But no matter what their interpretation is of a new collaborative grant program that will funnel tens of millions of dollars to K - 12 and
higher education technology initiatives, most ed - tech experts agree on this much: With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation unveiling an initiative in the ed - tech arena for the first time in nearly a decade, people will take notice.
Not exact matches
The Athena Project, which is a UK - wide
initiative that aims to increase the number of women working in science, engineering, and
technology (SET) at all levels of
higher education (HE), and to improve their career development, awards development grants to HE institutions for pilot projects that address those aims.
State
education officials and local school districts are working to use
technology money from the federal economic - stimulus package to develop
initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create
high - quality digital content for school laptops.
Funders get excited about things like small
high schools,
education technology, or a local teacher - pay
initiative and they dive in.
Elimination of the regulations raises several concerns for school districts, including potential pass - through costs associated with data - heavy digital learning
initiatives; a less innovative
education technology environment based on potential discriminatory pricing for new market entrants; and heightened pricing and other vulnerabilities for rural and
high cost districts that may only have access to a single broadband carrier.
He is the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of
Education in New Hampshire, and has also served for 18 years as the Director of the Division of Career
Technology and Adult Learning for the Department, overseeing statewide
initiatives such as
High School Redesign, Extended Learning Opportunities, and Drop Out Prevention, as well as the administration of Vocational Rehabilitation, Adult
Education, Career and Technical
Education, Tech - Prep, and School Guidance and Counseling.
In addition to recognizing the achievements of outstanding students, the event provided an opportunity to highlight some of Obama's broader
initiatives to improve STEM
education through his Educate to Innovate campaign (PDF), including a new AmeriCorps program for STEM
education, the US2020 campaign that encourages more companies to involve their science and
technology workforce in STEM mentoring programs, and an
initiative to expand math and science opportunities at
high schools that serve military families.
Strategies for
Technology Enhanced Learning and Literacy through Art (STELLAR) is a collaborative professional development
initiative involving five
high - poverty, rural school districts in Lane County, Oregon, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA), the Lane
Education Service District, the Oregon Writing Project, the University of Oregon's Center for Advanced
Technology in
Education and VTS.
Recent
initiatives include: 1) implementing a citywide special
education strategy to support teachers and leaders in providing
high - quality services to students with disabilities 2) supporting the expansion of personalized instruction and innovative integration of
technology in the classroom and 3) building a sustainable pipeline of
high - quality teachers by supporting innovative pathways into the profession.
The combined impact of these «open»
initiatives is of growing strategic importance in
higher education as institutions look for alternative and creative ways of enhancing their
education offerings through digital
technologies.
There are also
initiatives that draw together different partners to foster innovation in particular areas, such as Brighton Fuse, which supports connections between
higher education and digital
technology and media businesses in the area.