Technology & Learning - October 2008 - (Page 16)

news trends Must Reads Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge by Toru Iiyoshi (Editor), http://mitpress.mit.edu These essays by leaders in open education describe successes, challenges, and opportunities they have found in a range of open education initiatives. They approach—from both macro and micro perspectives—the central question of how open education tools, resources, and knowledge can improve the quality of education. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson, www.sagepub.com This second edition shows educators at all levels and disciplines how to tap into the potential of digital tools for creating relevant, interactive learning experiences in the classroom. With updated research on Web technology, a critical section on Internet safety, and a new emphasis on information literacy with related links, this resource equips teachers with definitions, explanations, and how-to’s for using technology to enhance learning. Safe Practices for Life Online by Doug Fodeman, www.iste.org Contains dozens of classroomtested exercises and hundreds of links to Web sites, documents, and resources, Safe Practices for Life Online offers practical advice to help middle and high school students stay safe online by making better choices and minimizing their risks. ARE SCHOOLS REALLY GOING GREEN? CDW-G’s E2IT Report found a gap between thought and action concerning energy efficiency. Even when organizations like schools buy equipment with energy management features, they often fail to use those tools, thereby losing much of the related savings opportunity. For a copy of the complete CDW-G Energy Efficient IT Report, please visit www.cdwg.com/e2it. Specific findings include: 33% of IT executives say energy efficiency is a very important consideration when selecting new equipment, often falling below operational considerations such as performance, reliability or service and support. While of IT executives who buy desktop equipment select ENERGY STAR 4.0 qualifying devices, do not make full use of the power management tools that earn the equipment the ENERGY STAR label. While of IT executives choose energy-efficient, load-shedding uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), more than of this group do not use the software incorporated in those UPS systems to monitor power demand and energy use. of IT executives said they simply do not know all of the things they can do to improve energy efficiency. 31% 62% 32% 50% 49% Mark Your Calendars TIES 2008 Education Technology Conference: Creative Minds Collaborating for a 3.0 Web World, December 6-9, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis BETT 2009: BETT celebrates 25 years as the world's leading educational information and communications technology event in 2009, January 14-17 2009, at Olympia in London, UK. Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC): January 21-24, 2009 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL www.fetc.org 16 | TECH & LEARNING http://www.cdwg.com/e2it http://mitpress.mit.edu http://www.sagepub.com http://www.iste.org http://www.fetc.org

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