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President Barack Obama and his Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, want to do more than save teachers’ jobs or renovate classrooms with the new economic recovery law. They’re hoping to reinvent education for the 21st century–while transforming the federal government’s role in public education in the process.

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The House has passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
also known as the economic stimulus plan, and a bill has been
introduced into the Senate. Congress intends to pass the bill by the
middle of February, and Speaker Pelosi has said the House members will
not ha

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Just because e-books are available on better (the new Kindle) and more
(all cell phones) devices doesn’t mean people will read them. But mark
my words, read them they will. Six trends will conspire over the next
year to drive e-book reading to levels that will surprise just about
everybody.

Here comes the e-book revolution

The colorful device from LeapFrog has a large LCD screen and full Qwerty keyboard, just like a BlackBerry, as well as a built-in calendar to help children learn the months of the year.

LeapFrog launches ‘BlackBerry for children’ - Telegraph

Interesting video about how fast technology has, and is, progressing:

YouTube - Did You Know?

The “semantic Web” does not sound like it’s fun and easy to use, but it
could make surfing Web 3.0 a more rewarding and interactive experience.
Some believe it could even lead to a new form of artificial
intelligence.

Making sense of the ’semantic Web’ - CNN.com

President-elect Barack Obama recently announced an ambitious plan to
build up the nation’s Internet infrastructure as part of his proposed
economic stimulus package. Upgrading the Internet is a particularly
smart kind of stimulus, one that would spread knowledge, promote
entrepreneurship and make this country more competitive globally.

Editorial - Mr. Obama’s Internet Agenda - NYTimes.com

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What e-learning software has overlooked until now is that no two students are the same. They have different backgrounds, different learning styles and different approaches to learning. A technological medium that ‘delivers’ the same material in the same way to every student is bound to fail.

Giving learning a personal touch