http://billgx.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/federal-aid-to-education/ Exploring the intersection of technology and the arts Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:04:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://billgx.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/federal-aid-to-education/comment-page-1/#comment-472 School Library Ditches Books | TechIntersect Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:36:15 +0000 http://billgx.edublogs.org/?p=330#comment-472 [...] I slogged my way through the papers of the Eisenhower Library for a History of American Education research assignment on the National Defense Education Act. There’s simply no way the information I found could be discovered anywhere online. Maybe [...] [...] I slogged my way through the papers of the Eisenhower Library for a History of American Education research assignment on the National Defense Education Act. There’s simply no way the information I found could be discovered anywhere online. Maybe [...]

]]> http://billgx.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/federal-aid-to-education/comment-page-1/#comment-463 The New Sputnik | TechIntersect Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:14:08 +0000 http://billgx.edublogs.org/?p=330#comment-463 [...] Sputnik to reinvigorate science education. After reading Cerf’s article, last spring I did a research project on the National Defense Education Act. The NDEA was the US response to the launch of Sputnik, hoping to improve schools and better [...] [...] Sputnik to reinvigorate science education. After reading Cerf’s article, last spring I did a research project on the National Defense Education Act. The NDEA was the US response to the launch of Sputnik, hoping to improve schools and better [...]

]]> http://billgx.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/federal-aid-to-education/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Apollo Documents Digitized | TechIntersect Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:40:22 +0000 http://billgx.edublogs.org/?p=330#comment-406 [...] how far we have to go towards digitizing printed collections of documents. Last spring I did a research project at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and was surprised to learn that there are no plans to digitize anything from that important [...] [...] how far we have to go towards digitizing printed collections of documents. Last spring I did a research project at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and was surprised to learn that there are no plans to digitize anything from that important [...]

]]> http://billgx.edublogs.org/2009/05/08/federal-aid-to-education/comment-page-1/#comment-348 buell Sun, 10 May 2009 10:39:20 +0000 http://billgx.edublogs.org/?p=330#comment-348 Funny...I was just talking about this very thing with my classes on Friday. It's often a challenge to teach the Cold War to high school kids----they are about as interested as they are in the Franco-Prussian War (yes, yes, makes one feel OLD)....but when I told they can blame the USSR for having to take science, math and MCAS, it did get their attention! Funny…I was just talking about this very thing with my classes on Friday. It’s often a challenge to teach the Cold War to high school kids—-they are about as interested as they are in the Franco-Prussian War (yes, yes, makes one feel OLD)….but when I told they can blame the USSR for having to take science, math and MCAS, it did get their attention!

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