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It’s been ten years in the making, but a former California middle-school teacher insists he’s found a way to accomplish the unthinkable: getting students to do homework on the weekends–while watching football, on the couch.Read the Full Story
MINNEAPOLIS – By the end of his freshman year in high school, Billy Jenkins was burned-out.“They weren’t teaching the things I wanted to know about,” the young Minneapolis man said of the private school he was attending. “Things I wasn’t interested in, they spent forever on. Other times, they’d rush through and not give me […]
A long-time friend and colleague has been appointed President of the University of Notre Dame. I wish you well, John, in every respect, and am confident that the University will flourish under your stewardship.Read the Full Story
With 1,100 students to manage on a daily basis, Johnston High School administrators deserve a little help ensuring that communication needs are being met. A Web site called K12Planet.com is exactly what the principal ordered.Read the Full Story
“This is not an easier way to get a good grade,” Pat Donahue said.Donahue, Prince William County Schools’ supervisor of instructional technology, was speaking last week at an information session for the county’s virtual high school program.Read the Full Story
CHICAGO – August 31, 2005 – eCollege® [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, will present at the upcoming Harris Nesbitt Back to School 2005 Education Conference at the Grand Hyatt in New York on Thursday, September 8, 2005.Read the Full Story
John Deere & Co. engages KESDEE Inc. to provide Blended learning Solutions in Asset Liability Management.John Deere & Co. headquartered in Moline, Illinois is the world leader in the manufacture of Agricultural and constructions Machinery. John Deere credit is a captive finance company with assets worth $20 Billion. The company provides financing for equipments manufactured […]
This study articulates the construct of social presence and develops a social presence questionnaire for examining online collaborative learning with tests for reliability and validity. Questionnaire items were developed by revising the social presence questionnaire developed by Picciano in 2002 as well as eviewing research in the literature of computer support for cooperative systems (CSCW). […]
Some students who miss classes at Purdue University in Indiana no longer have to bug classmates to fill them in on what they missed. Instead, they can download audio files of class lectures to their MP3 players or personal computers using the school’s new podcasting service.Read the Full Story
This year, Medford High School will partner with communities throughout the state and become part of Virtual High School, a program which allows students to take online classes in addition to courses given during the regular school day. Students can log onto the VHS site any time morning, noon or night to do their weekly […]