The New Business of Education - Educational Technology

Educational Technology

This special series focuses on the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the growth of the educational products and services industry. In this report, NBR correspondent Jeff Yastine looks at the technology products being created for the classroom and sold to schools.



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External Links/Articles*

• AACE Journal - International Forum on Information Technology in Education
  This journal was originally titled, "Educational Technology Review." Among other things, it offers reviews of some educational products as well as educational product implementations.
• Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC)
  The 2008 FETC, which Jeff Yastine attended, was held in Orlando, Florida.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  ISTE is a nonprofit organization foucusd on "advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education." The site includes publications and research.
• The Journal of Educational Technology & Society
  The Journal of Educational Technolgoy & Soceity publishes "academic articles on the issues affectign the developers of educational systems and educators who implement and manage such systems."
• Qwizdom
  Qwizdom "provides interactive data-gathering solutions for thousands of corporations, schools, and government agencies." The company is mentioned in Jeff Yastine's report.
• School Board of Broward County
  Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the School Board of Broward County serves . This links to information about the school board's instructional technology division. The director of the division, Dr. Jeanine Gordon, is interviewed in Jeff Yastine's report.
• U.S. Department of Education
  This links to the Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. The office offers research, reports, and information about educational technology grants.
• Vernier Software & Technology
  Vernier "produces hardware and software for data collection in high school, middle school, and college science courses." The company is mentioned in Jeff Yastine's report.

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