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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.
ifeminists October 29, 2002 Glenn Sacks	The Teachers' 'Code of Silence' Police officers are well-known for their "code of silence" -- their hesitation to divulge information about the misdeeds of other officers. Educators have a similar code, and our silence serves to keep failing teachers in the classroom, to the detriment of thousands of students.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 Andrew Hoffman, Ph.D.	Technology Built for Teachers We all love technology, but adapting one's teaching style to the new resources often takes more time and energy than it's worth and doesn't truly help the learning process. When technology is built for teachers' direct benefit, it will have startling results on the educational process...
T.H.E. Journal May 2006	SMART Technologies' SynchronEyes 6.0 Smart Technologies' SynchronEyes 6.0 is classroom management software for Windows. SynchronEyes 6.0 allows teachers to do a host of things.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006	CrossTec's SchoolVue CrossTec's SchoolVue has a variety of features to help teachers manage their classrooms and keep students on task.
T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Mary Burns	From Black and White to Color: Technology, Professional Development and Changing Practice The aim of this project was to help teachers create learner-centered, technology-rich learning environments. For the most part, instruction in these schools was traditional and technology use was virtually nonexistent.
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Chris Rother	Technology's Value in Education A teacher survey reveals the importance of student access to computers and the need for more tech training.
T.H.E. Journal November 1999	Discourse GroupWare Classroom Improves Teacher/Student Interaction ...The program can be used with any subject from elementary to post-secondary school....
Information Today August 19, 2014	Google Debuts Paperless Classroom Feature Google's Classroom launched and is available to users of Google Apps for Education, a free suite of productivity tools for teachers.
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Keith Oelrich	Virtual Schools A 21st-century strategy for teacher professional development...
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Rick Gaisford	Utah: In Mint Condition Using intensive professional development and technology-powered strategies, Utah's eMINTS program is polishing up the performance of students in high-poverty schools across the state.
T.H.E. Journal September 2000	Learning-Link Learning-Link is a unit designed specifically for classrooms and training environments where any PC application can be broadcast to 36 stations. Learning-Link connects to the instructor's CPU via adapter cables and easily interfaces to PC audio cards.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005	NetOp School v4.0 NetOp School v4.0 is a classroom management program, which lets teachers in school labs, networked classrooms, and virtual classrooms monitor and control their students' computer activity to keep them focused and on-task.
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Tom Brown	The Enrichments of Rich Media A high school student testifies to the benefits of bringing technology into the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal October 13, 2009 Dan Thompson	K-12 Grant To Award Classroom Clickers The Turning Foundation, Study Island, and Performance Matters have launched a new grant to award teachers with student response systems, also knows as classroom clickers.
T.H.E. Journal January 2009	Flourish by Ablenet Ablenet now offers Flourish software to help teachers and administrators collect and analyze data for tracking and managing the progress of special education students.
T.H.E. Journal September 2000	Intel Intel's Teach to the Future program trains teachers on how, when and where to implement technology into the classroom. The multi-million dollar program currently instructs teachers from California, Oregon, Texas, New Mexico, Washington and Arizona.
T.H.E. Journal June 2004 Beth McBride	Data-Driven Instructional Methods: 'One Strategy Fits All' Doesn't Work in Real Classrooms Differentiated instruction is vital to effecting positive change in student performance.
T.H.E. Journal September 2000	Service Customizes and Compiles Textbooks Goosewing, Inc. is a new online provider of customizable course material, designed for K-12 educators. The service helps educators create, review and order customized course materials...
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Chris Rother	Evaluating Technology's Role in the Classroom Teachers are using computers more than ever before for everything from instruction to handling administrative chores and communicating with parents.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000	Educators Tap into Science Education K-12 science educators across the U.S. and Canada can access numerous resources when they participate in the 2001 National Science Teachers Association's (NSTA) Teacher Award Programs (TAP)...
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Sobering Survey A look at new data on how colleges of education are using technology, courtesy of a recent Project Tomorrow survey of preservice teachers' views on technology use.
T.H.E. Journal October 2000	Connecting Global Classrooms Scholastic, Inc., a creator and distributor of textbooks, magazines, technology, teacher materials and home products, will share a content licensing agreement with ePALS Classroom Exchange, an online classroom community and provider of classroom technology...
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Barbara Frey	A Virtual School Principal's To-Do List The following to-do list shows the differences and likenesses in this new realm of virtual education.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006 Lisa A. Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 3: Using Data to Improve Instruction Are you using the right tests? The correct assessment methods? The best technology? These are only a few of the issues that must be addressed in the effort to use data to change teacher practice.
T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Douglas W. Green & Thomas O'Brien	The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom Culture Does Internet use result in an increase in constructivist teacher practices? What other features of classroom life are impacted when the Internet is used as a source of information for student research projects?
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Mike Gatlin	Interactive Whiteboard System Creates 'Active Classrooms' for Rural Georgia School System In order to catch and keep students' attention, while improving student learning in the process, our district needed new and exciting technology to infuse into the curriculum.
