education technology

Technology, education and assessment in a global society

No child left behind -- easier said than done, right? In a culture so focused on improving our education system, how do teachers, administrators, educators, and board members cater to the growing...

Library introduces kids to game design

BoardBuzz was intrigued this morning by an interesting story from Ars Technica: It's hard to ignore just how large the business of video games is becoming. As a result, more and more groups are...

Do-It-Yourself

Edutopia recently discussed do-it-yourself (DIY) projects as part of the classroom experience. We've mentioned DIY before, but for a brief refresher here's the definition from Wikipedia: "DIY is a...

Social networking hits iPhone/iPod

Today marks the official launch of the iPhone Apps Store. However, many attentive bloggers noticed that the Apps Store was live yesterday, and it was possible to download the latest version of iTunes...

Virtual physical education

BoardBuzz never was a big fan of gym class -- dodgeball ain't for everyone. So this story from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review caught our attention.It seems that some schools are offering virtual...

Students design future aircraft

Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes might look like.Fourteen teams and two individual students...

Aten Hut! A call to honor for three school districts of distinction.

NSBA has announced the 2008 Salute Districts: Avoca School District 37 in Ill., Genesee Intermediate School District in southeast Mich., and Minnetonka School District in Minn. These three school...

Classroom technology: room for improvement

According to a study released last week by the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), educators are optimistic about the impact of technology on student...

Too busy to read

Children's publisher Scholastic released findings yesterday showing that many students have excuses for not digging into a book to read for fun. BoardBuzz learned more from this article in USA...

Five words say it all

Coming hot on the heels of our recent accomplishments at the SNAP awards, BoardBuzz couldn't help but get a kick out of yesterday's Webby Awards ceremony. (We told you about these awards before,...