July 21 | Sec'y of Ed. Duncan announces creation of National Learning Registry to help organize digital educational resources for teachers and students, making them accessible by topic even though they're stored on multiple sites by numerous entities -- Education Week
July 21 | AL initiative to provide one laptop per child requires special training for teachers to know how to utilize that resource in the classroom -- T.H.E. Journal
July 21 | Thomas P. Fordham Institute reports that new Common Core State Standards are as good as or better than the standards in math in all 50 states and in English in all but 3 states -- Washington Post
July 20 | University faculty in AZ create Facebook program that helps students "learn how to teach themselves" as part of a study of how a Web-based environment intended for networking and entertainment might be co-opted for educational purposes -- T.H.E. Journal
July 20 | Bismarck, ND school district builds classrooms to suit new way of teaching math and science: having kids learn by applying those concepts to projects related to technology and engineering -- Bismarck Tribune
July 20 | HI schools adopt New Tech model, providing each student with a laptop and using project-based learning in hopes of improving low-performing schools -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
July 20 | AK summer camp teaches kids about native culture and academics as they learn traditional living skills, crafts, and respect for nature, all while preparing students for success in university -- Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
July 20 | OR schools purchase classroom sets of iPod Touch devices as an inexpensive way to achieve the goal of "one computer per student"; they will use selected iPod applications in science and reading courses -- Ashland Daily Tidings
July 19 | PA university launches multiple programs related to robotics to pique K-12 students' interest in pursuing careers in computer science, technology, and sciences -- T.H.E. Journal
July 19 | Recent survey by Software and Information Industry Association reveals that American schools are making progress in implementing educational technology but that the pace is "slow and grudging" -- T.H.E. Journal
July 19 | Pittsburgh, PA teachers participate in "test run" of new system to evaluate their teaching, and they respond favorably to it (called RISE or Research-based Inclusive System of Evaluation) as a source of praise or specific advice for improvement -- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
July 18 | VA teachers spend summer working full-time as interns at various work sites to gain "real-world" experience to share later when teaching students in STEM courses (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) -- Washington Post
July 15 | Teacher recommends ways to incorporate technology into the classroom, starting with the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) -- Edutopia
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