Editor's Desk

Let The Change Begin
May 1, 2009
Now that the euphoria of education’s stimulus windfall has waned slightly, a general sense of confusion and, dare I say, cynicism has begun to creep into the conversation. How is all of this actually going to change the way we teach More..

April 2009 : Out of Control
March 17, 2009
Don’t worry. This isn’t some negative trope about “these kids today” with their Facebooks and iPhones. This is about some of your colleagues, who are out of control in the best sense of the phrase. I recently restarted the Tech More..

February 2009 Editor's Note: HELP YOURSELF
January 30, 2009
One of the biggest obstacles to providing amodern and worthwhile experience for students these days isthat most of their teachers are out of touch. Take this soberingstatistic, for example: The 2008 National Cybersafety,Cybersecurity, More..

January 2009: FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY
December 29, 2008
Even the most cynical, hard-bitten, heard-itall-before edtech integrator (or edtech editor for that matter)had to grin a bit when they heard President-elect Obama onYouTube call for “the most sweeping effort to modernize andupgrade More..

Groupthink for Good
November 15, 2008
from Tech&Learning The future classroom as seen at Techforum To be honest, the initial reaction I had to the crowd assembled at Tech&Learning's Techforum keynote event last month in Palisades, NY, was annoyance. More..

Special help
Kevin Hogan, October 15, 2008
from Tech&Learning No group of students can better benefit from the use of technology in a classroom than those identified with special needs. Name the challenge, and you can find a tool that is made to help. From sound More..

TALK IT UP
Kevin Hogan, September 18, 2008
from Tech&Learning One of the great things about covering the education and technology beat is that our readers love to share. Whether it be a successful instructional technique, a telling anecdote about a particular More..

FOLLOW THE MONEY
July 21, 2008
from Tech&Learning Public school districts across the country received $521.1 billion in funding from federal, state, and local sources in 2006, according to the Fed's most recent census figures. On average, schools divvied More..

Marking Some Tamp;L Milestones
by Kevin Hogan, June 23, 2008
from Tech&Learning Notice anything different? We sure hope so. Let's start with our name, which lost a few letters. While not the most radical of changes, we nevertheless took great care before messing with such a prestigious More..

Learning to Drive
Kevin Hogan, May 22, 2008
from Technology & Learning The more you think about it, the more obvious the analogy becomes: Teaching students to be digitally literate is not that different than driver's ed. After all, kids have been in cars all their More..

Salutations
Kevin Hogan, April 22, 2008
from Technology & Learning One of the best parts about the business of technology journalism is that there is always something new to write about: some gadget promising to revolutionize or some software ready to reinvent More..

The Crucial Contingency Plan
Susan McLester, March 15, 2008
from Technology & Learning The sad facts of escalating campus violence and global warming's extreme weather patterns are two reasons every school district should have a solid emergency backup plan. In this month's cover More..

Two Views on Innovation
Susan McLester, February 15, 2008
from Technology & Learning This month we focus on innovative practices taking place in the field with "No Limits". In it, author Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach reviews a range of district, school, and individual initiatives that More..

Top Tech Trends
Susan McLester, January 15, 2008
from Technology & Learning In reviewing the past year for this month's cover feature, "Top Ten Tech Trends" we noticed that the trends, at first, seemed a fairly eclectic mix but on closer inspection share a strong thread. More..