. |
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She Used to Be Pretty
By: by Kaley Noonan, edutopia.org | July 13, 2007
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| The wounds cyberbullies cause can run deep.
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Educational TV 2.0
By: Milton Chen, Edutopia.org | July 3, 2007
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| It’s a chaotic time for television, now that Internet video has arrived. Moving swiftly up the media food chain -- from text to images to audio and now video -- broadband distribution has made TV on your PC a reality. YouTube’s startling popularity demonstrates how quickly media technology is changing and being used in a wide variety of organizations. At GLEF, we recently launched our own YouTube channel with several short promos of our documentary segments. |
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It is an ongoing process
By: Barbara | May 22, 2007
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| This blog entry tells us the who are the oppressed in the digital divide and the direct consequence: "Those without access and without the skills to contribute to a global conversation are at a disadvantage." It also talks about the use of new technology such as Web 2.0 in schools. Interesting read and insight. |
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The Media, the Massacre at Virginia Tech, What Can We Do? Leaving no child behind emotionally
By: Bonnie Bracey Sutton, The Thornburg Center for Professional Development | April 19, 2007
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"We can spend our time continuing to get kids very sophisticated at distinguishing between tangents and co-tangents, but unless they're going into engineering, when are they going to use that stuff?" Bostic adds. "But are they going to have days when they look in the mirror and think, 'Man, I feel like crap'? Of course they are. So we need to train teachers to equip their students with the tools they're going to need to get up in the morning. These are tools they'll use their whole lives. |
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An Ounce of Prevention
By: Diane Curtis, edutopia.org | April 19, 2007
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| A Well-Prepared Generation
As national RCCP director, Lantieri sees success stories around the country. "I know we're equipping (students) to deal with all of what they're going to have to deal with in the 21st century," she says. " We know enough from the research and also (from) what employers tell us that we need the people skills and the team-building skills and the communication skills and the managing emotions skills as much as we need all of those other, more intellectual capacities. |
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A Depression Trend
By: Laura Scholes, edutopia.org | April 18, 2007
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| As more and more teens are diagnosed with mental illness, schools and health professionals struggle to hone a response. |
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An Inconvenient Truth . . . About Education
By: Milton Chen, glef.org | April 18, 2007
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Many nations are moving to combat global climate change and toward changing their own educational climate. Though we don't have the educational equivalent of the Kyoto Protocol, the need to redesign educational systems is reaching a consensus among ministers of education around the world. |
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New Technologies, in a NCLB environment
By: Bonnie Bracey Sutton, The Thornburg Center for Professional Development | January 5, 2007
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| Leapfrogging Technologies, Learning on the Cutting Edge
I choose to explore the cutting edge in technology because, I believe unless teachers, work with codewriters, developers, research practioners, and university professors, that the technology that comes to us will be missing teacher, and classroom friendly components. I feel that many teachers are locked into 1993 technology |
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Black/White/Other
By: Bonnie Azab Powell, edutopia, GLEF | December 30, 2006
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For the growing population of multiracial kids, attitudes and diversity programs haven't kept up with reality.
