Showing posts with label Teachers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teachers. Show all posts
Teachers, Training, How to Get Better
Getting Better at Getting Better: ".... In one area above all, the failure to improve is especially egregious: education. Schools are, on the whole, little better than they were three decades ago; test scores have barely budged since the famous “A Nation at Risk” report came out, in the early nineteen-eighties. This isn’t for lack of trying, exactly. We now spend far more per pupil than we once did. We’ve shrunk class sizes, implemented national standards, and amped up testing. We’ve increased competition by allowing charter schools. And some schools have made it a little easier to remove ineffective teachers. None of these changes have made much of a difference. All sorts of factors, of course, shape educational performance. For one thing, the United States has more poor kids relative to other developed countries, and poor kids do worse on tests, on average, all over the world. Schools can’t make up for that gap entirely. But there is one crucial factor in how kids fare that schools do control; namely, the quality of their teachers. Unfortunately, as two new books, Elizabeth Green’s “Building a Better Teacher” (Norton) and Dana Goldstein’s “The Teacher Wars” (Doubleday), point out, teacher training in most of the United States has usually been an afterthought. Most new teachers enter the classroom with a limited set of pedagogical skills, since they get little experience beforehand, and most education courses don’t say much about how you run a class. Then teachers get little ongoing, sustained training to help them improve. If American teachers—unlike athletes or manufacturing workers—haven’t got much better over the past three decades, it’s largely because their training hasn’t, either...." (read more at the link above)
Coursera to offer MOOCs for teachers
Coursera to offer MOOCs for teachers
Washington Post (blog)
The Washington Post. The online education platform Coursera this week announced a new series of free courses to help elementary and secondary teachers improve their technique, with offerings from teaching experts at premier museums and universities ..." (read more at link above)
Washington Post (blog)
The Washington Post. The online education platform Coursera this week announced a new series of free courses to help elementary and secondary teachers improve their technique, with offerings from teaching experts at premier museums and universities ..." (read more at link above)
Online universities: time for teachers to join the revolution
Online universities: it's time for teachers to join the revolution
The Guardian
... Mooc providers do to change education. Research is another. EdX and its partner universities are using the data we collect throughout a class to research how students learn most effectively, and then apply that knowledge to both online learning and ...
The Guardian
... Mooc providers do to change education. Research is another. EdX and its partner universities are using the data we collect throughout a class to research how students learn most effectively, and then apply that knowledge to both online learning and ...
Teachers through 12/21 can get up to 30 Chromebooks - $99 each
Chromebooks available to teachers for $99 through 12/21: "Through 12/21, Google is providing an exclusive opportunity for public school teachers to request the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook for the heavily discounted price of $99 each. See the full details from Google. The Chromebook is a new type of web-based computer designed to make learning with technology easier. Chromebooks work in classrooms that have reliable wi-fi access and use web apps for student learning. Watch this video to learn more about using Chromebooks in the classroom. To take advantage of this opportunity: Create a DonorsChoose.org account (or log into your account if you have one.) Fill out this 3-question form to let us know you’re requesting discounted Chromebooks. We’ll email you information within 24 hours to help you get started. Once you hear back, create a project request through your DonorsChoose.org account. Submit your project by 12/21 to request up to 30 Chromebooks for $99 each. Your project will be posted on our site, where anyone can make a donation to help you reach your goal.."
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A Gold Star for the Chicago Teachers Strike
A Gold Star for the Chicago Teachers Strike
Wall Street Journal
With strong support from parents and many in the community, teachers challenged a flawed vision of education reform that has not helped school children in Chicago or around the country. ... A well-rounded and rich curriculum, regular opportunities for ...
Wall Street Journal
Yale reexamines role in online education
Yale Daily News
The role, Mitchell said, is designed to help faculty experiment with online learning opportunities that are currently offered across the university's three platforms: Coursera, Class2Go and VentureLab. “The potential to improve education through these ...
Can We Learn Anything Online? Yes! Even How to Play the Piano
Forbes
The Piano Encyclopedia, which I describe as the Rosetta Stone of the musiceducation sector, is revolutionizing the way people learn how to play the piano with their interactive Digital-Home Study Course “The Logic Behind Music.” ... practice booklets ...
