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During the March 4 forum, conducted using interactive videoconferencing over the Internet, the New York teenagers asked questions of their counterparts from Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Dec. 26 tsunami, caused by an earthquake, affected more than 12 countries in the Indian Ocean region and claimed an estimated 200,000 lives.Read the Full Story
The Wichita State University students then played solos, and the pros critiqued them. Back and forth, the exchange went for two hours.Read the Full Story
WARREN — When Michelle Washburn made the transition from middle school to high school, she felt lost. Some of her grades started to slip and during her first semester she even failed two classes. Read the Full Story
March 13, 2005 | “I used to be first in my class, but now I’m second,” high school senior Ayesha says before turning back abruptly to her PC.Read the Full Story
There was little talk about science, calculus or reading skills during Bernard Lord’s pre-budget consultation on education held last week in Fredericton.Read the Full Story
In the government’s Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners, ICT is seen as central to educational change. Effective implementation, however, to personalise learning and improve teaching, presents challenges at all levels.Read the Full Story
But after using the Internet to look up flight information on cheap seats.com and figuring out how much it would cost to stay in a hotel, the Cato-Meridian elementary students took a virtual field trip from their classroom, which was set up like the inside of an airplane, to Paris, France.Read the Full Story
Waukesha – Nearly 1,000 students statewide have applied to attend the Waukesha School District’s virtual high school, raising school administrators’ expectations that enrollment could hit 750 in the school’s second year.Read the Full Story
“Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2002–03,” released today by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), showed that one-third (36 percent) of public school districts and 9 percent of public schools had students enrolled in distance education courses in 2002–03.In this study, distance education refers to […]
The program, which teaches students off-site by computer, started in 1999 and now boasts more than 600 students. Much of the recent growth came with the addition of about 165 kindergarten through sixth-grade students this year.Read the Full Story
