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Educational video project helps students learn from their peers »
Research suggests that peer teaching can be an effective instructional strategy, both for the students being taught and those doing the teaching. In that spirit, Mathtrain.TV is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project...
January 19 2010 / Read More »
Feds release cyber safety booklet »
A new booklet released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other government agencies helps parents and teachers steer kids safely through the online and mobile-phone worlds. The booklet, titled "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids...
January 13 2010 / Read More »
Video game teaches students fiscal skills »
A new video game designed to help students learn to manage their money tries to make the dullness of balancing a checkbook look more like the thrill of driving for a touchdown. The game tests...
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Securing Your Campus from the Inside Out »
With online learning surging in popularity, making it possible for students in rural areas to enroll in courses not offered in their brick-and-mortar schools...
Jan 18 2010 / Read More »Next Generation Collaboration »
The ability to work together on group projects is seen as an increasingly important skill for the 21st-century workplace, and a growing number of...
Jan 4 2010 / Read More »Igniting and Sustaining STEM Education »
As the workplace changes and becomes increasingly global, today's students must be educated with a 21st-century mindset. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Securing Student Laptops for Safe Learning »
Technology is an essential part of a 21st-century education for both teachers and students, and district 1-to-1 computing initiatives and laptop lending programs are...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Enterprising Instruction: Using Data to Improve Teaching »
Using data to inform instruction is one of the Obama administration's keys to effective school reform, and technology is helping a growing number of...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Effective Programs for Dealing with Autism in Schools Today »
It's estimated that one out of every 150 children in the United States has some form of autism, and that number is escalating at...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »21st Century Libraries »
The internet has given students an incredibly vast world of up-to-the-minute resources, including nearly limitless outlets for research and investigation. But many students turn...
Dec 13 2009 / Read More »Measuring 21st-century skills »
To remain competitive in an increasingly global, knowledge-based economy, today’s employers need graduates who are adept at so-called “21st-century skills” such as using information...
Aug 14 2009 / Read More »Successful Video Production »
Now more than ever, technology plays a crucial role in the way that students learn and prepare for careers in a global economy. Armed...
May 11 2009 / Read More »
