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		<title>Digital Accessible Media in the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/07/05/digital-accessible-media-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is working with Bookshare (www.bookshare.org) as its accessible media producer, which allows students to download digital files (DAISY) onto assistive technology devices and portables to hear text read aloud. Learn how the District of Columbia has embraced the accessible instruction materials (AIM) provision related to NIMAS and the NIMAC in the IDEA 2004 reauthorization to help students with print disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>NIDRR New Competitions and Proposed Priorities (FY2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and later years to improve outcomes for individuals with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Know a School that Wants to PowerUp Its Classrooms?</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/06/27/know-a-school-that-wants-to-powerup-its-classrooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Technology Implementation needs elementary schools to field test PowerUp WHAT WORKS-Reading in grades 4-6 classes.  This online resource is designed to improve teaching and learning for students with disabilities and their classmates using evidence-based and technology-enhanced practices.]]></description>
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		<title>NCER: Federal Funding for Postsecondary and Adult Education Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/06/24/ncer-federal-funding-for-postsecondary-and-adult-education-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/06/24/ncer-federal-funding-for-postsecondary-and-adult-education-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Center of Education Research (NCER) in the US Department of Education is looking to support research in Postsecondary and Adult Education writing. NCER is accepting applications for exploratory, development, evaluation, and measurement work to improve student outcomes in Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, Adult English Language, and introductory college-level writing courses.]]></description>
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		<title>CoSN EdTechNext Report: eContent – The Accelerating Shift from Print to Digital</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/06/10/cosn-edtechnext-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/06/10/cosn-edtechnext-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CoSN's latest EdTechNext Report explores the transformative role and educational impact of eContent in today’s K-12 classroom.]]></description>
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		<title>Participate in National Disability Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/05/27/participate-in-national-disability-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/05/27/participate-in-national-disability-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 22:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) has partnered with the University of Michigan and their disability studies department to support a national disability survey to learn more about your disability connections and the meaning of disability in your communities.   This information will help AAPD better direct its programs and policy work.  
Take the survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates, Pearson Join to Offer Online Courses for Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/28/gates-pearson-join-to-offer-online-courses-for-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/28/gates-pearson-join-to-offer-online-courses-for-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times
Two education foundations said Wednesday they are working to develop 24 new online reading and math courses that will be aligned with the common core national standards. The courses will be developed by the Pearson Foundation &#8212; associated with the major textbook company &#8212; and will include video, social media, games and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Helps Language Click for Students</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/16/technology-helps-language-click-for-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/16/technology-helps-language-click-for-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[21st Century Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Denver Post
The growing influence of technology is creating &#8220;new literacies&#8221; in which traditional skills of reading and writing are merged with 21st-century skills. Researchers say that technology requires students to think more critically when faced with an overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet, but that it also can prompt deeper reading as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Neurologist Makes the Case for the Video Game Model as a Learning Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/14/a-neurologist-makes-the-case-for-the-video-game-model-as-a-learning-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/14/a-neurologist-makes-the-case-for-the-video-game-model-as-a-learning-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edutopia Blog
Neurologist Judy Willis explains in this blog post the scientific reasons students are motivated by video games, and suggests ways that such a model can be used in the classroom. Willis writes that video games offer the brain a mixture of challenges and rewards that make students want to continue progressing &#8212; and learning. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 AAPD Leadership Gala</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/07/2011-aapd-leadership-gala/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/07/2011-aapd-leadership-gala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 AAPD Leadership Gala and Anniversary Celebration featured the policy makers, decision makers and thought leaders who successfully forged and passed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act and subsequently founded AAPD, the largest cross disability membership organization in the United States, working toward the economic self-sufficiency and political power for the more than 50 million Americans with disabilities.
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