T.H.E. Journal March 2000	Worldwide Technology Education Program to Train 400,000 Teachers Intel's Teach to the Future is a worldwide initiative to address the barriers teachers still face in effectively applying computer technology to improve student learning....
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 Mahesh P. Bhave	Classrooms With Wi-Fi A challenge for teacher control and a revolution in learning
T.H.E. Journal September 2000	Online Destination Links Teachers with Resources Great Online Tools for Schools, GOTSchool Inc., has launched GOTSchool Teachers, a Web site for K-12 teachers to find and share resources.
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 John O'Connell & Gary Phye	Creating Strategies for Improved Teaching and Learning Iowa relies on technology to tackle problems with teacher quality and student achievement.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 John S. Lunt	Technology Integration: MLTI Transforms Teaching and Learning at Freeport Middle School Last summer, a truck arrived at Freeport Middle School in Freeport, Maine, and unloaded more than 130 laptops - one for every seventh-grade teacher and student.
T.H.E. Journal September 2001	Chattahoochee Technical College Links Students and Teachers The LinkNet-II system, manufactured by Applied Computer Systems, a video networking company, provides the classroom instructor with full control over all computers by linking the instructor's console to every student's workstation...
T.H.E. Journal June 2006	GENEVALOGIC's AppControl GENEVALOGIC has released AppControl, the latest plug-in for its Vision classroom management software.
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 Gary West	Technology Tools to Make Educational Accountability Work The South Carolina Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) establishes new standards for student performance. There is little doubt that such standards are needed as our state attempts to move up the ladder toward excellence...
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Larry Hines	Interactive Learning Environment Keeps Modesto Students Engaged The Classroom Performance System provides four district junior high math and science classes with a wireless, collaborative, instant-response learning solution.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Murphy & Hayes	Checklist for Designing a Technology-Friendly Classroom There are five key issues that are critical when designing technology-enhanced classrooms for primary-age children.
T.H.E. Journal May 2004 Phil Mackall	Interactive Whiteboards Enhance the Learning Experience for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing Students Using SMART Board interactive whiteboards, teachers are able to use a computer in the classroom while remaining at the front of the class where students can see and understand sign language.
Reason May 2002 Mike Lynch	Classroom Control Teacher pay, working conditions, and benefits apparently aren't enough to keep the Calif. Teachers Association busy. It wants to negotiate over everything that takes place in the classroom, setting curriculum standards, developing policies of parental involvement, and selecting textbooks...
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 Chris Rother	Teachers Talk Tech The Teachers Talk Tech survey exposes a growing problem: Cash-strapped schools must choose between using computers as administrative or instructional tools.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005	Electronic Classroom Desks The Electronic Classroom desks are constructed so that computer equipment can be placed below the work surface, leaving desktops uncluttered, maintaining valuable student workspace, and, most importantly, enabling direct eye contact between teachers and students.
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Cathy J. Poplin	Models of Professional Development This article focuses on the models of professional development used by a variety of U.S. Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs. A large number of 1998 projects are highlighted.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 June E. Streckfus	Maryland Strives to Improve Student Learning While Maryland has made a tremendous investment in infrastructure, its overarching goal continues to be improving student learning in core educational areas, as well as in the technological knowledge and skills that are critical to a student's ability to function in today's society.
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Neal Starkman	Sound Solutions Poor classroom acoustics are impairing students' hearing and their ability to learn. The need for audio amplification systems is coming through loud and clear.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Gale Cooley	Professional Development: Westside School Celebrates the Successful Infusion of Technology into State Curriculum Westside School has just finished having a successful "Technology Celebration" that indicated how they are infusing technology into the Tennessee state curriculum by showcasing student demonstrations and projects.
D-Lib February 2009 Marcia A. Mardis	Classroom Information Needs: Search Analysis from a Digital Library for Educators All too often, digital library developers create collections of resources in the absence of rigorous examinations of educator and learner needs.
T.H.E. Journal May 2005	Savvy Cyber Teacher Summer Institute The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology is now registering K-12 math and science teachers for the Savvy Cyber Teacher Summer Institute.
T.H.E. Journal July 2004 Richter & Steele	Data-Driven Decision-Making: Linking Data Collection & Professional Learning at the Britton-Hecla SD This example from the Britton-Hecla School District may serve as a model for other districts to consider in their efforts to leverage the use of data and impact the use of technology for improved teaching and learning.
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Ullman & Rabinowitz	Course Management Systems and the Reinvention of Instruction University teachers approach the use of the Course Management System with a pre-existing "mental model" of how the technology should be used and that this mental model then constrains how the teachers use it.
T.H.E. Journal February 2002 Kevin T. McNulty	Fostering the Student-Centered Classroom Online There are many ways to maximize use of the Internet to benefit student instruction. On my classroom Web site I publish tutorials to assist with classroom instruction, and students use the site as a launchpad to research information...