Orginally published at Edutopia. |
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The One Planet Schoolhouse
By: Sara Bernard, Edutopia.org | December 2, 2006
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| When Klatchko began giving presentations to kids in elementary schools and middle schools near her hometown of Philadelphia, showing students toys she'd collected (such as handmade Malaysian kites) and telling the stories of the children she'd met, the response to her global show-and-tell was enthusiastic. The ordinary details in the lives of children across the world -- what they eat, wear, and value, what their schools are like and how they get there, accompanied by her evocative photographs -- inspire U.S. students to appreciate the complexity and interconnectedness of life on our planet. |
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Free Radicals
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By Grace Rubenstein and
Amy Standen, Edutopia | October 7, 2006
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In the country's most alternative classrooms, there's no such thing as a report card. |
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My First Noose OR The Classroom as Technology
By: alan gerstle, A Sense Of Place Network | July 23, 2006
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| The classroom itself is a technology; this essay describes how one college freshman painfully discovered this lesson. |
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Bridging the Gap: Brevard Public Schools plan for Digital Inclusion
By: Patricia G. Lewis and Amy Franco, Brevard Public Schools | June 19, 2006
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| In Brevard County, Florida, as in most areas across the United States, there exists a gap between people and communities who can make effective use of technology and those who cannot. To address this issue, Brevard Public Schools has established a partnership with the Institute for the Study of Digital Inclusion (ISDI). ISDI was founded in 2001 to promote digital literacy for all, but especially targeting those youth and their families in underserved communities. These students are generally considered the most “at risk” in our school district. One consequence of this “Digital Divide” is the possible long-term effect it will have on today’s youth. Because some sections of our community are experiencing a lack of access to technology and computer based skills, an entire generation of young people might not be able to contribute fully to society. Not only will they possibly be prevented from gaining quality jobs, but many educational opportunities might be closed to them. We recognize a need to help all children understand technology and the role it can play in their future. |
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Hard Times In The Big Easy
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By Nancy Rutter Clark, Edutopia.org | May 25, 2006
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| Tulane University has staked its future on the likes of Sarah "Sally" Baker. The effervescent nineteen-year-old college freshman, from Ogdensburg, New York, considers rebuilding New Orleans an "obligation." After spending her first semester as a Tulanian at Syracuse University -- enrollees scattered when Tulane was closed for the fall 2005 semester -- Baker returned to New Orleans in January and was promptly elected chair of community service for her dorm. Now the public health major organizes community projects for about half of the 250 students living there. The projects are voluntary, but Baker says, "if you're apathetic, you don't belong here. If public service discourages students from coming to Tulane, they are not our kind."
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F FOR ASSESSMENT
By: W. James Popham, Professor Emeritus UCLA School of Education and Information Studies | May 18, 2006
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| This is a perspective by a seasoned educator , and researcher on testing and today's practices in teaching. |
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How To: Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
By: Jennifer New, www.edutopia.org | May 5, 2006
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| Storytelling has its orgins in the cultures of the world. This is an article on visual storytelling from the George Lucas Educational Foundation. The use of digital storytelling has created new ways to empower students and teachers.. and these are some guidelines. |
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Biotech Academy: Challenging Assumptions and Changing Lives
By: By Diane Demée-Benoit, GLEF.org | April 9, 2006
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| The Biotech Academy is a work in progress striving to sustain all the qualities that research and experience indicate make an academy successful -- small learning community, college prep curriculum, and post-secondary partnerships. Committed adults -- teachers, counselors, and business partners -- work together to keep students in school, help them plan for the future, and encourage their academic achievement. A critical element of the academy is that every student is known and valued, and that every student has a caring adult in his or her life. Teachers work as a team to ensure that each student is known well and has the support needed for success.
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Building a Bridge to Science and Technology
By: Roberta Furger, The George Lucas Educational Foundation | February 21, 2006
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| Girls doing Math and Science
An Antidote for Peer Pressure- Changing the Face of Science
In the fall of 2000, word spread throughout nine middle and high schools in Oakland: A new program was starting just for girls. Led by Oakland public school teachers, the programs would feature hands-on science and technology activities, field trips, role models, and more. Some groups would meet once a week during lunch or after school |
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Facing the Digital Future in San Diego
By: Nia Ujamaa, Center for Media & Community | January 30, 2006
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| Technology resources are now a lot more accessible to San Diego County’s youth, seniors, veterans, disabled individuals and other community members. The San Diego Futures Foundation has accepted the challenge set by the county's e-government initiative to provide the citizens with better government services and more efficient use of public sector resources. |
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Creating Computers for Classrooms
