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- Idaho voters reject expansion of education technology
Voters in Idaho on Tuesday struck down an expansion of online learning proposed by state superintendent Tom Luna. Along with two other education referendums, a majority of voters opposed requirements that all students and teachers have laptop computers and make online or blended-learning courses a high-school graduation requirement. The state legislature still could move forward to enact such laws. Education Week/Marketplace K-12 blog
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- Best practices for one-to-one iPad classrooms
Schools should provide true one-to-one iPad environments, not circulate a cart among classrooms, writes Jennie Magiera, who has worked with 20 one-to-one iPad classrooms this year. A member of the Teacher Leaders Network, Magiera shares tips about what she's learned, including the importance of teacher buy-in and supporting teachers through professional learning communities. She also writes about the need for a contingency plan -- for added expenses and unexpected failures. Education Week Teacher (premium article access compliments of EdWeek.org)
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- Tight budget could scale back education-technology plan
A Kansas school district is on track to spend about $150,000 more than projected this year, which could threaten its ability to implement proposals for 2013-14 requested by the district's technology department. Those expenditures include the purchase of additional laptops for teachers and students, as well as about $40,000 in server upgrades. Officials also hoped to provide iPads for middle-school students. The Dispatch (Clay Center, Kan.)
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- How mobile devices help schools worldwide connect
Schools worldwide are using technology to connect with other schools. At one school in West Sussex, England, educators said they chose to make such connections using mobile technology because of anticipated problems with trying to connect online with students in developing countries, such as Uganda and Afghanistan. Instead, students send text and picture messages on mobile devices and have used a videoconferencing program to communicate. The Guardian (London)/Teacher Network Blog
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- Facebook usage may play a role in obesity, study finds
Facebook users who had strong ties with their online friends were more likely to opt for unhealthy food items than those who browsed other websites, researchers found. Users who spent longer hours on Facebook tended to have higher BMI and were at an increased risk of binge eating, according to the study, slated to appear in the June 2013 Journal of Consumer Research. AllFacebook.com
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