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Internet machine shop offers custom tooling
Programs for computer-aided design, or CAD, have been around for decades, but eMachineShop.com appears to be the first service that checks whether a design can be made, tells the customer how much it will cost. Read the Full Story
The Role of Interactivity in Web-Based Educational Material
The participants consisted of 72 seventh grade students from 5 classrooms. Each participant was randomly assigned to use one of three science websites with similar content but varying levels of interactivity. Results indicate that interactivity positively influenced learning outcomes, website satisfaction, and time-on-task.Read the Full Story
ED gives preview of new ed-tech plan
The new plan, expected to be released at the end of September, will continue the shift from counting the number of computers in each classroom to improving student achievement with technology, Patrick said. Read the Full Story
Online classes give students more choices
The Northern Star Online is a partnership of Hopkins, Osseo and Eden Prairie in collaboration with Edina, Bloomington and Intermediate District 287, a cooperative district that provides services to member districts.Read the Full Story
UMass Lowell Online Teaching Institute Engages Faculty
Online Courses Open to AnyoneThese OTI online faculty development courses are also available to any faculty or staff member from any higher education institution.Since going live with OTI in 2002, about 350 faculty have taken two of these online courses: “Introduction to Online Teaching Strategies” and “Teaching Online with Intralearn” (the course management system used […]
Dallas Independent Schools Partners With Blackboard
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB – News) announced today that the Dallas Independent School District, the 12th largest school district in the nation, has selected Blackboard to provide its online learning platform district-wide. The school district will adopt the Blackboard Learning System(TM), the Blackboard Portal System(TM). Read the Full Story
Apollo Group Inc. Reports Business Outlook for Fiscal 2005
We are pleased to report that we expect degree enrollments at local campuses to grow between 12% and 13% over the prior year at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2005. In addition, we expect online degree enrollments to grow in excess of 40% over the prior year at the end of the […]
School district smart to pursue innovative ways to educate students
The district is offering Internet classes this semester for the first time. It’s one more way to help Churchill County students get an education outside of the traditional classroom. The only criteria for students who enroll in the program is they must have a computer at home or use one the district provides at selected […]
PBS Programming Tops the List of Teacher Favorites for Second Consecutive Year
According to the survey, conducted again this year by Grunwald Associates, PBS is educators’ favorite among all major television providers, including the Discovery Channel, History Channel and Nickelodeon. The research study was based on a nationwide survey of 1,200 educators.Read the Full Story