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Technology OVERVIEW       ------------------------------------------ Educational Technology Overview       A No. 2 Pencil, a Spiral Notebook, Encyclopedias, And. . . . STUDENTS       ------------------------------------------ Laptops: Pros and Cons       What Districts Should Prove Before Taxpayers Should Provide Them STAFF       ------------------------------------------ Using Voicemail As a Teaching Tool       Innovative, Cost-Effective Use of Message Systems That Schools and Parents Already Have ONLINE LEARNING       ------------------------------------------ Virtual Schooling Exploding Everywhere       Introduction to the Various Forms of Online Learning ED TECH RESEARCH       ------------------------------------------ Overview of Educational Technology Research       This Stuff is Cool . . . But Does It Do Anything For Kids' Learning? AT-HOME TECHNOLOGY       ------------------------------------------ 21st Century Homework Station       To Complement and Supplement the Classroom's Tools, What Can You Supply at Home, Beyond a Desk and Chair? RECORDKEEPING & PRIVACY       ------------------------------------------ Protecting Your Child From Data Mining       Extracting School Data and Analyzing It For Patterns Is Probably OK . . . But Snooping Is Not! COSTS       ------------------------------------------ Ed Tech: Promises & Glitches       All That Googles Is Not Gold CONTROVERSIES       ------------------------------------------ The Down Side of Computerized Schooling       Amusements and Distractions Threaten to Kill Concentration and Analytical Ability Is Technology Rewiring Kids' Brains?       As the First Wave of 'Digital Natives' Moves Through High School, Are They Different? THE FUTURE       ------------------------------------------ Are 'Teaching Machines' Inevitable?       Taking the Control of Curricular Content Out of the Hands of Local Parents, Taxpayers and Even Educators

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