Empowering Education Through Technology
Technology-based applications such as PowerPoint, spreadsheets, and desktop and internet publishing software aren’t just relegated to school business departments anymore—they’re now being integrated into core curriculum areas to enhance teaching and learning. And in the process of using these tools, students are developing key 21st-century skills.
But integrating these technologies into the core curriculum can be a challenge. That’s why, with the generous support of LearnKey Inc., we’ve assembled this collection of stories from the eSN archives to help you do just that … with the ultimate goal of empowering education.
--The Editors
eSchool News Articles
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Project-based learning engages students, garners results
Project-based learning is a successful approach to instruction for a variety of reasons, its proponents say: For one thing, it helps students retain the information they learn. For another, it engages students’ interest and motivates them to learn. One of the main reasons kids drop out of school is because they’re bored. With project-based learning, students are encouraged to explore their own interests and to make connections to the world beyond school—and technology is a key tool that enables this approach... [ Read More ] -
Technology empowers differentiated instruction
Although many educators realize technology's enormous potential to help them differentiate their instruction so that all students can learn, regardless of students' needs, abilities, or learning styles, it might be hard for them to find concrete applications of this approach to emulate in their classrooms. But in a Jan. 28 webinar from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), experts provided several examples of classroom projects that can help all students learn while keeping them engaged... [ Read More ]
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Report: Reinvent schools for the digital age
Educators can't truly deliver 21st-century instruction in schools that reflect Industrial-Age designs, with rigid schedules, inflexible facilities, and fixed boundaries between grades, disciplines, and classrooms, according to a new white paper from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills... [ Read More ] -
Tech giants vow to change global assessments
Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco--three technology giants that last year vowed to increase their efforts aimed at global education reform--have banded together to develop the next generation of assessments: tests that measure 21st-century skills and provide a global framework for excellence... [ Read More ] -
HP grants aim to redesign college engineering
Aiming to reinvent undergraduate computer science and engineering programs through the use of technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is accepting proposals from colleges and universities for a new grant program called "HP Innovations in Education"--and more than $2.4 million in cash and equipment is available... [ Read More ] -
How to infuse 21st-century skills into English classes
English teachers now have a new free resource to help them infuse so-called 21st-century skills into their curriculum, thanks to a collaboration between the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the National Council of Teachers of English... [ Read More ] -
Seven skills students desperately need
Teaching to the test is a mistake, Harvard's Tony Wagner reminded the audience of his Nov. 18 keynote address at a State Educational Technology Directors Association summit, because it interferes with transmitting the seven "survival skills" every student should acquire before graduating... [ Read More ] -
Ten ways to boost learning with technology
Urging policy makers and school leaders "to take bold steps ... to improve education for America's 21st-century leaders," the State Educational Technology Directors Association has issued new guidance for reforming the nation's schools with the help of technology... [ Read More ] -
School leaders: Focus on new-age skills
Finding ways to assess 21st-century learning skills should be at the forefront of the educational technology agenda for the new president and Congress, according to a new survey from the National School Boards Association... [ Read More ] -
Program helps educators teach digital-age skills
Many educators agree that teaching 21st-century skills is critical for students' success in today's global, information-based economy, but not every educator knows how to integrate these skills successfully into the curriculum. Now, a new network of professional development experts aims to help fill this need... [ Read More ] -
New resource helps teach 21st-century skills in social studies classes
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 ]