Cyberschool set to open virtual doors to local students
About 100 parents packed a room at the Ramada Inn on Wednesday night to hear about what Pennsylvanias newest cyberschool has to offer.
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Klopfer sparks interest in teaching and learning science and math
When Eric Klopfer taught middle and high school teachers to integrate computers into the curriculum, he found that it was difficult at times to get the teachers to relate to the new technology.
Oklahoma Realizes its Vision for Individualized, Web-Based Learning Using Encarta Class Server
In Oklahoma, nine school districts are piloting an initiative designed to demonstrate the potential of Web-based instruction. Through a statewide virtual school based on a robust Microsoft Windows-based technology infrastructure with statewide broadband connectivity, the Oklahoma VISION project will develop and deliver a Web-based, Internet enabled mathematics curriculum for all students in the state. With […]
Lightspan’s eduTest.com Receives High Marks at U.S. Department of Education Town Hall Meeting
Principal Credits Online Assessment Program With Gains in Student Achievement
Janklow Program Puts 16,040 New Computers Into South Dakota Schools
Gov. Bill Janklow announced Tuesday that he has negotiated deals to buy 16,040 new Gateway and Apple desktop computers and give them to South Dakota’s K-12 public schools in time for fall classes.
Oregon Public Schools Expand Videoconferencing Network with VTEL Products
AUSTIN, Texas (July 2, 2001) The State of Oregon Department of Education (ODE), is expanding its highly successful videoconferencing network, The Oregon Access Network, with an additibecome the catalyst that has moved distance education implementation ahead in the state by at least two years, remarked Tom Cook, Executive Director of the Oregon Public Education Network. […]
Lessons in Internet Plagiarism
To a student at Spring Lake Park High School outside Minneapolis, it seemed like a formatting problem: the margins on the research paper he was trying to print out for an English class this spring were not aligning correctly. But when he complained to Jane Prestebak, a librarian whose duties include running the school’s computer […]
Classwell Learning Group and Sun Microsystems Announce Partnership to Bring Web-based Service to California Classroom
Classwell Learning Group and Sun Microsystems, Inc. recently announced a collaboration between the two companies to provide technology and web-enabled service to the Easterbrook School in the Moreland School District, San Jose, Calif. Moreland was one of six school districts to receive a grant from Sun two years ago. In expanding their relationship with the […]
McGraw-Hill Education and ACTV Partner to Develop Online Curriculum for K-12 Educators
Educators’ Professional Development/McGraw- Hill (EPD/McGraw Hill), a newly formed division of McGraw- Hill Education, and ACTV Inc., (Nasdaq: IATV – news), a digital media company specializing in interactive television and enhanced media technologies, today announced an agreement to create an Internet-based professional development curriculum for teachers and school administrators. EPD/McGraw-Hill selected ACTV as one of […]
JonesKnowledge.com Launches Unprecedented Guide for K-12 Educators: ‘A Blueprint for Online Learning’
JonesKnowledge.com, Inc. recently unveiled A Blueprint for Online Learning, a free, Internet-based course designed to provide participants with all the tools necessary to implement an online learning program. The course is drawn from a series of seminars led this spring by Julie Young, executive director of Florida Virtual School (FVS), formerly known as The Florida […]