   | | | Head of the Class |  | | |  | - W.Va. social studies teachers to use downloadable textbooks
In West Virginia, schools will adopt electronic textbooks for social studies classes beginning in the 2013-14 academic year. While many educators say this is a step forward for education -- and technology integration -- others say they are concerned that not all students have equal access to technology at home. Joey Wiseman, social studies coordinator for the West Virginia Department of Education, said that many teachers already are incorporating digital resources in class. The Register-Herald (Beckley, W.Va.) (8/9)       - Technology is used by students to cheat, teachers to catch them
Teachers and students say that students increasingly are using technology to cheat. That includes lifting entire papers from the Internet, photographing exams and getting quiz answers from their cellphones. However, teachers also are using technology to catch cheaters by scouring the Internet for signs of plagiarism and using high-tech systems to observe students. Teachers also are asking students to use examples from their own lives in essays to make plagiarism more difficult and confiscating students' phones before tests. Chicago Tribune (free registration) (8/7) - The benefits of blogging in the third-grade classroom
 Third-grade teacher Linda Yollis started a classroom blog in 2008, and said the site has been useful in communicating with parents and sharing students' work. In this blog post, Yollis writes about the advantages of blogging to help teach literacy skills to young students and give them experience in communicating online. Yollis also uses the class blog as part of lessons, including one in which students studied famous people and posted blog comments as the people they studied. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (8/8) - How can new teachers become connected educators?
Blogger Lisa Michelle Dabbs in this post offers five tips to help new teachers become connected educators, in recognition of Connected Educator Month. She suggests teachers should be able to define what being a connected educator means, understand Web 2.0, be open to joining a social media network and blog. Dabbs also recommends teachers reflect on their experiences by keeping a journal, blog or online diary. Edutopia.org/Lisa M. Dabbs' blog (8/7) - Microsoft begins managed release of Windows 8, IE10
Microsoft is starting to roll out Windows 8, with the migration of about 30,000 of its employees to the latest iteration of its popular operating system. The software giant said the pre-release internal deployment -- which the company calls "dogfooding" -- included upgrades to Internet Explorer 10 and is designed to test-drive the platform to gauge quality of support, security and user experience. eWeek (8/8) | Managing Budgets | | | |  | - Moving education into the 21st century on a budget
The type of classroom needed to a deliver a 21st-century education will not come cheap. As schools look to provide technology, such as iPads and interactive whiteboards, and consider the cost to maintain their infrastructure, schools are having to get creative to provide necessary resources under tight budgets. Kim Klindt, a fourth-grade teacher and technology facilitator, suggests schools with limited funds focus more resources on teacher training -- rather than equipment. T.H.E. Journal (8/8)  |  | Publish from everywhere to anywhere!
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 | | - School administrators connect on #Satchat
Current and future school administrators from around the world are meeting for weekly discussions at the Twitter hashtag #Satchat, writes middle-school vice principal Brad Currie, one of the group's founders. The forum, Currie writes in this blog post, has provided lively global discussions on a number of leadership topics, as well as shared information and insights and an expanded Personal Learning Network that will help make all participants better educators. Edutopia.org (8/7) - Netflix debuts new menu option to stream children's shows
Microsoft's Xbox 360 now allows users to view a "Just for Kids" menu -- intended for children 12 and younger -- when they access Netflix. The menu includes titles from Nickelodeon, including "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "iCarly," as well as programming from the Disney Channel, including "Hannah Montana." Multichannel News (8/8)  | The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently."
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