Archive for the ‘K-12’ Category

Pre-Service Perspectives on E-Teaching: Assessing E-Teaching Using the EPEC Hierarchy of Conditions for E-Learning

This article examines pre-service teacher perspectives of teaching with an online synchronous (live-time) platform as a part of their training. Fifty-three students who participated in a blended learning (including both face-to-face and online lectures) course were assessed in a teaching simulation through an online presentation, and participated in questionnaires and interviews about their experiences as […]

PBS KIDS Launches Free ScratchJr App, Helping Young Children Learn to Code and Code to Learn

Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University’s DevTech Research Group, new app helps kids learn coding concepts as they create their own stories and games featuring favorite PBS KIDS characters PBS

Download Report: 2015 Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers

Each year, the Center for Digital Education recognizes K-20 education leaders who are morphing the learning landscape by utilizing innovative technologies to enhance the overall learning environment. This publication honors the CDE’s Top 30 technologists, transformers and trailblazers across the country — true pioneers who are reshaping education by thoughtfully harnessing the power of technology. […]

Advanced Career Curriculum Pilots ‘Virtual Mentoring’ Program

A pilot group of 10 high school classrooms participating in the Southern Regional Education Boards (SREB) Advanced Career (AC) curriculum is tapping into new expertise via virtual mentors from industry giants Siemens and National Instruments Corporation. Southern Regional Education Board

KU researchers co-author extensive examination of online learning for students with disabilities

Across the nation, online education is becoming an increasingly important part of the school experience for many students. Yet close attention is not always paid to how this new educational horizon affects students with disabilities. The University of Kansas

Our obsession with metrics turns academics into data drones

Universities’ growing addiction to tracking progress will destroy the very things we are supposed to nurture The Guardian 

Download Publication: Expanding Student Success: A Primer on Competency-Based Education from Kindergarten through Higher Education

The education system of the United States is not adequately preparing a large proportion of its students for college, career-training and, ultimately, jobs that provide enough income to support a middle class standard of living. Only about one-third of students are proficient on national math and reading tests. Each year, more than 1 million students drop […]

The State of School Connectivity in 2015

A report highlights the progress that schools have made with Internet access and how state leaders are making connectivity a priority. Center for Digital Education

Teen Culture, Technology and Literacy Instruction: Urban Adolescent Students’ Perspectives

Modern teens have pervasively integrated new technologies into their lives, and technology has become an important component of teen popular culture. Educators have pointed out the promise of exploiting technology to enhance students’ language and literacy skills and general academic success. However, there is no consensus on the effect of technology on teens, and scant […]

Pre-Service Perspectives on E-Teaching: Assessing E-Teaching Using the EPEC Hierarchy of Conditions for E-Learning/Teaching Competence

This article examines pre-service teacher perspectives of teaching with an online synchronous (live-time) platform as a part of their training. Fifty-three students who participated in a blended learning (including both face-to-face and online lectures) course were assessed in a teaching simulation through an online presentation, and participated in questionnaires and interviews about their experiences as […]