50 schools join NASA mission
NASA named 50 schools throughout the country on Tuesday for a program the space agency hopes will encourage students to study science, math and technology.Read the Full Story
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Weak school shut every eight days
The Queen’s Speech outlined plans for a more streamlined approach to shutting underachieving schools.Read the Full Story
Q&A: ‘New World of Work’ Shapes Next Wave of Microsoft Office Products
REDMOND, Wash., May 18, 2005 — From engaging in global business collaboration to managing overwhelming streams of information, the demands facing organizations and individuals in today’s always-on, always-connected digital work environment are more complex than ever.Read the Full Story
The Role of Critical Thinking in the Online Learning Environment
This paper addresses the issue of critical thinking and how it is applied in an actual online environment through an interactive exercise created by the instructor. The exercise not only fuels student learning but also creates a learning community in which students interact and share ideas. The BUS105 Create-A-Problem exercise described in this paper incorporates […]
The New Tech Tutors
For this review, we looked at three high-quality technology tutorials that are expressly intended for use in K-12 schools. Although all are Internet-based, each has a different approach to teaching computer skills. Both EasyTech and Connected Tech are aligned to state standards and designed for K-8 learners.Read the Full Story
Domino’s Pizza Drives Employee Retention with eLearning Program from Harvard Business School Publishing and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Following a successful pilot with senior executives, Domino’s now offers this leadership course in English and Spanish as a core program for its managers at all levels, a strategy to increase Domino’s employee retention rates. Read the Full Story
Introducing the teacher to the web’s steep e-learning curve
Mr Keough, who decided in the mid-’90s that education and the internet were natural companions, started with web-based models for learning transactions. He went on to develop online training and education for Qantas through his company, TechWorks, which was first bought by Morgan & Banks, and then by TMP, owners of America’s largest online recruitment […]
NBHS [New Britain High School] to begin online courses
Roughly 30 students have signed up for a variety of classes as part of a program called Virtual High School. Funds through a grant from the national Advanced Placement office trained social studies teacher Heather Verdi to administer the program and math teacher Bill Stafford to teach AP Computer Science.Read the Full Story
Sonic Foundry Launches Mediasite in Japan
MADISON, Wis., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), a leader in automated rich media solutions, today announced its launch into Pac-Asia by unveiling the first internationalized version of its award-winning Mediasite(TM) line of rich media systems.Read the Full Story
Library of Congress Joins Internet2
ANN ARBOR, MI – May 17, 2005 – Internet2, the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium led by the research and higher education community, today announced that the Library of Congress has become a member of Internet2 and will connect to its high-performance Abilene Network.Read the Full Story