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In these monthly briefings, Bill Daggett and his colleagues at the International Center for Leadership in Education share information on trends and technologies that will have an impact on education, as well as some thoughts on the impact of the No Child Left Behind legislation on schools. To join this mailing list visit our sign-up page. Topics covered in recent issues are listed below.
Volume VIII: 2008 - 2009 School Year
- Vol. VIII No. 1 August 2008
- A Computer that Can Read Your Mind
- How Memory Works in Young Children
- Safer Foods with Edible Sensors
- Deterring Gun Crime
- Halting the Aging Process
- 3-D Video Game Launched to Spur Student Interest in Science
- By the Numbers
Volume VII: 2007 - 2008 School Year
- Vol. VII No. 10 July 2008
- Connecting Both Hemispheres of the Brain
- Kindling the Digital Book Revolution
- More IT Support
- Gas Prices Drive Students Toward Online Courses
- Don’t Hold Your Tongue for This Technology
- What’s Old Is Now New
- DNA Transforms Gold
- By the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 9 May 2008
- Students Flock Online to Take College Courses
- Nanogel for Spinal Cord Injuries
- Nanomaterial Provides Adaptability for Medical Applications
- The Brain Drain and Retiring Baby Boomers — What’s the Connection?
- New Venue for Selling Music: Video Games
- Record Low Child Mortality Worldwide
- Food vs. Fuel
- By the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 8 April 2008
- Note-Taking Goes High Tech with “Smart” Pen
- Computerized Pegboard for Brain Injury Recovery
- Taking the Side Effects Out of Chemotherapy
- Battery Power as Thin as Plastic Wrap
- A Virtual Classroom for a New Generation of Engineers
- Students Flock Online to Take College Courses
- By the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 7 March 2008
- Testing Service to Determine Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
- Activating Protein to Kill Tumor Cells
- Using Wii Technology to Connect Cognition and Movement
- Trust Any Computer, Anywhere, Anytime
- Clean Coal Agreement Between China and Australia
- Record Low Child Mortality Worldwide
- Neuroscience Can Play an Important Role in Teaching, Educators Say
- By the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 6 February 2008
- One in 10 High Schools Is a "Dropout Factory"
- Japanese Prefer India’s K-12 Education System
- Let the Blood Flow
- The Right Pressure
- Expanding Biofuels Crops Could Mean Higher Carbon Emission Levels
- Obesity Threatens Economies Worldwide
- By the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 5 January 2008
- Bionic Contact Lenses
- Eyeglasses Provide Closed-Captioning
- Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease at the Earliest Stage
- Smart Cars Take Control of the Road
- Humanoids on the Horizon
- Unregulated E-Waste Trade on the Rise Despite Bans
- Economics by the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 4 December 2007
- Put on Your Electronic Thinking Cap
- Self-Healing Materials
- Supercomputer on a Chip
- Using Bug Protein to Store Data
- Speed Matters
- A Tone that Only Classmates Can Hear
- More Student Responsibility Means More Engaged Learning
- Technology by the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 3 November 2007
- Want to be Vaccinated? Have a Banana
- Thoughts into Action
- Countertag: New Firewall Protection on the Go
- Africa and the Global Connection
- Atomic Imaging — 100 Times Faster
- Diamonds Deliver
- Education by the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 2 October 2007
- Identifying Warped Fingerprints at Precise Speed
- Mapping Out the Best Route
- If Your Computer Could Read Your Mind
- Tracing Ancestry — Anonymously
- Personal Prescribed Diet
- New Connections for Overcoming Dyslexia
- Education by the Numbers
- Vol. VII No. 1 Septemnber 2007
- Power in a Sheet of Paper
- A Closer View
- Tailoring a Virus to Kill Lethal Brain Tumor Cells
- Laser Blasts Viruses in Blood
- Global Economy Works Both Ways
- Foreign Investment: Saudis Acquire GE Facility
- Economics by the Numbers