By: Nia Ujamaa, Center for Media & Community | November 1, 2005
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| Computers for Classrooms, a small non-profit organization founded by Pat Furr, refurbishes computers and gives them to California classrooms. The techological access and community-based training makes a visible difference in the under- resourced communities and schools served by CFC. |
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Taking Back the Media: Teaching More than Basic Computer Skills at CCTV
By: Nia Ujamaa | November 1, 2005
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| When asked what aspect of Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) he was most proud of, David Zermeno, CCTV Community Technologies Program Manager, said it was the little things that pleased him. He told the story of one student who learned word and photo programs in order to make small poetry booklets. Her hunger for media literacy didn’t stop at computer skills; she eventually produced her own television show, which has now been running for two years. Similar stories can be told of numerous CCTV members, who come from a range of backgrounds. |
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Spotlight on Massachusetts: Technology Training for Self-Sufficiency
By: Francis Raven, A Sense Of Place Network | September 12, 2005
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| “The digital divide has been bridged in a lot of ways through information technology’s ubiquity, but the next step is to make sure that you’re helping people get and keep good jobs; that you’re helping them become self-sufficient,” states Joe Diamond, Executive Director of MASSCAP, the umbrella group of Community Action Agencies (CAAs) in Massachusetts. Twelve of the state's CAAs have thriving IT Access Projects aimed at helping people become self-sufficient through IT education and job development. |
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Turning Passive Listeners Into Active Investigators: Online Curriculum About Oceanography
By: Bonnie Bracey Sutton, The Thornburg Center for Professional Development | August 11, 2005
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| Not everyone has access to the ocean. But every teacher with an Internet connection has access to stimulating curriculum about oceanography. With a few clicks of the mouse, hands-on curriculum can be found online that will engage students with active research and real field trips, igniting a student's interest in the ocean. These resources will enrich even the most land-locked schools. |
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Editorial: Want to Improve High Schools? Put Computers in the Homes.
By: Bruce McComb, RECA Foundation | August 11, 2005
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| Bill Gates declared America's high schools to be obsolete. It's an unavoidable truth: training the workforce of tomorrow with the high schools of today is like trying to teach kids about today's computers on a 50-year-old mainframe. We're using the wrong tools for the times. But the Gates Foundation computer lab methods are also obsolete: computer labs have only variable success, but when computers are placed in the home, skills are sure to develop. |
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Literacy, Technology & Expression in Uzbekistan
By: Ari Katz, IREX | July 8, 2005
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| When School Connectivity for Uzbekistan opened its first 30 Internet centers in schools in late 2003, it was greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm by teachers and students who were gaining access to 21st century educational tools for the first time. But there were numerous challenges. And one of the biggest hurdles facing the program was not a lack of technology literacy, but an educational culture that shunned individual expression and problem-solving. |
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Internet Forums and Learning
By: Joseph Mathew, A Sense Of Place Network | July 4, 2005
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| Forums are interactive websites that facilitate group communication on any given topic. They allow us to interact with others just like in the real world. They are very effective and efficient ways of finding some information on the vast data mine of the Internet. You can contribute articles, develop your opinions, meet experts, make new friends, and learn forum dynamics. One forum I visit and moderate has had a powerful influence on my life. It is www.frontierindia.com/forums. |
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Digitizing the Costa Rican Classroom: A Success Story
By: Nia Ujamaa, Center for Media & Community | May 5, 2005
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| Opportunity Access Inc. provides both the hands-on community computer training and the grade school technology curriculum for the small town of Cahuita. “Our approach is unique in that we employ and train community members in every aspect of the process in order to empower each community to sustain their labs,” says founder Charles Moore. |
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Technology for Social Inclusion: An Interview with Mark Warschauer
By: Francis Raven, A Sense Of Place Network | May 4, 2005
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| Mark Warschauer, author of Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide, talks about the social aspects of digital empowerment in this interview. "Social inclusion refers to the extent that individuals, families, and communities are able to fully participate in society and control their own destinies, taking into account a variety of factors related to economic resources, employment, health, education, housing, recreation, culture, and civic engagement."
Dr. Warschauer's research focuses on the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools; the impact of ICT on language and literacy practices; and the relationship of ICT to institutional reform, democracy, and social development. |
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The Stupid Revolution, Open Networks, and the Democratization of Communications
By: Mike Chege, A Sense Of Place Network | April 5, 2005
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| The Internet cultivates new forms of communication which in turn can propogate social change. David Isenberg was the first to conceptualize the Internet as a “stupid network”; it is now becoming clearer that the Internet's core design, coupled with the emerging “open spectrum” movement and new innovative wireless technologies, holds great promise for mitigating the Digital Divide and promoting the democratization of communications.
