tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77707922987816632192011-08-02T19:35:36.883-07:00A blog for parents and teachers on the use of technology in education.Winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737899266689234267noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7770792298781663219.post-17018582534085271022009-10-29T20:57:00.000-07:002009-10-29T20:57:17.203-07:00

The Adobe Flash Player has become as common place as HTML in the web world.  Many educational games are built on Flash.  Flash makes boring web pages come to life.  The interactive web world has been divided into the Flash player type add-on technologies and the dynamic HTML crowd.  Microsoft is attempting to bridge the gap with their Silverlight framework. Microsoft has recently released their

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Recently, Georgia has adopted a new grading system based on individual proficiencies and moving away from the traditional A,B,C,D,F and 0-100 system.  I was at a dinner with a group of parents and universally, they all hated the system.  In fact, they said many teachers of their children hated the system.  Personally, I completely support the new system.  I've seen its use in helping us identify

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Parents and educators are being forced into a new world where technology will saturate every aspect of education shortly. New techniques and tools will need to be developed to keep up with the every changing information world.It used to be that educational technology merely stood for a class of games centered around learning activities. With the advent of the Internet and every growing demands

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