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T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Boundless Opportunity National borders are no match for the reach of online technologies, as demonstrated by a host of collaborative projects that use web-based platforms to link US students with their peers abroad. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Computer Science Courses Show Steep Decline... Students to Take on Challenge to Change the World... Avermedia Announces Stimulus Promotion... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Katherine Grayson |
Flippin Out The Flip camcorder is such a great way to get students active and engaged in their learning. |
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 |
A Custom Fit K-12 educators need to get a better understanding of open content, for their own benefit as well as their students'. |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 |
A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 16, 2014 Michael Blanding |
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening? |
T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 Dan Gordon |
Wow! 3D Content Awakens the Classroom From her first encounter with stereoscopic 3D technology designed for classroom instruction, Megan Timme sensed it could be transformative. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Tabula Digita will test educators' math skills... US middle school students can do their part to help save the planet by entering the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge... IBM introduced a new Web 2.0 peer-to-peer learning tool... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Christine Fox |
More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Educators Awarded Environmental PD Courses... Microsoft Honors Innovative Educators... Google Offers Free Education Apps... |
T.H.E. Journal February 4, 2010 Bridget McCrea |
Early Intervention with Technology When reading issues began surfacing within its elementary student population in the mid-1990s, Liberty Public Schools developed an internal tutoring program to help boost those students' scores on statewide reading tests. |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 |
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Use of technology by teachers... Energy efficient schools... Awards... Industry news... |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 John K. Waters |
Now What? We put the question to a host of K-12 IT leaders: If you had a one-shot chance to spend a big sum of technology money, where would you begin? Here are their shopping lists. |
T.H.E. Journal November 9, 2009 Sara Stroud |
A New Way Forward Tech-based solutions, such as tools for teaching kids how to recognize facial expressions, are giving educators a means of helping autistic students acquire basic life skills. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships US Schools Leaving Mobile Devices Idle... Whitmore Lake HS Pilots Green Tech Courses... Online Safety Contest Launches... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Rama Ramaswami |
Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers. |
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel |
Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. |
InternetNews April 7, 2009 David Needle |
Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Adoption? A new survey indicates teachers are leading the charge to get more Web 2.0 services into the classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Facebook Training Wheels A secured social networking site allows schools to incorporate the technology into academics while preparing students for the perils of online communities. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 |
THE Journal's 2007 Innovators : 1 A look at three educators who used technology tools for educational purposes. |
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 Ruth Reynard |
Real-Time Technology in Middle School Language Instruction Recently, I interviewed a German language middle school teacher and she shared with me her uses for Web 2.0 tools in foreign language instruction. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Up Close and Virtual By adding web-based offerings to traditional in-person sessions, school districts can continue to provide support to teachers when face-to-face visits aren't possible. |
T.H.E. Journal August 27, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
Breaking Through Reading Barriers After using a tech-based reading program with struggling readers and special education students, fourth-grade inclusion teacher Ashlee Ritzko witnessed a new phenomenon: Students that were reluctant or resistant readers were suddenly excited about reading the novels. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Learning to Speak Math The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. |
T.H.E. Journal September 1, 2010 Jennifer Demski |
They're Taking Requests: Student Techs Command the Help Desk Varun Kumar, the technology coordinator at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY, has it good. His workforce consists of Bryant High students, members of the Mouse Squad, a student-based IT support program. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Credit Recovery Software: the New Summer School Districts are using online programs to get at-risk students back on track to graduation. |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
T.H.E. Journal January 28, 2010 Bridget McCrea |
By the Book: Exploring One School's Success with a Technology-Based Reading Program The Web-based Lexia Reading includes three different levels (early reading, primary reading, and strategies for older students) and is designed to help students acquire and improve foundational reading skills. |
T.H.E. Journal November 16, 2009 David Nagel |
Is American Education Neglecting Gifted Children? America's 3 million gifted and talented students are getting the shaft in the vast majority of K-12 schools, according to a new report from the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Dan Gordon |
Profile :: Steven Paine West Virginia's superintendent of schools argues that classroom technology use is at the core of 21st-century learning. |
T.H.E. Journal February 26, 2010 Scott Aronowitz |
California District Implements Writing Program Throughout Elementary Schools Stanislaus Union School District in Stanislaus, CA, reported that it implement Vantage Learning's MY Access! writing software for the 5th and 6th grades in all of its five elementary schools. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Department of Energy to 'Fuel' Kids with Stem Teaching... Dreambox Offers Free Access to Math Game... Melinda George Appointed to Mom Congress Board... etc. |
PHONE+ July 20, 2009 |
Case Study: LifeSize Takes Teachers to Class With looming budget cuts, one school district turns to video communication to keep teachers connected for professional development, staff meetings, and training sessions. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Virginia Educators Honored for Tech Leadership... Follet Expands Ebook Offerings...Green Light Names Contest Winners... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal July 30, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
By the Book: Technology Helps North Carolina School Close the Reading Gap Predictive Assessment of Reading can quickly determine if a child is deficient in phonics, lacking in fluency or in need of more vocabulary instruction. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Michelle Gamble-Risley |
Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP Data-driven strategies and personalized instruction are paving the way to higher test scores, one student at a time. |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Bringing That CanDo Spirit An educator's determined effort to update his school's archaic data systems results in a grassroots programming project that promoted student learning. |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Reinhard Kargl |
Getting an Earful Classroom audio systems have become a must-include component of comprehensive technology upgrades. The point is not just to give more oomph and clarity to teachers' voices, but to have sound quality worthy of the video now commonly streaming to their computers. |
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Christine Fox |
Alabama Gets on Board The changes seen in the Roanoke City Schools in the four years since Tools for Life was launched are remarkable. |
T.H.E. Journal December 3, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
Keeping on Task in a Digital Environment It doesn't take much to disrupt an entire high school classroom and get a student off task, particularly when that student is using a desktop or laptop computer to finish a lesson. |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Instant Web Access? 'Fancy' That One reason we may not be making much progress in tech-based education is a mistaken assumption among the public about the amount of access to technology that teachers and students have. |
T.H.E. Journal January 8, 2010 Jennifer Grayson |
Virtual P.E.? NO SWEAT! Tammy Cowan still chokes up every time she tells the story of how one student's life was forever changed by enrolling in her online gym class. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 |
Drill Down Students, teachers, parents, and administrators were asked to outfit their ultimate school with one guiding criterion: maximizing achievement. |