Online-education enrollment on rise
To help manage this, many students are turning to the convenience of online-education courses rather than classroom instruction. Read the Full Story
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St. Louis public education channel celebrates 50 years on the air
It wasn’t all that much different 50 years ago when a group of St. Louis citizens and civic leaders came together at the request of Mayor Joseph Darst to launch an educational television station licensed to the community. There were some rocky times, but KETC (Channel 9) has survived and even thrived.Read the Full Story
Use of Distance Education by Religions of the World to Train, Edify, and Educate Adherents
Religious institutions worldwide are not only turning to the World Wide Web (WWW) to place information concerning religious beliefs and provide virtual services for their constituents but are also getting more involved in formally educating their members at a distance. Read the Full Story
Online Learning from the American Museum of Natural History
Every year the Museum sends top-caliber researchers in anthropology and the natural sciences to the corners of the earth, and they return with additions to its extraordinary collection of over 32 million objects and specimens. Forty-five exhibition halls display and explain these ongoing discoveries to millions of visitors from around the world.Read the Full Story
Online learning for northern NM [New Mexico] receives funds
The system will give students in five counties an opportunity to broaden their educational experience through technology, a USDA release says.Read the Full Story
Ed tech: What do students want?
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural Speak Up Day event, the NetDay organization–a California-based nonprofit group that supports the use of technology in schools–hopes to hear from 500,000 K-12 students enrolled in public, private, charter, and parochial schools from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and on American military bases […]
1.1 Million students were Homeschooled in the United States in 2003
From 1999 to 2003, the number of homeschooled students in the United States increased, as did the homeschooling rate. The increase in the homeschooling rate (from 1.7 percent to 2.2 percent) represents about 0.5 percent of the 2002–03 school-age population and a 29 percent relative increase over the 4-year period. Read the Full Story
Live digital piano recital presented simultaneously from Batavia, IL, and San Francisco Bay Area studios using pioneering web-based methods
The technology combines web-based video conferencing applications with high-speed links connecting Yamaha Clavinova digital pianos.Read the Full Story
Bush, Kerry to debate on Web
President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry have agreed to participate in an online debate facilitated by the New Voters Project. The candidates will answer questions submitted to a Web site.Read the Full Story
Soldiers fit college into training
But what if a soldier could go to class via laptop or personal computer?
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