Forbes
Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market; Teachers and Parents Needed To ...
Xconomy
Schools such as the University of Phoenix no longer stand alone as the only credible onlineinstitutions of higher learning. Another trend in online education is ... refreshing their memories or studying for exams. In fact, today, teachers all over the ...
Education Nation: In Arizona desert, a charter school competes
The Hechinger Report
In just four days of instruction a week — there's no school on Fridays — Carpe Diem's five teachers and four teachers' aides supplement the concepts their 226 students have learned through a computer program. Teachers also ... In Carpe Diem's case ...
The Hechinger Report
UQ to roll out e-learning courses
Virtual College
According to Professor Phil Long, director of UQ's Education Innovation and Technology, the university has been "exploring opportunities" alongside other institutions to work towards the development of a new online learning environment. The university ...
SW Michigan district changes online learning policies, awaits ruling on ...
The Republic
The head of a southwestern Michigan school district says he's awaiting word on an appeal of Michigan's $480,000 penalty over the state's finding that the district violated educational standards for online students in 2011-12. The dispute involves Gull ...
Myrtle Beach area parents turn to alternative education options
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Experts say about one in four students attend some type of school of choice, which encompasses a range of options from private, magnet and charter schools to programs administered at home. Some parents in Horry and Georgetown counties ... children or ...
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Voters will decide charter school amendment in general election
The Daily Citizen
Charter schools can be good for students who need different kinds of learning environments than traditional public schools offer, local school system leaders say, but their appeal vanishes when local school boards lose any say in how they're run ...
New teaching resources unveiled in bid to improve Wales' school standards
WalesOnline
A new website providing a “one-stop shop” for teachers in Wales goes live today as part of the Welsh Government's drive to improve school standards. Learning Wales will house all the latest teaching materials, ministerial announcements, news and notice ...
Education Nation: Taking math online
9NEWS.com
NBC - A new online learning program that "flips" the classroom is being implemented in Collier County, Florida classrooms. It's called the Kahn Academy and teachers, parents and students are all fans of the program. Inside a fourth grade classroom at ...
9NEWS.com
Free, not-for-credit classes now offered to UF students online
The Independent Florida Alligator
Instead of 50-minute taped lectures, Coursera has taken the material and split it into 10- to 15-minute segments with interactive quizzes at the end to personalize online learning, he said. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said he thought the program's goal ...
Social Media Take a Seat in Schools
HispanicBusiness.com
Brothers is among a growing number of Midlands teachers who interact with students via sociallearning technology platforms such as Edmodo, ), uploading video podcasts of lessons that might have been offered in the past as classroom lectures. Educators ...
Schools investing millions in new digital technology
Online Athens
In partnership with the University of Georgia's College of Education and others, the school district also is trying to land a multimillion-dollar federal grant that, among other things, will help teachersand students link up with the best online ...
Weld North Acquires Editure PD and JBHM Education Group
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
(KKR), announced today that it has entered the $3.6 billion education, school improvement services and professional development industry by acquiring a 100% interest in each of Editure Professional Development Inc. and JBHM Education Group. Both ...
Schools Jump onto Free Online Course Service but Hedge on Certification
Campus Technology
So making the decision to join Coursera wasn't a big leap, according to Gary Matkin, dean of Continuing Education, Distance Learning, and Summer Session, and Larry Cooperman, director of UCI's OpenCourseWare. "It's another channel, another way of ...
Learning Curve: Film follows students at 'dropout factory'
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
The two-hour program follows four at-risk students at Sharpstown High School in Houston as they try to navigate personal minefields and meet the expectations of their teachers and principal so they can cross the finish line come graduation day. Not all ...
Stourport school wins £2k for online lesson
Kidderminster Shuttle
The video was made by students to help them remember Pythagoras' theory as part of CreativeLearning Week at the school. Mr Nock said: “We really wanted students to come up with a different approach. It's a subject that they often perceive as difficult ...
Pitt to offer free interactive course materials
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The University of Pittsburgh said Wednesday it is joining a roster of universities that have begun making available free interactive course materials to millions of online learners. Pitt is among 32 schools that have formed partnerships with Coursera ...
