Crunch the Numbers: New Data on Student Wellbeing, the Skills Gap Crisis, and Tech Usage in Utah
New information releases from The Social Institute, You Science, and Connected Nation
How to fix the STEM education ‘crisis’
According to experts ranging from White House advisors to leading education organizations, the state of math and science instruction in the United States is in crisis--and only a…
Georgia grants launch algebra by iPod
For the first time in its history, the Georgia Department of Education this month will hand out grants for schools to pioneer the use of handheld computing to…
Cloud computing envelops EDUCAUSE talk
The 2009 EDUCAUSE higher-education technology conference in Denver Nov. 3-6 saw campus IT administrators present ways to preserve technology budgets during an economic downturn that has devastated many…
PC trends in education: Thin is in
Personal computers are changing in ways that go beyond even the more recent innovations, such as the launch of Windows 7: Several of today's laptops are missing a…
Students discovering the benefits of online collaboration
New Jersey teachers and students are slowly but increasingly using Web 2.0 tools to share creative, collaborative content, reports the Star-Ledger.
Questia School Debuts with 27,000+ Full-Text, Standards-Aligned Books Available Online for Students and Faculty
Questia Media, Inc. announces the launch of Questia School, a dynamic online collection of 27,000+ books, assembled to support English/Language Arts and Social Studies curriculum, advanced studies, and…
Technology plays a key role in autism support
Faced with limited budgets and special-education staff that are stretched thin, many districts are turning to technology products that can help teach educators about the needs of children…
One parent’s view: Caring for a child with autism ‘becomes a way of life’
Dan and Carey Tedesco’s son Evan, who is four and a half, was diagnosed on the autism spectrum at just 19 months of age. And even though Evan’s…
Autism education resources
Autism resources for parents, families, and professionals. Including general resources and education materials.
Parents: Focus more on 21st-century skills
Although parents, K-12 students, and educators agree that using technology is essential to learning and student success, parents are largely dissatisfied with the technology skills their children are…
Crestron Opens Design and Technology Experience Center
Grand Opening Celebration Draws Hundreds of Eager Attendees
Report: Top students spurning STEM fields
For years, educators have heard dire warnings about a supposed decline in the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates from U.S. colleges and universities, and…
Duncan calls for overhaul of education schools
The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare new teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers…
Schools give Windows 7 favorable reviews
With Microsoft's Windows 7 launching Oct. 22, two school leaders who have tested the new operating system say it improves on many of the features that were problematic…
The rise of the globally connected student
Today's students are the first globally connected citizens, able use their computers and cell phones to connect to all regions of the Earth and contribute to a global…
8-state cyber consortium gets $2.7 million grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working to block cyber attacks and…
Plan calls for action on 21st-century skills
More than 200 schools, districts, universities, state education departments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations have expressed support for a "National Action Agenda" from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills…
Are netbooks right for education?
During a time of steep budget cuts, many school leaders have turned to netbooks as a less expensive way to get computers into the hands of every student.…
Strong communication key to online learning
Teaching in an online environment isn't the same as teaching in a traditional classroom, and online instructors need special skills and approaches to be successful. For example, communication…
21st century classrooms worth $45,000 awarded to five schools
Five schools across the country will receive 21st-century classrooms through CDW-G and Discovery Education's Win a Wireless Lab sweepstakes.
Arizona expands K-12 online learning
More Arizona students soon will be able to attend their classes online, reports the Arizona Republic: This year, the state has joined a national effort to increase the…
Online tools boost parent-teacher communications
Few will dispute the fact that parental involvement improves a student's chances for success. And in order to engage parents, first we need to communicate effectively with them.…
School districts calculate ways to use netbooks in classes
Classroom computers are shrinking, as more local students are using netbooks at school, reports the Dallas Morning News.
Study: 600K campus records hacked this year
Computer hackers have stolen identifying information and credit card numbers from more than half a million college students, faculty, and alumni this year -- prompting some campus IT…
Feds want Google to rewrite book deal
The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge on Sept. 18 that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens…
Experts: Prepare now for autism’s rising flood
As the number of school-age children diagnosed with autism continues to rise at an alarming rate, parents and special-education teachers are trying desperately to make school leaders aware…
Digital book search isn’t limited to Google
Though Google Book Search has the largest collection of digitally scanned books of its kind, and the initiative has captured a great deal of attention, researchers should keep…
3-D video coming to education
Imagine you're back in school, and you're learning about the human body. You open your book and see the flat image of a skeleton on your page. You…
Experts debate relevance of ‘social search’
Researchers attending a conference on internet searching were divided on the use of social networking for serious research, with some saying traditional search engines are the more practical…
Experts debate relevance of ‘social search’
Researchers attending a conference on internet searching were divided on the use of social networking for serious research, with some saying traditional search engines are the more practical…
Richmond County, GA School System and Carnegie Learning Announce Math Curricula Development Partnership
Carnegie Learning, Inc. today announced the company is developing a new middle school Georgia math sequence in partnership with Richmond County School System in Augusta. The three-year mathematics…
A 21st-century approach to teaching autistic students
In the United States, a child is diagnosed with autism every 21 minutes--a rate that is growing faster than that of any other developmental disorder, according to Virtual…
1-to-1 computing in the spotlight
South Dakota, Maine, and Wyoming top the list of states with the highest percentage of schools that have ubiquitous (one-to-one) computing programs for their students--while California ranks last…
Digital pens: Mightier than MSWord?
A significant key to students' academic success is their ability to take complete and accurate notes during class--and recent developments in digital-pen technology might help students do just…
Alternative keyboard helps autistic kids communicate
Autism can build a wall of poor communication between those struggling with the condition and their families. While a personal computer can help bridge the divide, the distraction…
Feds issue more guidance on swine flu
