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T.H.E. Journal December 2000 |
Online Test Prep Tutoring SkillsTutor.com has launched its new Internet curriculum program, SkillsTutor. This Web-based program is designed to support mastery of core skills and prepare students to take state and national standardized tests... |
Information Today January 15, 2009 |
New Version of LearningExpress Library Provides Career and Educational Resources The new version will make it easier than ever to access more than 770 online career and academic-oriented resources available on the platform. |
Information Today October 29, 2013 |
Learn It Online Offers Tablets to Students Learn It Systems works with public, private, and charter schools on academic, enrichment, and specialized learning programs that reach more than 100,000 students in 200-plus school districts. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2003 Mona Westhaver |
Learning to Learn: The Best Strategy for Overall Student Achievement State and local funding for schools is decreasing. Learning to learn -- helping students develop thinking skills, learning skills and, most importantly, a passion for learning -- is the solution that will have the most long-term and widespread impact. |
T.H.E. Journal March 18, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
The Suitability of Technology-based Education for Skills Development Skill development now refers not only to specific technical skills for specific vocations but to the development of workplace skills (or competencies) and personal development skills as well. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2000 |
Assistance with Reading and Math Comes Right to Your Home For students who require extra practice with reading or math, Summit@Home is a service delivering computer-based learning activities and curriculum components over the Internet.... |
T.H.E. Journal September 2000 |
AdventureOnline.com Students can pursue their individual interests while developing essential skills in reading, math, science and social studies with AdventureOnline.com 2.0, a Web-based learning product. |
Registered Rep. September 19, 2014 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
T.H.E. Journal February 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Engaging the Tech-Savvy Generation It's the job of every educator to use all technological resources available to keep students engaged in the classroom. But a true tech-savvy educator is continually learning from his or her students. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2001 |
Test Prep and Tutoring Online SkillsTutor.com has launched its new Internet curriculum program, SkillsTutor. This program is designed to support mastery of core skills and prepare students to take state and national standardized tests... |
Job Journal October 21, 2007 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Training is Employers' Responsibility Rapidly evolving technology requires expansion of on-the-job training. |
Registered Rep. December 19, 2011 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 |
Waterford Early Math & Science Using research-based software that adapts to the user's learning pace, Waterford Early Math & Science fosters hands-on exploration and inquiry-based learning that gives students a solid foundation in basic math skills, creative problem solving and science content. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2001 |
Real-World Projects for K-8 Students Wasatch Interactive Learning Corp. now offers cross-platform versions and online delivery of its interdisciplinary series, Projects for the Real World. The software incorporates real life simulations and projects with relevant academic content... |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 |
PLATO Advanced Writing Process and Practice PLATO Learning has two new products designed to improve students' literacy skills. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 |
Dyscalculia Screener Tool Factory has released this computer-based assessment tool to help identify children aged 6-14 with learning impairments in math. |
Teacher Magazine May 2000 Ronald A. Wolk |
Real-World Lessons So what is this exciting addition to the high school curriculum---a curriculum that a majority of American students find boring? It's not a new discovery but an old, tried-and-true idea: learning by doing, integrating ideas with action, linking the classroom to the real world. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 Annamaria DiGiorgio |
Community College Consortium Provides Students With IT Skills for the Workplace Nearly 30 California community colleges have collaborated to help better prepare students for the workplace by teaching them technology skills that add value to their career paths. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 |
Electronic Tests Enhance Individualized Instruction for Vocational Students Students at the Applied Learning Lab at the New Market Vocational Skills Center in Tumwater, Wash., take applied math, science, and English courses tailored to suit both their academic level and their chosen line of work... |
InternetNews February 10, 2010 |
Big Blue Rolls Out Academic Cloud IBM's new Academic Skills Cloud gives universities a free suite of cloud-based business intelligence and information management applications to bolster their IT curricula. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 |
MathFacts in a Flash MathFacts in a Flash is a software program that addresses assessment and instruction with more than 40 levels of different math skills. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2000 |
Online Program to Help Older Learners Destinations Internet is a comprehensive online learning program geared toward the accelerated advancement of adolescent and adult learners in workforce training programs, alternative high schools... |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 |
Reading Comprehension Booster Merit Software has two products that are designed to assist students in grades 3-5 increase and utilize their reading skills. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2002 |
George Middle School Increases Student Achievement With Comprehensive Learning System Three years ago, Portland, Oregon's George Middle School made a significant investment in technology, including the purchase of Classwell Learning Group's ClassWorks software, a comprehensive learning system designed to improve individual student achievement in math and language arts... |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 |
