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This year the Los Angeles Unified School District started a new initiative entitled MyFutureMyDecision: utilizing Web 2.0 Technology such as Myspace and You Tube, along with POWER 160 a local radio station and text messenging to aid in decreasing their dropout rate. The district hopes that this new endeavor will reach students through a medium…

With all the discussion on what content should be blocked/filtered, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) sponsored a webcast that questions the practice of blocking all Web 2.0 resources: eSchoolNews – CoSN to school leaders: ‘Think before you ban’ Before school officials prohibit teachers and students from accessing certain web sites, they should think about…

eWeek has published a brief but timely article that is applicable to our work in education: 10 More Stupid Things Smart IT People Still Do Here is a sampling of easy trappings they recommend you avoid: Cast a jaded eye on emerging technologies and modes of delivering technology. Ignore investment in training and professional development….

I have previously written about the potential of Linux in educationDell Pushing Linux? May25, 2007. Technology & Learning this month has a cover story about the growing role of Linux in schools. Some points of the article apply directly to technology efforts in South Dakota: Techlearning: Linux Makes the Grade – November 15, 2007 Today,more…