Digital Directions October 2008: K12 Inc. Scraps India Outsourcing

[Howard Hartman]

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	October 2008
>> edTech @ Work TOP Sponsored by: + K12 Inc. Scraps India Outsourcing A company that runs one of the nation’s largest networks of online schools has discontinued a program that arranged for U.S. high school teachers to send their students’ English essays to India. (Education Week) + New Skills Seen Essential For Global Competition To remain internationally competitive, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills argues that schools must teach innovation and cultural competency. (Education Week) + Game Enables Users to Guide Evolution on Screen A much-anticipated commercial computer game about evolution is getting a favorable response from some scholars, even though a few of its features sacrifice strict scientific accuracy to fun. (Education Week) + Networking Teachers Coaxing Colleagues to Use Technology The Discovery Educator Network offers hundreds of webinars, blogs, meetings, and workshops to help explain and show how various devices and applications work and ways to adapt them to the curriculum. (Education Week) Commentary + Let’s Get Over the Slump "Digital media, well deployed, can have enormous educational impact almost immediately," say James Paul Gee and Michael H. Levine. (Education Week) Advertisement Free Paper – Laptop and Desktop Management Made Easy Learn how your school district can efficiently audit laptops from a single, web-based interface. Find out how a K-12 district with over 120 schools automatically inventories thousands of computers and verifies software license compliance on a daily basis. Find out more. Read the free paper. http://www.absolute.com/public/landing/TFS908/default.asp?ref=DD1008 >> Audio Q&A_Expert Perspective TOP + 'Green' Tech for Schools Sarah O'Brien, outreach director for EPEAT, recently talked with Digital Directions Senior Writer Michelle R. Davis about her organization and its mission to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare, and select desktop computers, digital notebooks, and monitors based on their environmental attributes. (Digital Directions) >> IT Management_Bandwidth Needs TOP + Schools’ Broadband Needs Grow as Ed-Tech Evolves Many school districts are struggling to provide enough broadband to handle bandwidth-heavy applications like videos, and experts say the demand will only increase as new technologies are revealed. (Digital Directions) >> e-Curriculum_Math and Science TOP + Kentucky Trains Parents to Help Schools Bolster STEM Subjects The program aims to transform parents into ambassadors for math and science education. (Education Week) >> Click It_Go-To Sites TOP + Top Picks for October • A resource for teachers on how to set up a wiki • Educational resources organized into searchable subject areas Click here to check out past go-to sites including resources to help schools with bandwidth needs, online resources and listservs for ed-tech leaders, and a Web site about technology's role in project-based learning. >> Gadgets & Games_Elementary School Robotics TOP + Lego Product Targets Youngsters Interested in Computer Engineering Second grade is not too soon to start preparing for a career in computer engineering is the message behind Lego's new robotics program that teaches children problem-solving skills. (Digital Directions) >> New Blog_Digital Education TOP Education Week and Digital Directions have launched a new blog, written by reporters Andrew Trotter and Katie Ash, that aims to provide news updates, solutions, and analysis to help ed-tech leaders and others address the technological challenges they face today. • Teleworking and Online Learning: A Comparison	Advertisement View All Top School Jobs + International Teaching and Administrative Recruiting Conferences, International School Services, Miami, FL; San Francisco, CA, Philadelphia, PA + Middle School Principal, The School District of South Orange & Maplewood, Maplewood, NJ + Senior Director, Office of English Language Learners, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA Advertisement >> TechTalk TOP Online Teaching and Learning Susan Patrick, the president and chief executive officer of the North American Council for Online Learning; Julie Young, the president and chief executive officer of the Florida Virtual School; and Cheryl Vedoe, the president and chief executive officer of Apex Learning answered questions about online teaching and learning. Check out all the technology-related chat transcripts. Advertisement >> Technology Grants TOP + Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards + 2009 Verizon Tech Savvy Awards + Find more grants here. >> EdTech Events TOP + 2008 Conference on Information Technology + Technology + Learning Conference + To search for more technology-related events, visit our online calendar of events.
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