Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 03/02/2012

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  • Auto-Correct Blunder Causes High School Lockdown – ABC News

    Oh dear! Autocorrect caused a major problem today. This isn’t funny but it is something to be aware of. We are all extremely sensitive after the tragedy at West Hall High School this week.

    ““Gunna be at West Hall Today” was what a student at Lanier Technical College meant to type and send, but auto-correct changed the first word to “gunman.” The message went out as: ”Gunman be at West Hall Today.””

    tags: education news iphone

  • Project Share

    Texas is using project share to deliver PD to their teachers.

    “Introducing a global online learning community where educators collaborate, share resources, and showcase accomplishments. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is proud to announce a new initiative that will explore the development and delivery of high-quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment. Project Share™ utilizes a collection of Web 2.0 tools and applications to provide professional development resources for teachers across the state and to build professional learning communities where educators can collaborate and participate in online learning opportunities.

    tags: education professional development news

  • Google Privacy Changes Labeled ‘Unfair And Unwise’ By Consumer Groups

    A coalition of American and European advocacy groups sent a joint letter to Google on Wednesday, calling on the search giant to suspend its controversial plan to revamp its privacy policy.

    tags: education news privacy

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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