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Now they can download course material, establish Internet research links, interact with fellow students and professors through chat rooms and bulletin boards and work together on an asynchronous or synchronous basis. Read the Full Article
Students who find the traditional classroom experience boring or irrelevant have long had to grit their teeth or leave school. Likewise, for students who become targets for abuse by classmates. Read the Full Article
So an American national security course is being taught in the only medium that can truly keep up online. Read the Full Article
Bob Pennewell used to stand in front of 28 beaming eighth-graders on the first day of school, asking all to take turns introducing themselves. Read the Full Article
King heralded the arrival of the 17,000 laptops at 239 schools Sept. 5 while urging students to take care of the new computers and not to misuse them. Read the Full Article
According to a recent Ipsos-NPD report teenagers in Canada spend an average of 2.4 hours per week online conducting research for school, up from 2.3 hours three years ago. Read The Full Article
“Technology in Education 2002,” the latest installment in MDR’s annual series of reports on the state of technology in the nation’s schools, provides information on the use of laptops, wireless networks, and digital video disc (DVD) drives, as well as instructional computers by brand of choice, internet connectivity, handheld devices, and distance education programs. Read […]
The creation of cable Channel 99 stems from the city’s franchise agreement negotiations with Antietam Cable. Read The Full Article
But administrators of virtual K-12 schools (where teachers and students interact on the Internet) say expanding enrollment attests to their popularity with parents. Read The Full Article
Often the teachers are given a short, sharp burst of training which leaves them baffled and feeling daunted by the technology. Read The Full Article