Week 14 - Technology & Teaching - What's Next?

What do you think your classroom will look like in 5 years? In 10 years?

International Collaboration
Student Exchange, Without the Jet Lag: Educational Collaboration in a Virtual World
Global Education on a Dime: A Low Cost Way to Connect
Flat Classroom Project Launch Today

High Tech High Schools
High Tech High
Microsoft's High-Tech High
Three Cities, One New High-Tech High School

Online Schools
Insight School of Washington See Press Release 8/29/2007
Internet Academy/K-12 Online Education

Virtual Teachers & Friends
Virtual Teacher Could Change Distance Learning
Toddlers Embarce Our (Giggling) Robotic Overlords

Cell Phones
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Schools
Cell Phones for Learning

Technology
eBeam - alternative for Interactive White Board - Any white board or surface turns into an interactive board

One Laptop Per Child XO Computer
Give One Get One Program
Explore the XO

Can technology have a role in reducing student drop out rates?
"'Dropout Factory' at Some State Schools" Seattle PI 10/27/2007
22 High Schools Labeled 'Dropout Factories'
"...no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year."

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