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Over the past few years, open curriculum has gained momentum in K-12 education. In the face of difficult economic circumstances, site administrators are finding their budgets squeezed by severe funding limitations.  In response to these challenges, public school throughout the country are building comprehensive online learning environments that present new and exciting learning opportunities for [...]

A difficult challenge facing educators today is how to effectively utilize technology to improve student achievement. Although the interactive, user-centered, and social-oriented structure of Web 2.0 technology presents wonderful opportunities to improve the way educators teach and students learn, many teachers feel mired in technology overload. Presented with hundreds of different technologies and very few [...]

According to a new study by the research firm Ambient Insight, the number preK-12 students who will take some or all of their courses online will increase from 2 million to 10 million by 2014.

In a recent piece on educational technology, Anya Kamenetz discusses a significant trend that is transforming higher education. According to Kamenetz, Web 2.0 technology is transforming higher education from a centralized and highly organized top down distributive model to a decentralized student-oriented learning model–one that is highly individualized, fairly inexpensive, and accessible just about everywhere.

Swine Flu Preperations Spur E-Learning Plans– Education Week Technology Workshops for Teachers Make Computer Connections– Ann Banks, Edutopia Florida Virtual School Doing More With Less– Florida AP Do I Trust the System Enough?– Tim Holt, Intended Consequences