Public schools are keenly aware of the power of the mainstream media; a critical television segment or a laudatory newspaper article will be talked about in the hallways for days. But the landscape has shifted, and school leaders must embrace a new, growing reality: social media has become the source for breaking news. School districts, [...]
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are being touted as the future of secondary education, and many proponents argue that the MOOC model may solve the U.S. shortage of technical workers. Skeptics, however, question the quality of the training provided by such online education courses. In 2016, a group of students will receive master’s degrees in [...]
A lot is being said about Twitter these days in the education arena, and it seems to be a growing trend. Despite its reach, Twitter still offers a lot of resistance within certain conservative educational groups that are married to the concept of professional development being a formal process taking place only in selected events [...]
When Holly Rocchetti started teaching fifth grade at Mount Vernon Community School in Alexandria, VA, about six years ago, she relied heavily on textbooks, Xeroxed handouts, and a chalkboard. These traditional methods may have worked at the time, but over the next few years they gave way to an array of technology-based educational solutions. Among [...]
To cap off a civics project involving U.S. government and how it functions, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., conversed with a fifth-grade class at J.S. Clark Leadership Academy Thursday morning. In a sign of the times, she did so through Skype — a free communication medium that provides a computer alternative to a phone, complete [...]
As districts cope with tightening budgets and testing schedules, field trips often fall by the wayside. But a new generation of field trips may make it easier to integrate curriculum and even assessment into real-world local settings students can explore. Researchers and educators in a symposium at the American Educational Research Association conference here this [...]
Andrew Vanden Heuvel, an online physics teacher, is one of just a few thousand people so far to try Googles new wearable computer, Google Glass. Using the prototype, he took a South Christian High School class on a virtual trip to the Large Hadron Collider LHC at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in [...]
Like many schools across the country, Matt Renwick’s school uses printed newsletters to share student learning with families on a weekly basis. Parents have responded positively to these communications for years, but are we reaching everyone? Probably not. Social media has already proved to be a powerful tool for communication and collaboration, and there is [...]
A new nationwide survey reveals the extent to which mobile devices have become an inextricable part of students and families lives—while also indicating that parents see potential benefits, and drawbacks, to those technology tools. By the time they enter high school, 51 percent of all students are carrying a smartphone to school with them every [...]
A shift from traditional textbooks to e-books is gaining speed in Utah, as the state Office of Education coordinates efforts to develop digital texts in science, math and language arts. At least two state math texts are already available and the first of the science texts will be released this summer. The state texts will [...]
More students in Highland Park and Deerfield high schools are using electronic textbooks because students and their families are already using several electronic devices — and school officials are studying the best way to provide adequate infrastructure for users. Read more: Electronic textbooks gaining popularity in District 113 – chicagotribune.com.
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