education technology

Johnson's Travel

Yeah,he's now trying to save some money so that he can afford a very beautiful girlfriend in the near future because he,you know,will be 35 next year and after all this fellow has been single ever...

real high-paying work from home writing job

a real high-paying work from home writing job for freelance writers - i have been writing for this company since august 2006, wherein they assign me to write 10 300to500-word articles on a daily...

Math, reading, or video games?

What seems like an easy answer for students, isn't going to be quite so easy anymore. Teachers, librarians, and publishing companies are realizing the benefits that video games can offer in capturing...

The cloud hits education

And that's a good thing! As ZDNet's Christopher Dawson writes:Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have...

NSBA Announces “20 to Watch” as Leaders in Education Technology

The National School Boards Association’s Technology Leadership Network (TLN) has announced its annual list identifying 20 emerging leaders in education technology. These individuals are recognized...

Breaking open the unknown universe

BoardBuzz enjoys science. And with so much attention being paid by school boards and others on the need to beef up science and math instruction and get kids more excited about these fields, we want...

Mortgage Crisis Emphasizes the Critical Role of Financial Literacy for Today’s Generation

According to the National Endowment for Financial Education, as few as ten hours of classroom instruction can be enough to persuade students to improve their spending and saving habits. Looking at...

Can E-Mentors Save the Day?

A common thread among administrators, teachers, school board members, and other education professionals is that good teachers make the difference. If a district can keep good teachers and help them...

The Anthropology of YouTube

As a fan of Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, BoardBuzz has been meaning to share his recent talk at the Library of Congress:This is the third...

Keeping up with the times, or crossing the line?

CNN has more on a topic BoardBuzz highlighted last month: school districts setting stricter rules about teachers communicating electronically with students.The concern is that such one-on-one...

We're on the lookout for...

20 to Watch! As the annual T+L conference gets closer, BoardBuzz wants to remind readers of the Technology Leadership Network's (TLN) search for 20 emerging leaders in education technology. Each...

The demise of teachers?

It sounds like a page out of 2001: A Space Odyssey or some other wacky concept movie from the 80s (does anyone else remember Short Circuit?), but this story that came to us by way of CNN.com really...