Education & Tech: News for Educators

• Why We Need To Embrace Technology In The Classroom Right Now | Jeana Lee Tahnk

  "The only way to change educational practices is to change the beliefs and values of teachers, administrators, parents and other educational stakeholders--and that's a cultural issue, not a technological one ... It's about processes and people rather than bits and bytes."

• Are field trips worth the money, effort and lost instructional hours?

  Schools have either eliminated them altogether or cut back sharply. An artist friend suggested the reduction in school field trips is playing a role in the demise of long-standing cultural institutions across the country.

• Edward Snowden’s Privacy Tips: “Get Rid Of Dropbox,” Avoid Facebook And Google

  When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right.’ You’re saying, ‘I don’t have this right, because I’ve got to the point where I have to justify it.’ The way rights work is, the government has to justify its intrusion into your rights.

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