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Coming out on top after a six-month statewide competition, three Pennsylvania school districts have won up to $2 million each to integrate technology into lessons. Dubbed “Digital School Districts,” the Carlisle Area School District in Cumberland County, the Quaker Valley School District in Allegheny County and the Spring Cove School District in Blair County won […]
A new survey finds that while many teachers have access to the Internet for their classes, most are not using the Net to teach. Also: Fears about foot-and-mouth disease have spread to agriculture schools…. PBS is airing a documentary on school shootings.
PUPILS will be required to clock in and out of lessons online as part of an £11 million scheme to cut truancy.
Internet access is found in most schools, but teachers are too busy to integrate it into learning activities, finds a survey of 600 teaching staff
Eighty-seven percent of teachers responding to a survey said they were comfortable using the Internet, and 84 percent thought the Internet could improve the quality of education. Yet most said the Internet was not well-integrated into their classrooms because they lacked the time, equipment and technical support to use it effectively
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. March 27, 2001 — McAfee.com (Nasdaq: MCAF), a leading security Application Service Provider (ASP) today began an extensive program aimed at educating Internet users about the dangers that children face while online. Earlier today, the McAfee.com Kids Web site launched in collaboration with Dr. Lawrence Kutner, PhD., Colin Hatcher, President and CEO of […]
Internet-based instruction will help them keep up with the times, educators say. Two in Pa. are already open.
At “Virtual High,” students sign up for an expanded curriculum their neighborhood schools don’t offer.
JEFFERSON, Texas-Educators from across the state will undergo training this week to learn how to take their students on field trips over the Internet.