Studies validate laptop programs in U.S., Canada
The studies come as an increasing number of states and school districts are rolling out laptop programs of their own. Read the Full Story
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Board looks at online education
Dick Murray, superintendent of Muskingum Valley Education Association, and Mike Carder, executive director of TRECA Digital Learning Academy, presented a program that would help the district start an online conversion community school that could eventually be embedding back into the regular school system.Read the Full Story
Math + mouse = online learning
Horry County Schools this year is plunging into cyberspace, using more online course instruction than ever before and making plans to add courses in the future.Read the Full Story
Stonington Signs Up For ‘Virtual High School’
The town’s Board of Education has approved a resolution allowing classes in “Virtual High School” to commence.Read the Full Story
NexLearn Signs Agreement with Monterey Institute for Technology and Education to Develop Educational Software; Agreement will Make NOAA Research and Exploration Material Available to High School Students
The multimedia-rich material, created for use with Advanced Placement Environmental Science courses, will explore coastal and marine resources and climate-related events to provide a better understanding of the total environment. Read the Full Story
KC Distance Learning Announces Formation of iQ Academies
The first such school, iQ Academies at Wisconsin, was announced today in Waukesha, WI, as a joint effort between KCDL and the Waukesha School District. The school is chartered through the Waukesha District. KC Distance Learning is headquartered in Portland, OR. Read the Full Story
Home-schooled students head to college
(AP) — Home-schooling advocate Karl Bunday used to get a lot of blank looks when he visited college fairs in his native Minnesota and pitched the virtues of students educated around the kitchen table. Read the Full Story
Developing the Future of Education: Lab of Tomorrow
Lab of Tomorrow, one of the ‘School of Tomorrow’ initiatives in European Schoolnet’s VALNET project, aims to overcome the barriers imposed by the traditional classroom setting by using an innovative combination of a new approach to learning and the development and application of new technologies.Read the Full Story
Parents explore online-learning frontier
Parents and students face a sometimes baffling assortment of choices, from virtual schools to classes offered online by traditional schools.Read the Full Story
Grant boosts virtual science lessons
During the next five years, schools here will participate in a $10 million collaborative research project aimed at helping students unravel hard-to-grasp scientific theories. Instead of listening passively to lectures outlining concepts, students will work with interactive software that stresses problem-solving and creative thinking rather than memorization.Read the Full Story
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