EVSC's Virtual Academy offers online option for students
Evansville Courier & Press
PHOTOS BY ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS (File Photo) Sara Miller takes notes on her netbook as she and her classmates watch a video on chemical reactions in her honors chemistry class at Reitz High School on Thursday. The EVSC was one of 23 ... The ...
Charity website helps Philly teachers get the supplies they need
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mostly, they mean that teachers won't go broke paying for the school supplies and items they need for their classrooms or projects. DonorsChoose.org is an onlinecharity that helps teachers cover the hundreds if not thousands of dollars of their own...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Service learning class open to Ontonagon students
Your Daily Globe.com
ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Area High School juniors and seniors will tackle real-world problems in a service learning class approved by the school board. The class will be ... community. For the full story, pick up a copy of our print edition or subscribe ...
School notebook: 'The Waltons' fundraiser for charter school, 'fab' labs for ...
Daily Breeze
The aim is to help the public charter school raise enough money to transform an abandoned property in Gardena into a vibrant learning environment for middle school students in the area. Tickets for the ... The STEM program, funded by donations to the ...
National Thought Leader in STEM Education Selected as New Director of The ...
U.S. Politics Today
By engaging students in hands-on learning of Earth system science, GLOBE is an innovative way for teachers to get students of all ages excited about scientific discovery locally and globally. To date, more than 23 million measurements have been ...
Board of Education approves $14.5 million technology plan
Silver Chips Online
Ann Grotewold, a second grade teacher at Glenallen Elementary School in Silver Spring, believes the long-term effect of the new technology and Curriculum 2.0 will benefit student learning. "The technology will make both the Common Core and Curriculum ...
Queensland unis to teach online for free
Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Long said the centre had been considering it for a year, with the catalyst coming when Melbourne University said it would launch MOOCs online early next year in partnership with the United States start-up company Coursera. “We knew we needed ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Online Tutoring Platform Sofatutor Raises 'Mid Single-Digit Million Euro ...
TechCrunch
Sofatutor says it will use the additional capital to “tap new market segments and regions”, including expanding the age-range of the students it targets by covering the elementary school curriculum, meaning that it now spans the entire school ...
Tufts University Offers Master's In Nutrition For Distance Learners
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University today announced a Master of Nutrition in Science and Policy (MNSP) degree program that combines intensive on-campus residencies in Boston with online learning. The ...
Israeli student exam results available online following Supreme Court decision
Haaretz
Israeli student exam results available online following Supreme Court decision. Contrary to the Education Ministry's position, the public can now view and compare schools' achievements at the click of a button. By Talila Nesher | Sep.23, 2012 | 10:30...
Haaretz
UQ joins MOOCs movement
The Conversation
UQ joins MOOCs movement. The University of Queensland has become the latest institution to embrace open online learning, committing to offer up to 12 courses in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) format over the next two years. ... Many universities ...
Princeton Replaces Tilghman as Ivy League Searches New Leaders
San Francisco Chronicle
Coursera, founded last year by two Stanford computer- science professors, puts university classes online, with the aim of educating millions of people globally for free. ... Attributes that will be in the minds of any search committee include the ...
Robert Hernandez: Reboot journalism school? Take control of your education ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
When I taught my first Intro to Online class, I introduced my students to the term “Google it. ... Since you are in an incredible learning environment, you can use the expertise and context from your j-school to make sure you are fishing correctly (and ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Lead-Exposure Problems Spotlighted in Detroit
Education Week News
Reginald's school, for instance, suggested that he be held back a year in 3rd grade. Eventually, he was also diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and moved to a smaller charter school. Through a strict home routine and a ...
Education Week News
BC schools to promote student self-discipline
Vancouver Sun
Six school districts have embarked on a project that views self-regulation as the key to addressing the mental, physical and psychological diversity in classrooms that sometimes disrupts learningand creates a stressful environment for teachers ...
Adapt Courseware Hires C-Level Education Technology Veterans
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Brodsky and Bowman are playing key roles in the deployment of Adapt Courseware at highereducation institutions nationwide. Adapt Courseware, which integrates with a variety of LMS solutions, delivers complete, customizable, online learning experiences ...
Virtual School MOOC – Research into the Teaching of K-12 Online ...