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The GET A VOICE Project
By: Deborah B. Wolfe, Jericho Elementary School, Middle Country Central School District | April 3, 2005
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| The GET A VOICE Project is a promising school wide practice that allows students and adults to respond consistently and respectfully to name calling and verbal bullying. It is a proactive strategy that encourages bystanders to confront harmful and hurtful language in the school community. |
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When Kids Make Content: A Q & A With 'Blogevangelist' Will Richardson
By: Cedar Pruitt, A Sense Of Place Network | March 7, 2005
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| "In my experience, students are very responsible about the content they create...[t]hey know that what they write is out there for real people to consume and interact with, and that motivates them," says Will Richardson. Richardson is the Supervisor of Instructional Technology and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ, and a self-described "blogevangelist" who uses his own blog, Weblogg-ed, to call for new applications of blogs in educational settings. |
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An Interview with Barbara Monroe
By: Francis Raven, A Sense Of Place Network | March 5, 2005
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| An interview with Barbara Monroe, author of the book Crossing the Digital Divide: Race, Writing, and Technology in the Classroom, which examines nonwhite ways of writing, knowing, and interacting in high-poverty schools. |
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New Books on the Digital Divide
By: Francis Raven, A Sense Of Place Network | March 5, 2005
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| Catch up on the best new books highlighting the importance of the digital divide in current political and educational thought. |
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Traveling the Digital Highway: Making Complex Connections Visible
By: Beth Yeager and PJ Elder | January 18, 2005
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| In two projects within the Center for Teaching for Social Justice, K-12 teachers, students, university faculty, technological support teams, families, and community members connected and built relationships in multiple ways and in multiple spaces, both virtual and local, across generations. |
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A Nation Online: 2004 U.S. National Digital Divide Report Released
By: NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce | January 10, 2005
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| The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has just released the latest national digital divide report, A Nation Online.
The report states that a dramatic uptake of broadband technologies has fueled the nation's rising use of the Internet. The report also finds that broadband users are more likely to use the Internet more frequently and in a wider variety of ways, and broadband usage is lower in rural than urban areas.
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Checking In With Ana Montes at the Latino Issues Forum
By: Cedar Pruitt, A Sense Of Place Network | December 10, 2004
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| Ana Montes of the Latino Issues Forum spoke with DDN editor Cedar Pruitt recently about the future of higher education and online access in the Latino community, the Spanish Internet, and the critical need for good, accessible content. |
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The African Internet Technology Initiative
By: Nia Ujamaa | December 10, 2004
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| Students experience practical application of their technology skills in Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia, through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, African Internet Technology Initiative (MIT-AITI). The objective of MIT-AITI is to enhance the MIT experience by offering students opportunities addressing real world problems through summer information technology programs in Africa. For the past 5 years, MIT students of various backgrounds and academic standing have taught abroad in African educational institutions, changing their lives, and the lives of their African students. As part of the self-learning initiative, initiated in 2003, many students were taught Internet technologies through collaboration with one another, 3rd party books, MIT’s Open Courseware, and the curriculum from the MIT lectures many of their peers attended. |
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Scotland’s Craigmillar Project: Combating Virtual Inequality in the Digital Age
By: Dr. Andrew McDonald and Phil Denning | December 10, 2004
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| The Craigmillar Community Information Service (CCIS), a project funded by the European Union and Scottish Executive, is a community-based Internet service and training provider, a port of quality digital applications and services focused on employment, education, arts, youth, social welfare and the environment. |
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Internet Use in Uzbekistan’s Schools
By: Ari Katz, School Connectivity for Uzbekistan | December 10, 2004
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 A year ago, living in Termez, a remote region at the southern tip of Uzbekistan, Malika Jabbarova had never used a computer. Today, not only is Malika an active member of her school’s new and active Internet club, but she regularly corresponds with new friends in the U.S., Germany, Russia, and India, and has helped clean up her community as part of a nationwide Earth Day volunteer effort organized through the Internet. |
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Eliminating the Regional Educational Laboratories: Will it Widen the Divide?
