THE Journal: Survey Shows Decline in U.S. Educational Technology Progress

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8/23/2011

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Survey Shows Decline in U.S. Educational Technology Progress
SIIA's 2011 Vision K-20 finds schools should do a better job of meeting students' personalized needs and provide higher-caliber assessment tools.
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Mobile Learning Center Promotes STEM, Energy Awareness
The Army National Guard’s Mobile Learning Center Program is coming to the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. The interactive program is designed to raise math and science literacy and tours throughout the country.
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High Schoolers Get Taste of Real Life Engineering in MIT Summer Camp
A program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this summer introduced Boston high school students to a heady taste of engineering.
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Consortium for School Networking Adds Missouri Chapter
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has launched a new state chapter in Missouri, its thirteenth in the United States.
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NAPE-EF Receives Grants to Boost Science and Technology Equity
The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation (NAPE-EF) has received grants from two sources that will further the use of educational technology to help achieve equity for groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
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Mooresville Graded School District Ramps Up Online Math Credit Recovery
A North Carolina school district is providing middle and high school students who need to make up credits an opportunity to complete their coursework online.
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U Oregon Student Monitoring Program Gets Major Commercial Distributor
A research center at the University of Oregon in Eugene has struck a deal with a major publishing company to sell and support a version of its learning management system.
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PBS Program Will Promote Engineering to Middle School Students
PBS program "Design Squad Nation" has announced it will partner with Rocket21 to engage its community of tweens in the show's content and activities to help meet the demand for engineers in the job market in the years to come.
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New Free Online Game Lets Students Run a County
A free online game can help students learn the basics of being in county government. "Counties Work" was created by the National Association of Counties (NACo) and non-profit gamemaker iCivics.
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