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State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) – 2011 National Trends
Highlights of the Full National Trends Report
State Leaders Leveraging Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning
A great way to develop iPhone, iPad and Andriod apps | Founders Space
Virginia superintendents push for earlier SOL testing – The Washington Post
An SOL social studies test might ask students when and where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, said Patrick Russo, superintendent of Henrico schools. But he said students would learn more by debating the possible reasons he was killed.
Official Google Enterprise Blog: Introducing appointment slots in Google Calendar
Every Google Calendar has its own personal appointments sign up page; you can embed it on your website or give the URL directly to friends and clients. You can find the URL for your appointment page at the top of the set-up page, which you can access via the Edit details link.
YouTube – Broadcast Yourself.
Here is a group of innovative educators who went the extra mile in applying for the 2011 Microsoft Innovative Education Forum (IEF). This was not a requirement to apply, but these educators each created a video to describe their projects and now it is your chance to help them. The top two videos that receive the most “Likes” will automatically be invited to the IEF this summer at Microsoft’s worldwide headquarters in Redmond. Take a look, you decide, and offer them an encouraging comment as well! Voting ends June 1st.
25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments that look like they’re from the Future | Crack Two
AFP: iPads replacing note pads as Asian schools go high-tech
–hilarious, don’t do that before hand . . .Â
“But after one month when the novelty of iPads wears down, a good curriculum and teaching materials that can increase deep thinking and problem solving in students need to be in place.”
Visualizing 19th c. New York
Visualizing New York is about how a new visual order emerged in nineteenth century New York. The city took center stage as a site of visual production and as the nation’s central sight. While many marveled at the metropolis’ phenomenal growth, the city’s perceptual confusion also caught the attention of visitors and residents alike. This collaborative exhibit of the Bard Graduate Center and the New York Public Library attempts to make sense of that experience.