Cell Phones in School

Time to re-think cell phone use in schools. PBS.org/Mediashift

BYOT

Interesting progress is being made in the bring your own technology arena.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/lewisville/headlines/20110529-lewisvilles-texting-in-class-program-gets-thumbs-up-from-teachers-students.ece?ssimg=194274

Congratulations Alex Fahlman!

Among the 91 RI participants in the US Cyber Challenge, EWG's Alex Fahlman earned a top two finish in last winter's contest. As a ninth grader, Alex served serious notice. He'll be back next year! Read more...

Yes, it's official

RI is state number six to go Google.
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/04/from-ocean-state-to-show-me-state-2.html

Is RI Going Google?

Is there about to be a statewide agreement for RI schools to go Google?

http://going-google.ri-iste.org/

The technology kids want to use at school is

Mobile, and unfettered. Forty four percent of ninth through twelfth graders own a smartphone. When that percentage reaches saturation in a few years, will we still ban them, or will we embrace them as the user funded, user supported learning tool they may already be? I can imagine a similar fear of progress playing out years earlier with the slide rule, calculators, and later, with personal computers. Let's hope we don't wait a decade before recognizing and leveraging mobile's potential.

Khan Academy

How can something like this not be the future of eduction?

Salman Khan at TED