Fraction Shape-Up Fraction Shape-Up is a software program that helps students in grades 3-5 better understand the concept and application of fractions. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Hawkins Gonzales & Miller Nelson |
Learner-Centered Instruction Promotes Student Success Northface University prepares its computer science students for the workplace with real-world projects. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 Douglas Kellner |
The Changing Classroom: Challenges for Teachers The integration of technology in classrooms has obligated teachers to develop new teaching strategies to enhance learning across the curriculum. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2000 |
Taking a Balanced Approach to Reading A Balanced Approach to Reading builds phonological awareness and decoding skills while providing students with opportunities to engage in content-rich, literature-based activities. The results have been exceptional. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf |
High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them. |
Job Journal March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 Kirsti Aho |
Teaching Digital Communication to All Students From the primary level through college, students can be prepared to communicate more effectively by teaching them the whole communication process from planning the message all the way to testing for usability. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Curriculum-Based Reform :: An Eye on the Future Employers say that US schools are not teaching students the skills they must have for the 21st-century workplace. What may be needed is a sweeping change in how we think about curriculum. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2002 |
Web-Based Instructional Program Helps Advance American Indians in Arizona Native Americans for Community Action (NACA), a health and human services agency in Flagstaff that serves primarily off-reservation American Indians, has gone well beyond traditional methods of learning by offering its clients self-paced instruction over the Internet. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2000 |
Help Students Score in Reading Scholastic, Inc., in conjunction with the NBA and WNBA, have launched Courtside Reading, a supplemental multimedia reading program for use in schools, after-school and summer-school programs for students in grades 3-6.... |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 |
Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies. |
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 |
Texas District Uses Web-Based Assessment Solutions To Target Instruction Standards-based formative assessment and computer-adaptive diagnostic testing provide educators with data to address student needs. |
Information Today September 29, 2011 |
Gale Introduces Gale Business Insights: Global The resource is designed for undergraduate and graduate business school students, as well as academic faculty, librarians, and professional researchers. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 Laura Grillo Abdelnour |
Bytes of Learning's CREATE Together CREATE Together from Bytes of Learning is a multimedia software program that combines creation, collaboration, communication, problem solving and publishing tools for all grade levels. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 |
Math+Music program The program utilizes Spatial Temporal Animation Reasoning (STAR) software games that allow students to visualize the problem, identify the structure, and plan steps ahead in their mind to avoid obstacles and efficiently solve the problem. |
Information Today January 14, 2016 |
Gale Offers Libraries Interactive Science Products for Students Gale launched three new science products for academic and school libraries that are designed to help students understand science beyond simply reading their textbooks. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
D-Lib October 2000 William Y. Arms |
Editorial: Digital Libraries for Distance Education The latest fashion in higher education is distance education. Like most fashions, this is not a new idea. Modern technology -- notably the Internet -- provides opportunities for really high-quality distance education, including digital libraries... |
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 |
On The Web Student performance enhancement and college prep service provider aims to make college a reality for every student... Web site offers a place for students to exchange their old textbooks for ones that they currently need... Teaching children about preventing injuries in the home... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2000 |
Leading Elementary Students Through the Jungle How Maxwell Elementary School greatly improved student performance. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 29, 2005 Katherine Burger |
Making the Grade Colleges, whether they are big universities or smaller liberal arts schools, should incorporate IT into the academic distribution requirements. That way the odds of building a skilled and flexible workforce would improve significantly. |
Searcher May 2006 Barbie E. Keiser |
Beyond ERIC: The Early Years (Part 3) As education moves us from the realm of the child to the adult, the emphasis of the resources shifts from education to learning, with greater responsibility placed on the student for finding, using, sharing, and expanding knowledge in a particular discipline. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 |
Software Mimics Standardized Tests Renaissance Learning, Inc. has released Surpass test-preparation software, a program designed to help teachers improve students' performance on standardized tests. The software generates numerous practice texts that mirror both the format and the content of major state and national assessments... |
Information Today July 2, 2015 |
NSF Provides Funds for Engineering and Computer Science Departments The National Science Foundation is working to help universities prepare their future engineers and computer scientists. |
Information Today August 18, 2015 |
LexisNexis Introduces Survey Results on Law Firm Expectations "Hiring Partners Reveal New Attorney Readiness for Real World Practice," highlights a significant gap between law firms' expectations for job candidates and the skills law students actually have. |