By: Francis Raven, A Sense Of Place Network | December 8, 2004
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| The elimination of the Regional Educational Laboratories, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, will increase the digital divide and eliminate measures for accurately evaluating educational policies, such as the administration’s vaunted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
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An Information Thirsty University
By: Kofi Mangesi, Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing | March 17, 2004
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| The students of the University of Development Studies, Navorongo campus in Ghana face a constant challenge: pursuing their degrees and staying aware of current events in an community with no Internet access and only one TV and radio station. |
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Online Historical Game Helps Students Discover Contemporary Voices
By: Victoria Bernal, OnRamp Arts | December 16, 2002
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| Los Angeles high school students uncover their Latin American roots as they work with artists to develop an online game. The project Tropical America was later selected to be showcased at the World Summit Awards. |
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Bringing American History Online
By: Kevin Tanglang, Telecommunications Policy Consultant | December 3, 2002
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| The Library of Congress National Digital Library Program is assembling a digital library of archival materials that chronicle the nation's rich cultural heritage. |
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ThinkerTools Helps Bring Physics to a Younger Audience
By: Kevin Taglang, Telecommunications Policy Consultan | November 22, 2002
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| Some educators think that the laws of physics are too hard to teach to middle and high school students. In response, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed ThinkerTools, education technology that has helped middle school students to apply the concepts of physics to real-world problems. |
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Junior High Students Learn at the MUVEES
By: Kevin Taglang, Telecommunications Policy Consultan | November 18, 2002
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| A current project of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the multi-user virtual environment experential simulator (MUVEES), illustrates untapped potential to enhance learning. Using technology previously used to design online fantasy games, researchers are building systems that motivate students to jointly explore online worlds, apply their own scientific knowledge to identify problems and test hypotheses, and to appreciate the complexities of human activities. |
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The Educator’s Network – Supporting ICTs in Schools
By: Rodwyn Grewan, SchoolNet SA | September 30, 2002
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| Sandi Senior Secondary School is one of nearly 200 disadvantaged schools in South Africa that is participating in a project to integrate computers in schools while also supplying teachers with the training and support needed to fully take advantage of the computer equipment.
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Back To School: Computers, the Internet and Then What?
By: Kevin Taglang, Telecommunications Policy Consultant | September 23, 2002
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| Congress is considering a proposal to create a Digital Opportunity Investment Trust (DOIT) to support the development of innovative digital content to support education and life-long learning. |
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Beyond Access Lies A Passion For Technology
By: Dana White, Executive Director, WiredWoods | August 21, 2002
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| This summer camp program provides under-served middle school students with access to technology in a traditional camp setting. The WiredWoods goal is to spark a passion for technology in the kids and help them envision new possibilities for their future.
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Site For Life
By: Rebecca Davison, Content Editor, Training For Life | July 30, 2002
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| Site for Life is a learning and services portal designed to provide a relevant online complement to Training for Life's training and mentoring programs.
