Agriculture in the Classroom News http://www.agclassroom.org/ Get up-to-date education news you can use guide your curriculum and resource development. Subscribe today to view the headlines in your reader. en-us Pasco County teacher welcomes texting in class http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_pasco/wesley_chapel/teacher-welcomes-texting-in-class Wed, 1 Sept 2010 12:00:00 GMT WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - "You need to have your cell phones out and ready to text," said 11th and 12th grade Science teacher at Wiregrass Ranch High School, Mrs. Jill Lloyd. She begins her lesson on Ecology with that instruction. Online learning attempts to make the grade in Chicago schools http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-virtual-education-20100829,0,6659525.story Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT Clinton Parker, a senior at Julian High School, worked quietly at his computer in August as the clicks of mice from more than a dozen students punctured the air of an otherwise silent computer lab. Harford County offers agricultural magnet high school program http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/bs-md-ha-harford-opens-ag-school-20100826,0,5146206.story Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT Nathan Holloway, 14, has spent his boyhood on the family farm in Darlington and plans to spend his high school years laying the groundwork for a future in agriculture. 21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/summer10/vol67/num10/21st-Century-Skills@-The-Challenges-Ahead.aspx Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT A growing number of business leaders, politicians, and educators are united around the idea that students need "21st century skills" to be successful today. Ed Tech Experts Choose Top Tools http://thejournal.com/Articles/2010/08/01/3-for-3.aspx Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT Which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning? A trio of ed tech experts offer up their top three choices apiece. Linking courses to careers improves grad rates http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/24/IN1K1EGR92.DTL Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT When Cynthia Gutierrez arrived four years ago at Skyline High School in Oakland, she was neither an academic superstar nor someone who struggled with school. Le Grand teacher bridging agriculture and technology http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/07/27/1508350/le-grand-teacher-bridging-agriculture.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT One Le Grand High School teacher was recently rewarded by Google for trying to marry two seemingly unlikely bedfellows -- agriculture and technology. How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-new-media-classroom-tips Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT In these brief video clips, educators and others from around the country give lessons about specific technology and social-media tools you can use with your students. Teaching of science, math changing http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/article_befee00e-9122-11df-aea7-001cc4c03286.html Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT The way science and math education is taught in Bismarck Public Schools will change. Teacher wants to change education using 40 iPads http://www.journal-news.com/news/hamilton-news/teacher-wants-to-change-education-using-40-ipads-800149.html Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT HAMILTON — Matt Wilson, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Garfield Middle School, is asking for some help to outfit his classroom with a set of iPads. Report: Online Learning Nearly Doubles Among High School Students http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/06/29/report-online-learning-nearly-doubles-among-high-school-students.aspx Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT The percentage of high school students taking online courses nearly doubled in a single year. According to the latest data available from Project Tomorrow's annual Speak Up Survey, more than one-quarter (27 percent) of all high school students took at least one class online last year, up from 14 percent the year before. But the numbers could have been higher, according to the researchers. Libertyville schools look into hand held classroom http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=390707 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT The next wave of teaching and learning skills in Libertyville Elementary District 70 will involve kid-friendly hand-held devices. Teachers Report Educational Benefits of Frequent Technology Use http://thejournal.com/Articles/2010/06/28/Teachers-Report-Educational-Benefits-of-Frequent-Technology-Use.aspx Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT Teachers who use technology frequently in their classrooms perceive greater benefits to student learning--particularly learning 21st century skills--than teachers who are less frequent users. That's one of the major findings from a K-12 technology study released Monday by researchers out of the Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership at Minnesota's Walden University. No Experience Factor in Ed-Tech Teaching? http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2010/06/report_experience_no_factor_in.html Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT A new report released Monday at the ISTE 2010 ed-tech conference here in Denver finds that less-experienced teachers who are largely younger and fresh out of teacher training programs are no more likely to use technology in the classroom than more experienced, veteran teachers. Battle of the Bulge in Ohio Schools http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Battle-of-the-Bulge-in-Ohio-Schools/ZfU2-n6ofESSGvCk_QGruA.cspx Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT Instead of getting enough physical activity, statistics show one in three kids in America is either overweight or obese. But, a new law in Ohio is aiming to change that.