| Current Technology in Education Articles |
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T.H.E. Journal November 19, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
K-12's Stab at the Killer iPhone App Following a path paved by Stanford University, K-12 schools are utilizing the mobile apps to get information out to students, parents, faculty, and employees via mobile devices.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 18, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
HTML5: The Web Beyond Web 2.0 HTML5 should bring the Web into maturity as a full-fledged application platform where video, sound, images, animations, and full interactivity with your computer are all standardized. The implications for all of this are huge for instruction.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 13, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Educator Use of Social Networking Lags Behind Interest Educators suggested some factors inhibiting the growth of this technology in educational settings include privacy concerns, schools/districts that block access to these Web sites, and time pressure.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 5, 2009 David Nagel |
17 Institutions Join IBM Cloud Academy IBM has launched Cloud Academy, an online resource and collaborative forum for campus IT professionals, educators, and researchers in K-12 and higher ed.  |
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 November 5, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Blackboard and Microsoft Team To Put Course Info on Bing Blackboard and Microsoft have joined forces to offer students access to information from their online courses on Web browsers.  |
Information Today November 9, 2009 |
OverDrive Brings Audiobook Access to Schools The AudioBook Classroom service allows K-12 schools to provide cost-effective access to a sizable catalog of audiobooks of many different genres and varieties and can be used in different formats.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Our Space In the nation's capital, everything is touched by gossip and guesswork. But there's one rumor that merits our attention.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2009 Jennifer Demski |
The WoW Factor For a growing group of educators, the online role-playing game World of Warcraft is a place to go to relax, network, and discover potential learning strategies - and slay a few monsters if they get in the way.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2009 John K. Waters |
E-Portfolios Come of Age Industry analysts say the systems have reached a mature adolescence, having grown from mere electronic filing cabinets into multimedia platforms that can operate with a variety of e-learning tools. But their fullest potential still lies ahead.  |
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 November 1, 2009 |
Latest Releases, Services, and New Product Versions Reports on the AVEN iLoupe XL, a digital handheld microscope, the LEXMARK T656dne laser printer, and SchoolStream.TV, an online media hosting and streaming service for K-12 school districts.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 4, 2009 Denise Harrison |
Reinvigorating Videoconferencing at Passaic Valley High School When a high school with a dormant videoconferencing room hires a 20-year videoconferencing veteran, that school can expect big changes in the AV department.  |
HHMI Bulletin November 2009 Terrence Sejnowski |
Robotic Learning We're on the verge of an era where inexpensive robotic teaching machines can augment classroom learning.  |
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.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 28, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Pearson Launches Early Warning System for At-Risk Students In an effort to help schools combat the decision by at-risk students simply to "give up" and drop out, Pearson has launched Prevent, a data-driven software system designed to give early-warning alerts to educators.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 26, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Software Developer Offers Students Graphic Arts Industry Suite for Free MetaCommunications has announced the launch of its Software for Students program, through which high schools, colleges, and career training institutes teaching graphic arts can use the company's Workgroups 2010 application suite free of charge.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 22, 2009 Denise Harrison |
Middle School Preparations for Live Video Conferencing A class of 8th graders and their teacher will ascend to the summit of New Hampshire's Mount Washington. Unlike those who live and work there, the class won't have to brave the cold at 6,288 feet above sea level. They'll be experiencing Mount Washington with the help of videoconferencing.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 21, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
Bridging the Gap Between Online and On-ground Teaching Increasing numbers of studies are being done that seem to support the notion that blended course delivery or program delivery really captures the best of every possible world and, as such, is an effective way of learning for students.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 15, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Pearson Makes Reading Assessment Software Available for iPod Touch Teachers can turn the Apple iPod Touch into a portable reading assessment tool with the help of software now available for the device from Pearson.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 14, 2009 David Nagel |
Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting.  |
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 October 1, 2009 |
Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
They're Playing Our Song Successful ed tech programs have some of the same elements as HankKhoir: a visionary leader who challenges strong professionals to get out of their comfort zones, and a staff with the confidence and trust in that leader's vision to allow it to stretch and grow.  |
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, 2009 Sara Stroud |
Fight Fire With Fire School districts are turning the tables against cyberbullies, using technology to flush out and crack down on online harassment.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Safe at Home Combining high-tech safeguards with face-to-face user education is a must for schools whose laptop programs allow students to take the computers off-site.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 John K. Waters |
Reading Between the Lines While Microsoft's Kim Cameron, BanTheScan.com, and others debate the pros and cons of biometric scanning in American schools, a school in Scotland has been testdriving a new system that could mitigate many of the concerns that surround the technology.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 8, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
Managing Social Media Risks Social media can expose organizations to significant risk, not the least of which is serious reputation damage  |
T.H.E. Journal October 7, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
More Challenges with Wikis: 4 Ways To Move Students from Passive to Active Wikis are truly powerful tools to support collaboration. However, teachers are the central engager and the one who keeps the process moving forward.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Scott Aronowitz |
Chile Turns to Social Media To Expand English Literacy The federal government of Chile has chosen social media service Mingoville.com to provide the tools the nation's students will need to achieve fluency in English.  |
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