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Students Find Their Voice Through Multimedia
By: Paula Monsef, The George Lucas Educational Foundation | July 5, 2002
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| The San Fernando Education Technology Team program helps Latino students deliver powerful messages through video and the Web. |
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Extending the Information Revolution: Education
By: Bonnie Bracey, 1992 Christa McAuliffe educator | April 12, 2002
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| While some schools have begun to integrate technology professional development into their programs, there are many educators who are still being left behind. Bonnie Bracey discusses the benefits and challenges involved in helping teachers use technology effectively in the classroom. |
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TeachNet: Transforming Teaching and Learning in the New Media Classroom
By: Carla Huck, Teachers Network | April 2, 2002
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| TeachNet (www.teachersnetwork.org/TeachNet) was launched in 1998 to support a global network of teachers in designing web-based classroom curriculum, disseminating successful projects, and enhancing their own professional growth. TeachNet seeks to improve student learning and achievement by providing training, grants, networking, and resource sharing to teachers at seven of the Teachers Network affiliate sites worldwide -- New York City, Boston, Miami-Dade County, Polk County, Santa Barbara County, Summit County, and Ireland. |
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Laptops for All
By: Roberta Furger | March 22, 2002
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| A commitment to projects and widespread use of laptop computers has spelled success for students at The Mott Hall School in New York City. "We saw the introduction of laptops as a wonderful opportunity to reexamine our curriculum and to confront the Digital Divide," says Principal Mirian Acosta-Sing. |
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Invigorating Science Teaching With a High-Tech, Low-Cost Tool
By: Randy Bell and Lynn Bell, Virginia Unversity's Curry School of Education | March 22, 2002
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| Pre-service teachers at the Curry School of Education, share ideas and strategies about integrating technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways. |
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Youth Are Problem-Solvers…. Not Problems to Solve
By: Tony Hebert, Ph.D., and Amy Ostermeier, University of Tennessee | October 15, 2001
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| Advocates for civic engagement and community renewal have highlighted youth as an important resource in rebuilding a civic society for the future and in creating healthy communities today. |
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Seniors Connect at the Azusa City Library
By: Pam Alger, Azusa City Library | September 4, 2001
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| In this day and age, when so much information is available through computers and the Internet, it's important that senior citizens are not shut out of these important sources of information. That is why California's Azusa City Library developed a series of short workshops designed just for seniors. |
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Heading Down the Homestretch
By: Christopher Ross, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Silicon Valley Project | August 27, 2001
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| In 2001, Homestead.com aimed to create a program that reached out to East Palo Alto high school juniors and seniors who demonstrated desire to succeed in life. The focus was on creating meaningful work experiences in a professional, high tech environment for young people in Homestead's immediate community. |
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Upward Bound Provides Native American Students With New Media Experience
By: Mary Bowannie, University of Colorado Upward Bound Program | August 15, 2001
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| The University of Colorado's Upward Bound program helps Native American students reach their dreams through technology. |
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In a Software Superpower, Rural Kids Lack the Code to Learn
By: Frederick Noronha, Bytesforall.org | July 23, 2001
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| Despite India's meteoric rise as an IT superpower, young people in rural India who are eager to use technology face a major challenge: very few educational software programs are available in their native languages. |
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Faculty Development for High School and College Humanities Teachers
By: Lauren Mucciolo, New Media Classroom | June 18, 2001
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| Since 1996 the New Media Classroom faculty development program has brought together an exciting group of educators, scholars and media producers from across the country to help teachers use technology to make history and other humanities subjects come to life for their students. |
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Opportunities to Close The Digital Divide through Technology
By: Lisa Smith, Teaming For Technology DC at The Support Center of Washingto | May 25, 2001
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| Non Profit organizations can use technologies available on the Internet in various combinations to help address issues involving the Digital Divide. |
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Technical Teens Internship Program (TTIP): Building a Pipeline to Corporate America
By: Ann Stjern, Technology Access Foundation | March 2, 2001
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| The Technical Teens Internship Program (TTIP) was developed to provide traditionally underserved teens with access to technology and prepare them for higher education and technical careers. TTIP is a four-year program, with a new cycle of students beginning each fall. Each year builds upon another and includes increasingly complex skills and instruction. The curriculum is technically demanding and provides knowledge in five key areas: basic computer applications, network management, web development, media production, and programming. |
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After TTIP - Higher Education Bound!
