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Blow, Deborah; McConnell, Sandy – Leadership, 2012
At Cambrian School District, educators are trying a new approach as they investigate new technologies. Rather than roll out a one-size-fits-all mandate that one will use this new "box," which may also sit gathering dust, they have implemented a new model. Early in the last school year they announced the Digital Media Academy, and in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Best Practices, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Hundley, Paula; Scigliano, Marie – Leadership, 2012
Technology today is poised to usher in the best of times. Exploring what other districts do highlights the common themes as well as the unique challenges. Three very different districts in Silicon Valley--Portola Valley School District, Campbell Union School District and San Jose Unified School District--explain the strategies they use to enhance…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, School Districts, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration
White, Tobin; Martin, Lee – Leadership, 2012
As mobile devices become increasingly pervasive among youth, the gap between students with and without access to personal computers at home may soon be replaced by a new digital divide: between one set of informal ways of using those tools that are familiar, personally meaningful, and relevant to their out-of-school lives, and another set of uses…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Handheld Devices, Best Practices
Calhoun, Kelly J. – Leadership, 2012
ACSA (Association of California School Administrators), the CSBA (California School Boards Association), the California Educational Technology Professionals Association, the Santa Clara County Office of Education, CUE (Computer Using Educators), the law firm Fagen, Friedman & Fulfrost and others have joined forces to develop policies that can…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Guidelines, Educational Change, Technology Uses in Education
Saldana, Matt; Rodden, Leslie – Leadership, 2012
In this article, the authors discuss how educators can engage students in real world learning using their academic knowledge and technical skills. They describe how school districts have discovered that the world of robotics can help students use technical skills to solve simulated problems found in the real world, while understanding the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technology Education, World Problems, Problem Based Learning
Shipley, Gretchen – Leadership, 2011
Less than a decade ago, school district technology-use policies essentially focused on school computer labs and the prohibition of cell phones on campus. Today, as schools integrate technology into classroom instruction and school operations, districts are moving quickly to implement policies to encourage digital citizenship throughout the school…
Descriptors: Role Models, Discipline, Court Litigation, Constitutional Law