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TEL.A.VISION, the proven Web 2.0 online curriculum that inspires youth to create and share visions of hope and possibility through personal “vision videos” released a white paper that documents the — importance of “neuroplasticity,” that thoughts can rewire the brain. This demonstrates the need to promote positive thoughts and eliminate negative thinking. When students envision hope and

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As budgets get tighter and educational requirements grow broader, it's become more difficult to find science and math databases that won't devour the entire library budget. However, there's one digital database that provides standards-based instructional resources, K-12 lesson plans, digital downloads, streaming video, and 2.0 collaborative tools for math and science and, best of all, it's

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I love books, especially the actual physical ones. I madly scribble notes in the margins, and stuff them with related articles as if they were file folders. I can think of no better afternoon than one spent indulging in the discovery of ideas within a library or bookstore. Here are some titles that I think significantly inform the conversation about Web 2.0 in education, along with their

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Every day, students file into a computer class at Surrattsville High School that is taught without computers, without enough textbooks and with no permanent teacher. The struggle to find a qualified computer teacher at the Prince George's County school, just a dozen miles from an education department that is investing millions in science and technology education, shows the basic problems that

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Abilene Christian students answered 50 questions on their iPhones and iPods during Obama's address. It’s the stuff that makes political pollsters salivate: 30 Abilene Christian University students used iPhones and iPod Touches to respond to President Obama’s Jan. 27 State of the Union address in real time, and a campus technology official said the exercise offered insight into boosting student

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Once you figure out which category of laptop best suits your needs, it's time to examine the specifications. You'll have to choose from among a host of options for the processor, RAM, graphics, display, and other features. Deciding what you need and what you can live without is difficult, but it's essential to selecting a laptop you love at a price you can afford. If you don't understand the

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Have you used the beta of Office 2010? I have. It’s incredibly slick, well-done software. I really like Office 2007, but 2010, even in beta form (much as Windows 7 beta was to Vista) is a real leap ahead. The interface is polished and it has everything a power user could want, from Access to Word. Microsoft announced pricing for it today and, while volume licensing hasn’t been hammered out, the

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To some extent, I think we can credit a generally increased sensitivity to the needs and struggles of our students. However, cyberbullying adds an entirely new dimension of permanence, public humiliation, and viral propagation to bullying. When threats and insults are posted on a social network for all to see (or at least the circle of acquaintances that matter to students), the effect can be

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Had Apple called this device the "iPod touch 2," I would have praised it as a really good follow-up to an excellent product. It's great to innovate, it's great to introduce new ideas to the market and it's great to "throw it against the wall and see if it sticks." After all, experimentation, including experiments that fail, are an important part of what drives innovation. But this was more than

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Google's Social Search service, which includes public content from users' social networks in search results, is getting promoted to Google.com from the company's Labs site, meaning it is no longer considered an early prototype. In the coming days, Google will let English-language users of its search engine see relevant links to items their social-networking contacts have posted publicly on the

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From UC Berkeley to Cornell University, more than 80 professors have signed a petition against a pending settlement agreement between Google Inc. and authors and publishers. The petition calls into question provisions within the settlement which, although providing authors and publishers with some monetary compensation, allows Google to have a "de facto monopoly" over books scanned in a digital

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Our avatars are coming. Those mobile and 3-D and interactive technologies being created around us are about to beam us into a new world, filled with workday holograms, avatars and stuff we called magic only a few years ago. Some of the new magic is being created in Wichita. It’s going to enrich and disrupt our lives. It’s going to delight us and plague us.

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Thanks to the fact that Pinellas County high schools release early on Wednesdays, Catherine Nothstein didn't even have to skip school to watch the live feed of the Apple iPad announcement on her home laptop. While the iPad's capabilities wowed Nothstein, a long-time iPod and MacBook fan, her initial feedback came with a hint of disappointment: "I can't believe they made this without a camera,"

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Users of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone may now be able to save money by making Internet-based phone calls over AT&T Inc.'s cellular network. Apple this week allowed new versions of several Voice over Internet Protocol services to begin working on the iPhone, according to those services. Previously, iPhone users needed a wireless Internet connection to make such calls, but the change will allow

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In a Montgomery County courtroom, you'll see a number of teens who should be in school instead of in front of a judge. Justice Of The Peace James Metts is giving 15,16 and 17-year-olds a lesson in what happens when you skip class. Those who miss out on A's B's and C's--now get to know about GPS. "It works, it just works." Metts said.

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Blio's makers say it will allow students to interact with textbooks in full color. Despite all the buzz about Apple’s iPad tablet and how it could be useful for reading electronic textbooks, a new software program on the way might hold even more promise for education. Blio, a free eReader program that is expected to be available in February, reportedly will allow users to read more than a million

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This After years of wait, speculation and euphoria, Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) CEO, Mr. Steve Jobs finally unveiled the Apple iPad. I was one of the people eagerly looking forward to the launch. So, what’s the verdict? Well, the iPad is a pretty nice mobile device. It fits Apple product line between the MacBook Pro and the iPhone. It has many of the rumored features but it does falls short of

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Governor Jim Doyle proclaimed January 28, 2010 Data Privacy Day in Wisconsin. Wisconsin joins North Carolina, Arkansas, Washington, Maryland, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, West Virginia and other states in celebrating the dignity of the individual expressed through personal information. A special focus of the awareness education surrounding International Data Privacy Day is on children andteen use of

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The web-enabled Apple iPad starts at $499. Apple’s new tablet computer, the iPad, could push other companies to bring more color-capable eReaders to the market in a move that could make digital books more commonplace on school campuses, educators said after the long-awaited release of the technology giant’s latest product. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad Jan. 27, calling it a new third

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Education was a key part of President Obama's State of the Union address. Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year. In his State of the Union speech on Jan. 27, Obama said his administration will work with Congress to expand school improvements across the country, saying the success of children

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Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners bring technology know-how to their districts. One-to-one computing programs that are turning classrooms into student-centered learning labs and raising achievement; a technology incentive program that is reducing the dropout rate and closing the digital divide; live streaming of school board meetings online, and other efforts to engage stakeholders in

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KQED has a hit on its hands with QUEST, its award-winning science and environment series. It's gone over so well, in fact, that the station will be reaching out to seven of its PBS brethren to teach them about QUEST's multimedia science reporting model. Just how valuable is the series? Paying for the training is the National Science Foundation (NSF), through a $2.25 million grant.

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I am sure when Mark Zuckerberg and his buddies decided to create Facebook while at Harvard University, none of them imagined that the result of their work would exacerbate existing societal issues. Certainly, they did not intend to create a medium that would lead to the destruction of relationships, marriages or jobs. Over the years, however, social networks, especially Facebook, MySpace, and Hi-

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Dr Chretien and colleagues1 highlighted the concerns surrounding online posting of unprofessional content by medical students. The majority of deans in this study reported never or rarely using Web 2.0 technologies; this unfamiliarity may contribute to the lack of recognition of not only potential misuse but also the value of these applications. The increasing use of digital media among medical

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"Digital Nation," FRONTLINE's multiplatform project exploring what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world, will televise a 90-minute documentary on Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 9 to 10:30 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). In a unique collaboration with the public that began last March on the "Digital Nation" Web site, award-winning producer Rachel Dretzin ("Growing Up Online") probes

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