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Washington, D.C.—Thousands of education advocates from across the country are now contacting their Members of Congress to express support for the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program (EETT), a critical component of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).Read the Full Story
e-Qualifications is the collective name for the SQA Awards that relate to online learning (eLearning) and online assessment (e-assessment). For now, the suite consists of five separate qualifications, but as the framework evolves, new qualifications may be added later. Read the Full Story
The K-12 School Networking Conference is the premier event for education leaders on technology and learning through the Internet! The conference attracts more than 700 district, state and national education technology leaders. Enhance your career and learn from other leaders as we define the future of the Internet and information technologies in our nation’s schools.Read […]
The new Discovery Story, titled Prince William’s Oily Mess: A Tale of Recovery, is part of the NOS Discovery Center. It includes detailed educational information on the infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred almost 16 years ago, its ecological effects on the remote and scenic environment, and the research that has been conducted in […]
Interviews with World War II veterans to teach history firsthand. These are among the examples of inventive approaches to education employed by finalists for Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards, announced today by Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the cable industry’s education foundation.Read the Full Story
Nearly half the elementary- and secondary-school principals surveyed said the curriculums at schools of education, whether graduate or undergraduate, lacked academic rigor and were outdated, at times using materials decades older than the children whom teachers are now instructing.Read the Full Story
Streaming media is a win-win for enterprise applications, offering return on investment both tangible, in the form of profits and cost- or time-savings, and intangible, in the form of more effective information-sharing that boosts both employee and client confidence.Read the Full Story
This active engagement may be the result of the non-structured and explorative nature of hypermedia environments, whereas field dependent learners prefer a more prescriptive and linear style of instruction. Following a review of both these learning style constructs and research studies associated with hypermedia environments, the paper provides a summary of implications together with potential […]
Although research indicates that the hands-on approach for teaching is the best way for students to learn science, many teachers do not believe that they can effectively utilize this method. Lack of self-confidence in successfully using science manipulatives hampers those teachers who feel intimidated by “the unknown.†Teacher and student participation in videoconferences, such as […]
WARREN — When Michelle Washburn made the transition from middle school to high school, she felt lost. Some of her grades started to slip and during her first semester she even failed two classes. Read the Full Story