June 2010 Blog Posts (50)

dataMetrics Software is honored to receive the Best in Tech 2010 Award for RTI from Scholastic.

In an…

The 2010 World Cup has captured the globe’s attention and has given us some incredible stories. The recent match between the U.S. and Ghana was a nail-biter as the two teams were pretty evenly matched. But what

if the games were instead decided by the wealth of the respective nation

and not on athletic ability?

We thought it might be a handy lesson to share with students, your friends, and pretty much everyone to give some perspective to just how much of a…

TEDxDenverED, Teaching into Tomorrow



Our goal is to foster and spread great ideas that will impact K12 education in America. We aim to provide a platform where the smartest thinkers, greatest visionaries, and most fascinating teachers will be inspired and will have the opportunity to inspire others.



A diverse group of educators, innovators and problem-solvers in attendance will have the opportunity to learn…

Meeting these requirements can position any education technology implementation effort for success.

I’m delighted to post this guest post, contributed by Anna Miller, who writes on the topic of online degrees . Many readers of this column appreciate the challenges that educational institutions face in their efforts to leverage the many technological…

As we watch the actions of some and what happens to others in our busy world we find it easy to rail against the many unfairness and injustices that appear to take place. The media brings us a daily pictorial torrent of the misfortunes of some and the persecutions of others. So it’s not surprising we find it hard to discern ‘meaning’ amongst this blizzard of information, and it’s not surprising when we create our own ‘mental uprisings’ and, in our conversations, find ourselves making our own…

Hi everyone!

I am new to this blogging idea. I am taking classes online to get my teacher's licensure. This is the first time I have heard of Classroom 2.0. Can anyone inform me of exactly what it is and how it is used in the classroom?

This is a two-fer, for those who are upgrading from Office 2003 to 2007. Here are the sites that will show you where all your favorite commands have gone in that pesky, confusing ribbon at the top of the

screen.…

Data.ed.gov Launches…

This week, I tried out an “Interactive Xi Bar” that the folks at Mimio loaned me. I really liked it.

A few months ago I learned about this unique approach to turning a regular white board into an Interactive White Board.…

It seems that however well 21st Century education is explained the vast majority just do not understand what it’s about. It doesn’t matter that the roots of 21^st Century education go all the way back to the ancient Greeks. It doesn’t matter that 21^st Century education is not some new fad here in the United States. John Dewey was writing about this stuff…