Here are the top ten ed-tech stories of 2009, as reported by eSchoolNews:
10 - Internet safety becomes an integral part of the K-12 school curriculum (link)
9 - “Sexting” becomes a huge problem for educators and parents (link)
8 - Microsoft vs. Google: Two technology heavyweights square off in a battle for student loyalty (link)
7 - Google’s ambitious book-scanning project draws antitrust concerns (link)
6 - Online learning becomes a true “disruptive innovation” … (link)
5 - …while also preventing the disruption of class during the swine-flu scare (link)
4 - Billions of dollars in federal stimulus funding helps rescue ed-tech budgets–but schools are still hurting, despite the increase (link)
3 - Federal officials seek a national strategy for getting broadband to every American (link)
2 - Technology is a key part of the Obama administration’s school-reform efforts (link)
1 - Digital textbooks open a new chapter in the history of U.S. education (link)
