by Sandy Phillips | Nov 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
RALEIGH — It will soon be illegal for a student to bully a teacher online in North Carolina, under an expansion of the state’s cyberbullying law that goes into effect Dec. 1 and may be the first of its kind in the country. The School Violence Prevention Act of...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
With 100 million first-grade-aged children worldwide having no access to schooling, the One Laptop Per Child organization is trying something new in two remote Ethiopian villages—simply dropping off tablet computers with preloaded programs and seeing what happens. The...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here are two interesting articles for you to check out. Both are written by By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Telegraph UK Spellcheck generation ‘failing to write simple words’ Children are struggling to write “simple and everyday words” because of an...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Facebook Launches Prevent Bullying Page Facebook has launched a page aiming to stamp out bullying . The Prevent Bullying page as part of National Bullying Awareness Month in the US. The social network gathered together resources on the topic, including: A support...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tom Kenyon – 09.10.2012 The other day a very talented and committed member of my team suddenly looked very worried and asked me: ‘What if we’re wrong?’ ‘What do you mean?’ I replied. ‘What if we’re wrong about digital...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Food for thought is an occasional article/ blog/ report that is worth discussing as educators. Here is one that begins ….. ANYONE who has taught has regrets, and a student I’ll call Frank Gagliado is one of mine. Frank was one of my students at Salisbury North...
