Kan. high-school students to post research project on iTunes High-school students in Kansas today will reveal the work they put into their semester-long research project about the Vietnam War to their classmates, a public showing in the school cafeteria and then to the world, posting the completed work on iTunes through the You Are There program. Students met in small groups to conduct research on the Vietnam War, pop culture from that era, the Ho Chi Minh trail and more for the project, which were completed on iPads. The Topeka Capital-Journal (Kan.) (5/12)  | Complete, Online Writing and Grammar Curriculum New from Zaner-Bloser: Meet 100% of the Writing and writing-related Language Common Core State Standards with Strategies for Writers--now available in a completely digital format! Tour our virtual classroom today to view and interact with free samples and to learn about the all-digital program option, the Strategies for Writers Online Writing Center. | | Eye-tracking device helps Ohio students communicate Teachers and therapists at Forest Rose School in Lancaster, Ohio, are using eye-tracking technology to help students with disabilities control computers for communication. Purchased with a locally funded $32,000 grant, the technology is being used with students who have little control over their speech and body movements to allow faster communication. "It's working because the kids see how fast it is, and they are getting a response," said Megan Worthington, a preschool speech therapist. Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (Ohio) (5/8)
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 | Maine chooses school technology vendor Maine, which is leading a multistate purchase of educational technology and services, has chosen Hewlett-Packard as its preferred contractor for school technology, education reporter Sean Cavanagh writes. However, officials say the decision will not force its partners, Hawaii and Vermont, into a deal, and local districts also will be able to choose from other vendors. Education Week/Digital Education blog (5/11)  | Keep More Students in Gen Ed.
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 | How far can schools go to regulate students' online activity? Officials in a Kansas school district say they increasingly are faced with having to respond to students' activities on social media that have an impact on the school campus. One high school recently suspended a student for comments he made on Twitter. Questions remain, however, over how far schools should go to respond to students' online behavior. The Wichita Eagle (Kan.) (5/12) | Has standardized testing shifted the focus away from learning? Education in the U.S. increasingly has become institutionalized, in part, because of the belief that students' learning can be quantified through standardized testing, writes Mike Fisher, a full-time educational consultant and instructional coach. In this blog post, he writes about the need to refocus education on the learner, perhaps by "leveraging opportunities for choice and differentiated products through performance tasks and problem-based scenarios that not only generate a product but also are a launching pad for the next learning moment." SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (5/10)
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