By: Ann Stjern, Technology Access Foundation | March 2, 2001
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| Participants in TAF's Technical Teens Internship Program (TTIP) are encouraged to further their education by attending some form of higher education: community college, university, technical school, etc. To meet this challenge, TAF has implemented a variety of awareness activities and mentoring programs to stress the importance of further education and skills development after leaving TAF. |
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The E-Rate and the Digital Divide
By: Michael J. Puma, Duncan D. Chaplin and Andreas D., Urban Institute | January 10, 2001
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| This Fall 2000 report, released by the U.S. Department of Education and prepared by the Urban Institute, looks at the impact of the federal E-rate program in the United States. The report is analysis of E-Rate recipients by type, location, size, poverty levels and discount uses. |
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Unique Learning Center
By: Kade Twist and Chic Smith, The Unique Learning Center
One Ministries | December 4, 2000
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| Inside the walls of a D.C. brownstone, One Ministries is using an organization founded 20 years ago to raise the next generation of well-rounded, well-educated and conscientious community leaders from today's urban youth through a five-day per week program designed to fulfill the individual needs of African-American K-12 students. |
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Lessons Learned: Rules for the Computer Lab and Beyond
By: Mark R. Jones, Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications & Te | December 4, 2000
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When planning a computer lab project, start with people-based requirements and work back through to the supporting infrastructure. And remember, no matter how hard you try, and no matter how much research and careful planning you do, something will eventually pop up that you never considered or expected. Make sure that your chief financial administrator knows this! Budget an additional 10%-15% of total lab costs and total yearly operating expenses in advance for contingency needs. |
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Technology and Urban Education
By: Dr. Steven Hawley, Wright State University | December 4, 2000
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| The advent of technology and its applications brought about transformations of many fields as more information was readily available. In higher education, colleges and universities were first to employ technology for problem solving and information gathering. Private schools invested in technology early to attract clientele. Public schools joined this endeavor much later. The enormous initial expenditure of funds was a natural deterrent which prevented widespread access. |
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Technology Training Foundation of America: Bridging the Divide in Education
By: Jeanette Roache, President; Roxane Russell, ED, TTFA | December 4, 2000
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The Technology Training Foundation of America (TTFA) helps to bridge the digital divide by currently providing all California public/private schools and non-profit organizations access to computer equipment for training (at no cost); the key components needed to compete in the technological world.
To realize the potential of today's information tools, people need both equipment and skills in order to better their lives. The ability to create and share community - relevant information is part of that equation. |
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Teens Teaching Seniors: The Digital Divide on a Local Level
By: Angie Groh | December 4, 2000
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| Angie Groh, 16, writes about when she realized the digital divide was part of her community -- and what she has since done about it. Angie, a high school sophomore in Thornton, IA, has been an active member of Iowa 4-H for seven years. |
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Edtech and the Presidential Race, Part 2: Al Gore's Edtech Proposals
By: Andy Carvin, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| The second installment of a two part series on education technology and the presidential election, this article examines the various proposals of Democratic candidate Al Gore. Basing much of his agenda on the past eight years, Gore continues to show strong support for the federal E-Rate program, as well as increasing funding for training teachers to use technology effectively. |
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Edtech and the Presidential Race, Part 1: George W. Bush's Edtech Proposals
By: Andy Carvin, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| The first installment of a two-part series on education technology and the presidential election, this article examines the various proposals of George W. Bush during the 2000 campaign. Bush focused less on technology, placing more emphasis on improving test scores and holding schools accountable to their students' performance. His agenda called for increased federal spending on edtech research, as well as the consolidation of all federal edtech programs into a single program at the U.S. Department of Education. |
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Digital Divide and You: The New Invisible Man
By: Scott Louie, YO! Magazine | December 4, 2000
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Those who experience the speed and passive delivery of the Internet quickly succumb to its seductive powers.
I, however, recently decided to challenge myself by going "offline" for a quarter. In an environment such as UC Davis, where technology is king, the concept of "manual" education fascinated me. How would a computer-free lifestyle affect my social and educational career? Could it even be done? The answer was shocking. Within days of unplugging my modem, I was the new millennium's Invisible Man. |
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Digital Bridges Are Not Always Digital
By: DDN Staff, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| While issues regarding Internet access often dominate discussions about the digital divide, it would be risky to neglect the importance of literacy. Literacy covers a wide range of issues, from basic reading and writing skills to complex critical thinking and technology fluency. |
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