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Blocking the future.(TECH LEADERSHIP)(on schools' technological usage)(Column)
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School Administrator
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May 1, 2008
- Author:
- McLeod, Scott
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A middle school librarian in New Jersey receives national media attention for posting "Just Say 'No' to Wikipedia" signs over the computers in her library. A private school in Michigan forbids students from having a MySpace account. A ban on cell phones in New York City schools causes a parent uproar. Students and staffers in some Texas and Oklahoma schools are prohibited from accessing Google. A Washington principal is told by his school district's technology coordinator that he's not allowed to blog to his school community. And so on.
Some educators see these types of events as principled stands against the shortcomings and hassles of digital technologies. Others see ...
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434 words
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335 words
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608 words
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371 words
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Creating attitudes worth catching.(Making Life Easier)(Los Angeles Unified...
T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education);
February 1, 2004 ;
Percy, Bernard;
762 words
......emcee for the 2003 Los Angeles Unified School District's education technology conference, which was attended by...teaching health science at Sylmar High School (part of LAUSD) since 1967. Bralver...in these comments: How do you make school fun? You get involved.... It's a passion...current ...
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South King County, Wash., School District Get $2.2 Million Grant from...
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Burns, Stacey Cafazzo, Debbie;
787 words
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TOM HEMMAN;
385 words
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588 words
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744 words
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Jones, Rebecca;
443 words
......News Staff Writer How does a Colorado school district get its identifying number? I used...Schools is and always has been Denver School District 1. But other counties had a passel...County, for instance, had Englewood School District 1, Sheridan School District 2, ...
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Caribbean school district a new wrinkle in the wash
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715 words
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394 words
......LANCASTER - Antelope Valley Union High School District trustees have approved a 5 percent...must be shared among more than one school district. In the Los Angeles County portion...between the Antelope Valley Union High School District and the individual elementary school...
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CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR OVER BILLING PATERSON...
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672 words
......construction work for the Paterson Public School District was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for over billing the school district and providing concealed benefits to two school district officials, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie...
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