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T.H.E. Journal March 10, 2010 David Nagel |
Broadband Plan Looks To Overhaul E-Rate, Promote Online Learning In a presentation to stakeholders Wednesday, FCC Director of Education Steve Midgley provided a preview of the forthcoming National Broadband Plan.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 16, 2010 David Nagel |
Ed Tech at the Crossroads The Consortium or School Networking prepares for its annual conference on education technology policy and leadership.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 10, 2010 David Nagel |
'E-Rate 2.0' Would Expand Broadband Access, Fund E-Book Pilot E-rate is a federal program that provides schools and libraries with discounts on telecommunications, Internet, and networking technologies and services.  |
Information Today July 23, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser |
E-Rate Connects America's Classrooms, Libraries The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation convened on July 17, 2013 to discuss ways to strengthen E-Rate (E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology).  |
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Was I Wrong on Obama? We have an administration that believes in the power of technology in education, but wants to take a radically different approach to encouraging its use, shifting away from funding through loosely structured grants to having ed tech use integrated across all educational programs.  |
Information Today July 17, 2014 |
E-rate Program Gets Bigger Wi-Fi Budget The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) updated the E-rate Program to allow the addition of more Wi-Fi networks to U.S. schools and libraries.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2002 Sylvia Charp |
Changes to Traditional Teaching Teaching and learning have changed as the use of technology becomes more prevalent...  |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel |
EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology.  |
InternetNews March 12, 2010 |
FCC Broadband Plan to Emphasize Safety, Literacy FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the agency's highly anticipated broadband plan will call for improve online safety for children and greater access to broadband service for the poor.  |
InternetNews March 15, 2010 |
FCC Broadband Plan Eyes Competition, Spectrum Senior officials offer an advance copy of the long-awaited national broadband plan, outlining the commission's recommendations to spur competition in the service market and advance mobile broadband.  |
Information Today December 16, 2014 |
E-Rate Program Increases Broadband Budget The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an E-rate program modernization order that will expand public libraries' broadband access.  |
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Make Ed Tech a Priority I remain convinced that the Obama administration recognizes that the use of technology across all aspects of the education enterprise is critical to bringing about changes to our country's education system. I am less convinced that they know how to get that done.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel |
Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Rama Ramaswami |
Make It Stretch As technology funding dwindles, districts must use the resources they do have to maximum advantage.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Why Aren't Dollars Following Need? The need for professional development is enormous and expressed; the question is, where's the money?  |
T.H.E. Journal March 5, 2010 David Nagel |
National Ed Tech Plan Advocates Radical Reforms in Schools The U.S. Department of Education released the first public draft of the National Education Technology Plan. The document reveals an intent not only to infuse technology throughout the curriculum, but to implement some major changes to education itself.  |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Now What? We put the question to a host of K-12 IT leaders: If you had a one-shot chance to spend a big sum of technology money, where would you begin? Here are their shopping lists.  |
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Sylvia Charp |
Professional Development Public dissatisfaction with academics is causing educators to re-examine their curriculum to put more emphasis on effective teaching...  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 Geoffry Fletcher |
The Future of Wireless and Title II D Government funds that are available for technology enhancements through Title II D is in danger of being eliminated.  |
T.H.E. Journal September 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Are Changes Coming to E-Rate?... Congress Gives Okay to New Tech Research Center... ILC 2008 Preregistration Still Open... etc.  |
Information Today April 29, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
FCC and IMLS Focus on Libraries, Broadband, and the Future of Net Neutrality Libraries as Key to Addressing the Digital Divide... The FCC Announces a Game-Change for Net Neutrality... Governmental and Business Efforts to Speed Up Access...  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2000 |
The Changing Role of the Teacher At The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology, I was particularly impressed with the Department of Education's Technology Expert Panel, the Exemplary and Promising Educational Technology Programs, and meeting the students and teachers of these programs...  |
T.H.E. Journal March 2001 Sylvia Charp |
The Promise of the Web As a result of various Web activities and trends, the use of the Web in education is growing at a phenomenal rate...  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf |
Spread the Word: Ed Tech Matters With the future - and present - of ed tech funding at risk, it's imperative to inform legislators about the impact of technology on student achievement.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Jon Bower |
