Teachers strive to show what adding technology to classrooms can mean
Math teacher Pam Ensign thought a computer program was the last thing she needed for middle-school students who still were struggling to add and subtract.
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Administrators Say Technology Calls for Range of Skills
Fran Karanovich knows how her students feel when they get lost playing in the cornfields of central Illinois. The same moment of terror sometimes strikes the superintendent, and her colleagues across the country, when they come face to face with technology.
The Concerned Educator’s Guide to Safety and Cyber-Ethics
Worried about pornography and violence on the Internet? Online threats and stalkers? Young people who consider hacking and plagiarism to be acceptable in cyberspace? Here are some tips and resources to help.
More Technology Training for Teachers
Schools are spending more to train teachers how to use technology, but the amount still lags behind that invested in new computers and software, according to a recent analysis of technology spending in education.
Homeworkhelp.com and CompuBank Join Forces to Help Develop the Minds and Bank Accounts of Middle and High School Students
Homeworkhelp.com and CompuBank Encourage Middle and High School Students To Invest in Their Future by Offering Premium Online Lessons Free to Students When They Open a Bank Account
PLATO Learning makes extensive line of educational courseware available through EdSoftware.com
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUISNESS WIRE)–Nov. 22, 2000–PLATO Learning, Inc. today announced that it will make the extensive line of PLATO® Educational Titles available through the EdSoftware.com Web site.
New England teachers try online training
New England educators will soon be taking professional development courses online with services from WebEd Inc.
School boards to create online dialogue
Under a pilot program organized by the National School Boards Foundation, education officials and staff members in five school districts will go online to communicate with parents, gauge opinion on school priorities and communicate plans of action.
Texas Educators Gain Access to Classroom Connect’s Online Professional Development Through TIF Grants
Grants Build Technology Infrastructure and Provide Training to Under-Served And Rural School Districts Across Texas