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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
May 1, 2010
Vanessa Hua
A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009
Technology's Impact on Effective Teaching Strategies Much is significantly different when online tools are used in instruction simply because the contexts of learning and tools used, as well as modes of delivery, differ so greatly. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Jeff Weinstock
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Mission Accomplished Two districts, one goal: to use data to drive decision-making. Both have achieved breakthroughs, discovering new ways to draw insights from student performance, and then step in to better it. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Rama Ramaswami
Artificial Intelligence: Is the Future Now For A.I.? The feds' reliance on standardized testing excludes the use of artificial intelligence, so school districts are forging ahead with the technology to power their own formative assessments. mark for My Articles similar articles
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2010
Markey et al.
The Benefits of Integrating an Information Literacy Skills Game into Academic Coursework: A Preliminary Evaluation BiblioBouts seeks to satisfy student requests for a gaming experience directly integrated into their current coursework. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
July 2007
Deborah L. Lowther
Professional Development :: Tennessee An unconventional initiative embedded full-time technology coaches in Tennessee public schools, resulting in demonstrable boosts in teacher confidence and student engagement. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Paul Tullis
An 'A' in Abstractions In Tucson's Catalina Foothills School District, educators and administrators have decided to go all in on 21st century skills, and in so doing have revamped every subject area from K through 12. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
July 2008
Christine Fox
Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond. mark for My Articles similar articles
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2011
Diekema et al.
Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
May 2009
Jennifer Demski
Assess. Instruct. Repeat. In response to new federal rules mandating organizations retain their electronic documents, districts are using outside providers to archive their in-house e-mails. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
March 5, 2010
David Nagel
National Ed Tech Plan Advocates Radical Reforms in Schools The U.S. Department of Education released the first public draft of the National Education Technology Plan. The document reveals an intent not only to infuse technology throughout the curriculum, but to implement some major changes to education itself. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
October 19, 2006
Randy Yerrick
Globalizing Education One Podcast at a Time Digital media has emerged as a tool of choice for offering multimodal instruction, integrating content and pedagogy, reaching diverse learners, and complementing science instruction for today's inclusive classrooms. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
July 2006
Mary Ann Wolf
Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
How a Teacher Gets Graded--and Paid Does spelling count? What goes into calculating a teacher's paycheck. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
September 1, 2010
Reshaping RTI: Building a Better Triangle Virginia Buysse is a senior scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where a research program she helped develop detects and addresses learning deficits through intervention in early childhood. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
May 2006
Nodine & Petrides
ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005
Leslie A. Pulliam
The Quest for Quality Instructional Data The most successful school districts are embracing the philosophy that accurate data plays a critical role in driving instruction and making informed decisions. But there is still much more to learn. mark for My Articles similar articles
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
April 2009
Geoffrey H. Fletcher
Mind the Gap The newest Speak Up survey shows a disconnect between student and educator views on learning that must be addressed. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2008
Alan L. Gropman
Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
April 2007
Linda L. Briggs
Business Intelligence :: Magnum B.I. Using powerful business intelligence tools, two districts are drilling down to the finer points of student data, where the most revealing insights lie. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
November 5, 2009
Scott Aronowitz
How Can American Education Compete Globally? Motoko Akiba and Gerald LeTendre published a book, entitled Improving Teacher Quality: The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context, in which they make the argument that the way to improve U.S. teachers' quality is to overhaul the way teachers are recruited, trained, and hired. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Jennifer Demski
A Quicker Clicker When loaded with virtual clicker software, any device takes on the function of a student response system. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
HBS Working Knowledge
May 21, 2014
Michael Blanding
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals Harvard Business School's new online primer on the fundamentals of business aims to translate some of the School's unique classroom teaching methods to the Web. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
July 2005
Knudson & Cantrell
A New Competitive Grant Model for Nevada The Nevada Department of Education uses a comprehensive program to measure the benefit to students of a technology package (computer, LCD projector, internet access and web-based instruction) delivered to teachers. Some results were exciting and not expected. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
February 19, 2015
New Bill Could Increase Students' Technology Access Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) proposed a bill that would allow teachers, principals, and district leaders to upgrade their curricula to emphasize technology as an avenue for student achievement. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
January 2003
Wayne Moore
Facts and Assumptions of Assessment: Technology, The Missing Link The infusion of technology in schools has opened the door for opportunities to challenge governing bodies to use the technology to provide student assessment that will measure their abilities for connecting knowledge learned with real-world applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
July 2007
Mary Ann Wolf
Systemic School Reform :: A Guiding Hand A systemic approach to school reform demands leaders with vision, who understand how every step of their efforts fits together to support teachers and benefit students. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
October 19, 2009
David Nagel
Science Students Benefit from Teachers' Research Experience When high school and middle school science teachers engage in extracurricular research work, their students benefit. mark for My Articles similar articles
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
John K. Waters
Maine Ingredients The nation's first-ever statewide 1-to-1 laptop program marks its seventh birthday by expanding into high schools, providing an occasion to celebrate - and to examine the components of its success. mark for My Articles similar articles