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Notes From Techcon 2012

October 30, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Techcon 2012 Techcon occurred October 26, 2012 at the Naperville Campus of Northern Illinois University. Over 160 local school administrators, technology leaders, and classroom

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Where’s the Education Leadership on Technology in Schools?

October 10, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit In 1988, Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) reported the “most promising current uses  and demonstrations” (pp.12-13) for computers: Drill and practice to master

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Good Advice for School Technology Leaders

August 3, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit In the May 21 issue of Forbes, the article “Thrifty Does It,” describes how Christian Gheorghe Hates started a billion dollar company

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With Technology in Schools Nothing Has Changed

June 12, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt Leadership, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit With technology in schools nothing has changed.  Several years ago, I performed some original research about technology in schools (reference). While this

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Students should bring their computers to school

May 9, 2010 Jeffrey L. Hunt Leadership, Technology

Prohibition has never worked. . . . One thousand students with their internet-connected phones have the total storage capacity of 16 terabytes of data and a combined bandwidth of 200 megabits per second. What school can afford that storage or bandwidth?

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Chart Caption - 2023, March 30: Venus and Mercury are visible in the western sky after sundown.
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Author's Notes: Two bright planets are in the evening sky. Look for Evening Star Venus in the west-southwest. Venus moves high in the sky. The moon is in the western evening sky after sunset. Mars marches eastward in western Gemini, near Castor's foot.

Chart Caption - 2023, March 30: Mars is at Castor’s foot, while the gibbous moon is near Pollux.
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Copyright Statement: This web site is written and edited by Dr. Jeffrey L. Hunt. The photos and diagrams are made by the author unless otherwise credited. Raw data is from the U.S. Naval Observatory, Starry Night computer program.

Content is derived from multiple astronomical sources, including the U.S. Naval Observatory, NASA, ESA, and various books, including Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets by Jean Meeus.  Starry Night and Stellarium computer programs are used as well.  Updates and corrections are made as required.  Some articles are updated at the time of actual astronomical events with new photographs.  The author strives for accurate information.

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