Podcast trumps lecture in one college study
The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures gave the upper hand to college students in a recent study that compared the performance of students who attended a lecture in person and those who viewed it from iTunes University. Key words: itunes university, drexel university, suny fredonia, online lecture, podcast.
eSN-TV: AASA on ED’s outreach to supes
During the American Association of School Administrators’ (AASA) annual conference held in San Francisco, Daniel A. Domenech, executive director of AASA, sat down with eSchool News’ editor and publisher, Gregg Downey, to discuss AASA’s role in the development of the stimulus package and eSchool News’ Ninth Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards (TSSA).
Key words: Daniel Domenech, AASA, TSSA, stimulus, superintendent
Debate arises between proponents of ‘core knowledge’ vs. ’21st-century skills’
A small group of outspoken education scholars is challenging the assumption that students need to be taught 21st-century skills, saying the push for these skills is taking a dangerous bite out of precious classroom time that could be better spent learning deep, essential content, USA Today reports.
District wants to provide wireless network to poor students
The Plano, Texas, school district is looking for a way to close the digital divide between poor students and their peers. School officials envision a wireless internet network that would blanket the city and provide free online access to low-income families and students, and they hope to get there in about two years, reports the Dallas Morning News.
Students school lawmakers on tech’s value
Students from four Georgia school districts were on Capitol Hill March 4 showing federal lawmakers how technology is being used to enhance teaching and learning in their classrooms–and why federal funding for school technology is important.
Key words: Educational Technology Center, school technology, educational technology
“Use it or lose it” approach to technology garners impressive results
A distinctive trait of North Carolina’s Cumberland County Schools (CCS) is not resting on our laurels, which explains why we went searching for a way to improve student performance at a time when the district was doing pretty well. We were not satisfied with test scores staying the same; we wanted to do even better than we had. Plus, at that time, the No Child Left Behind Act, with its consequent statewide accountability and Adequate Yearly Progress requirements was just coming into effect, and we wanted to ensure that we could show improvement each year.
Subscription-based cloud helps Pike County extend computers to more students
Through a subscription-based cloud-computing model, Kentucky’s Pike County Schools brought its student-to-computer ratio down to 2 to 1 without spending millions of dollars.
Key words: cloud-computing, student-to-computer ratio
Virtual Computing Laboratory delivers IT resources on demand
At North Carolina State University (NCSU), requesting IT services couldn’t be simpler, thanks to cloud-computing.
Key words: cloud-computing, higher education cloud-computing
630 servers, one machine: Cloud computing on a mainframe
An upstate New York college sees great economic advantage by running cloud computing on a mainframe.
Key words: cloud computing, higher education cloud computing
School, district web sites lag behind competitors
School web sites should lead the way when it comes to showcasing student work and sharing school news and information.