Why We're Better Off Without EETT EETT and state technology funding programs ensure that administrators will continue to buy hardware and networks for their schools. But it doesn't do the education technology industry, or the students, any good if those resources are poorly utilized.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf |
High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Lan Nugen |
Virginia: When Technology Met Accountability Virginia's decision to link the two programs has benefited the state's entire educational system.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 Wolf & Hall |
Fighting the Good Fight Can the ed tech community convince policymakers that states and districts desperately need dedicated technology funding to ensure no child is left behind?  |
T.H.E. Journal November 5, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
How Can American Education Compete Globally? Motoko Akiba and Gerald LeTendre published a book, entitled Improving Teacher Quality: The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context, in which they make the argument that the way to improve U.S. teachers' quality is to overhaul the way teachers are recruited, trained, and hired.  |
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman |
Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies.  |
InternetNews March 11, 2010 |
FCC Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf |
Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning.  |
Information Today August 11, 2015 |
E-rate Program Update The Federal Communications Commission pushed back its Sept. 1 deadline for providing schools funding for wireless and internet upgrades as part of the E-rate program.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2001 Sylvia Charp |
Partnerships and Collaborative Learning The power of partnerships and the value of alliances in education have existed for many years. Hardware vendors have been partnering with content providers and users to demonstrate the value of technology in education...  |
T.H.E. Journal February 2002 Geoffrey Fletcher |
Education Act Sets Stage for Technology Reform Amid all the media coverage of the accountability provisions in the education act, other components of the bill have gone unnoticed. Among the unnoticed is a significant change in both size and direction of support from the federal government for technology...  |
T.H.E. Journal September 2000 |
Broadly Speaking In this month's Broadly Speaking, we speak with Duane Ackerman, Chairman and CEO of the Atlanta-based BellSouth Corporation about the information economy and broadband's impact on educators, students, and schools...  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Chris Rother |
Technology's Value in Education A teacher survey reveals the importance of student access to computers and the need for more tech training.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.  |
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller |
National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2000 |
Broadly Speaking In this month's Broadly Speaking, we speak with Judy Hamilton, CEO of Classroom Connect...  |
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Ron Reed |
Streaming Technology Improves Student Achievement Study shows the use of standards-based video content, powered by a new Internet technology application, increases student achievement.  |
T.H.E. Journal December 2008 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Certiport is holding its Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office to honor students with superior Word and Excel skills... Teachers can gauge students' technology skills through the Atomic Learning Tech Skills Assessment... etc.  |
T.H.E. Journal December 18, 2009 David Nagel |
NASA Funds Target 13 K-12 STEM Education Programs Thirteen K-12 STEM education initiatives will receive an infusion of more than $12 million through NASA's Nspires program. The programs to be funded incorporate a range of technologies, from online social networking to virtual learning to digital media.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Manchester, Mao & Puentedura |
Systemic School Reform :: Maine The MLTI prides itself on securing funding for ed tech, providing teacher training that meets specific schools' needs, and building learning communities.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Sue Collins |
Filling Educational Gaps With Online Learning: An Educationally, Economically Sound Solution Through innovative budgeting and planning strategies, superintendents and principals everywhere are discovering creative tools for meeting the needs of all students. Online learning is one such tool, offering a cost-effective way to expand a school's educational offerings.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Michael Golden |
Pennsylvania: Creating Classrooms of the Future Pennsylvania's ambitious reform project intends to gear up its high school students for the realities of a changed world.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2007 Frances Bryant Bradburn |
A Program With Impact A suitably named North Carolina technology integration model is enriching teaching and learning in schools that need it most.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Brenda Williams |
Leadership & Advocacy: Integrating Technology to Improve Student Learning West Virginia works to create a statewide technology infrastructure with student achievement as the ultimate focus of leadership.  |
Information Today February 3, 2015 |
ALA Educates Libraries About the E-rate Program The American Library Association launched the Got E-rate? initiative, which encourages library leaders to apply for internet discounts as part of the E-rate program.  |