Finally - the time is right for teachers to grab some of the stimulus funds and re-invent what learning looks like in a 21st Century ACTIVE classroom. Too often we look for funding for physical activity in the very limited (even non-existent) PE budget. The FootPOWR peripheral changes the paradigm completely. (Resources for Teachers)
“If you think this is the time to get ahead of the curve and to show education technology can be creative, then there are opportunities” in the stimulus package, said Keith R. Krueger, the chief executive officer of the Washington-based Consortium for School Networking. “If we don’t do this, then shame on us, and we’re going to get rolled over.” ExerLearning via the FootPOWR peripheral is one way to be highly creative - and tremendously effective.
The $650 million in the Enhancing Education Through Technology fund will be added to the program’s current $267 million budget for fiscal 2008 and will be spread over two years. A minimum of 25 percent of that money must be spent on professional development; the rest may be spent on the program’s goals of improving K-12 student achievement through technology.
The $650 million in the Enhancing Education Through Technology fund will be added to the program’s current $267 million budget for fiscal 2008 and will be spread over two years. A minimum of 25 percent of that money must be spent on professional development; the rest may be spent on the program’s goals of improving K-12 student achievement through technology.
In a time when we work so hard to use conventional tools to impact student success why not take some time to step back and connect some new dots. Brain research clearly demonstrates how academic success, more productivity, increased engagement and addressing the needs of our most challenged students requires more physical activity daily and regularly throughout the learning day.
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