Using software that includes both on- and off-computer activities led to significant gains in the communication and social skills of students with autism, a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) study found. Key words: autism, autism education, TeachTown, autism study, autism early intervention, Los Angeles autism study, Early Start Denver model, educational technology, computer-assisted autism
 
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As would-be educators and the schools looking to hire them continue to explore alternative routes to teacher certification, education publishing giant Pearson has announced a new pilot program that intends to provide a completely computer-based teacher certification system. Key words: Pearson, alternative teacher certification, teaching license, educational technology

 
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Beginning this fall, third and sixth graders throughout San Diego will use laptop computers to connect with their peers and work on projects that apply what they're learning to real-world situations. Their teachers will use interactive whiteboards to help make lessons come alive, while reaching students who learn best through a variety of different learning styles. And school leaders will rigorously track student outcomes and use this information to improve instruction. | Read More

When Hurricane Katrina ripped through Louisiana's Jefferson Parish in 2005, tornadoes took down some school buildings and floodwaters rushed through others--wrecking classrooms and making many facilities in the 85-school district uninhabitable. | Read More

The automobile, moving pictures, personal computers, cell phones, and social networks--all of these technologies, once considered frivolous, have made such a huge impact on our culture that our daily lives would change dramatically without them. Could 3-D video be next? | Read More

These days, virtual education can be more than a home-schooled child sitting alone in front of a computer. Purveyors of online-education products are creating various delivery methods to suit school districts, students, teachers, and parents with differing needs, requirements, and budgetary constraints--and often the learning takes place within, or is supplemented by, a traditional classroom experience. | Read More

As autism diagnoses continue to rise, an alarming new statistic indicates that autism is now diagnosed in one out of every 91 children, instead of one out of every 150 children as previously thought. The increase in autism diagnoses presents a significant challenge for school systems, which already face limited resources as they seek to educate children with the neurological disorder. | Read More

Educators are increasingly seeing the value of having students collaborate in small groups on classroom projects--and whether such projects involve producing a written or multimedia presentation, solving a math problem, or creating a video, technology can facilitate the group process. | Read More

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