Curriculum

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  • New low-cost college option emerges
    Mon, Oct 27, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum
    Burck Smith wanted to give college students a way to earn course credits and kick-start their higher-education careers while slashing first-year college costs by more than half. Smith, CEO of StraighterLine, introduced the online service this fall, giving adults resuming their education or recent high school graduates a chance to complete online classes that will transfer to colleges and universities across the United States. [ Read More ]

  • Tech helps teach about the 2008 election
    Thu, Oct 23, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Social studies
    Thanks to the creativity of some ed-tech vendors, the development of Web 2.0 technologies, and the dedication of educators from coast to coast, students are experiencing the 2008 presidential election as never before, using interactive tools and strategies that teach important 21st-century skills, promote civic engagement, and engage students in the democratic process. [ Read More ]

  • Celebrities and kids join to set reading record
    Tue, Oct 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum , Reading/language arts
    Reading to her daughter has become a staple of Sheri Johnson's pre-bedtime regimen. Johnson and her 8-year-old daughter, Maya, joined more than 400 elementary school students at Washington Nationals Park Oct. 2 for the third annual Read for the Record national event, created by Jumpstart, a national organization that promotes literacy, especially among low-income families. [ Read More ]

  • Technology makes art education a bigger draw
    Fri, Sep 19, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Art
    In art, as in life at large, technology has changed everything -- or, more precisely, almost everything. In art classes at schools and universities today, new and emerging software is rendering art appreciation and even actual artistic production accessible to a far greater number of interested students and aspiring artists than ever before. [ Read More ]

  • ED funding helps students learn key languages
    Thu, Aug 21, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Foreign languages
    The first-graders in Grace Yuan's class in Fairfax County, Va., are playing "Jeopardy," eagerly responding to clues about animals and their habitats, diet, and movements. Nothing special for a group of 7-year-olds, you say? Well, look again. These clues are in Chinese. [ Read More ]

  • First 'hybrid' courses; now, a 'hybrid' school
    Wed, Jul 23, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Curriculum
    "Hybrid" courses, which offer a blend of online and face-to-face instruction, have become increasingly popular in schools and colleges nationwide. Now, a new high school in Hawaii has taken the same concept and applied it to an entire school. [ Read More ]

  • New resource helps teach 21st-century skills
    Fri, Jul 18, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Social studies
    Social studies teachers now have a new resource to help them integrate 21st-century skills into their lessons: a free online document that maps various social studies projects, tasks, and outcomes to corresponding skills--such as problem solving and critical thinking--that are becoming increasingly important for 21st-century success. [ Read More ]

  • Student videos demonstrate ed-tech's value
    Fri, Jun 13, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Multimedia
    For the educators and ed-tech advocates who work tirelessly to ensure their students have access to a 21st-century education, here's the good news. We have yet more tangible proof that education technology is helping kids learn. [ Read More ]

  • Technology brings 'new P.E.' to schools
    Tue, Jun 10, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Sports
    Physical education teachers are trading in their traditional equipment for heart-rate monitors and video games that encourage running, jumping, and stretching. Taken together, these two trends are transforming P.E. classes across the country and are spurring school officials to vie for millions of dollars in grant money. [ Read More ]

 

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