By mkbnl
Tags: cyber school, education, high school, massive open online course, MOOC, research, virtual school, vsmooc12. The fifth topic in Introduction to K-12 Online Learning Research is “Research into the Teaching of K-12 Online ... The growth in online learning and policies that govern it warrant the need for teachers to be prepared to teach online (Archambault, 2011). Professional organizations, such as theInternational Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), the Southern ...
Virtual School Meanderings
HTML - Digital Culture & Education
By Christopher Walsh
Published Online: In press. Full Text: HTML, PDF (404 KB). Abstract. To better understand how students' familiarity with digital media in their daily lives can be harnessed in learning environments, a survey about their informal and educational ...
Digital Culture & Education
MobiMOOC - free online m-learning course happening now!
By geoff
Massive, Open, Online courses. Several notable startups have waded in (Coursera, Udacity, edX, Ted-ed), and the early results look impressive. But did you know that Mobile Learning was one of the early adopters? MobiMOOC 2011 started ...
moblearn: an agent for change
Vanderbilt To Begin Offering Free Online Courses - Higher Education
By cmaadmin
The Tennessean reports the school will offer five courses that are taught by faculty members, but they can't be used for college credits. The program is part of the digital learning consortium calledCoursera, an online platform developed last ...
Diverse
Online Learning: New Opportunities for University-School Partnership
The Obama administration set a goal that, in order to sustain a workforce for the global information society, 60 percent of high school graduates in the United ...
garyemiller.blogspot.com/.../online-learning-new-opportunitie...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) | Center for Teaching ...
On September 19, 2012, Vanderbilt announced a new partnership with the digital learning ...
cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/online-education/moocs/
Developing Skills For Online Learning Success
It also provides you with learning opportunities within the comfort of your home. You can work on your online lessons while working, going to school or taking ...
www.theamericanacademy.com/.../Developing_Skills_For_On...
Free Online Learning | Pearltrees
How Coursera, A Free Online Education Service, Will School Us All. Stanford Online. New Global University To Be Both Free and For-Profit. Learning. EdX.
www.pearltrees.com/lisehache/free-online.../id5960600
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Wall Street Journal
With strong support from parents and many in the community, teachers challenged a flawed vision of education reform that has not helped school children in Chicago or around the country. ... A well-rounded and rich curriculum, regular opportunities for ...
Wall Street Journal
Yale reexamines role in online education
Yale Daily News
The role, Mitchell said, is designed to help faculty experiment with online learning opportunities that are currently offered across the university's three platforms: Coursera, Class2Go and VentureLab. “The potential to improve education through these ...
Can We Learn Anything Online? Yes! Even How to Play the Piano
Forbes
The Piano Encyclopedia, which I describe as the Rosetta Stone of the musiceducation sector, is revolutionizing the way people learn how to play the piano with their interactive Digital-Home Study Course “The Logic Behind Music.” ... practice booklets ...
Forbes
Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market; Teachers and Parents Needed To ...
Xconomy
Schools such as the University of Phoenix no longer stand alone as the only credible onlineinstitutions of higher learning. Another trend in online education is ... refreshing their memories or studying for exams. In fact, today, teachers all over the ...
Education Nation: In Arizona desert, a charter school competes
The Hechinger Report
In just four days of instruction a week — there's no school on Fridays — Carpe Diem's five teachers and four teachers' aides supplement the concepts their 226 students have learned through a computer program. Teachers also ... In Carpe Diem's case ...
The Hechinger Report
UQ to roll out e-learning courses
Virtual College
According to Professor Phil Long, director of UQ's Education Innovation and Technology, the university has been "exploring opportunities" alongside other institutions to work towards the development of a new online learning environment. The university ...
SW Michigan district changes online learning policies, awaits ruling on ...
The Republic
The head of a southwestern Michigan school district says he's awaiting word on an appeal of Michigan's $480,000 penalty over the state's finding that the district violated educational standards for online students in 2011-12. The dispute involves Gull ...
Myrtle Beach area parents turn to alternative education options
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Experts say about one in four students attend some type of school of choice, which encompasses a range of options from private, magnet and charter schools to programs administered at home. Some parents in Horry and Georgetown counties ... children or ...
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Voters will decide charter school amendment in general election
The Daily Citizen
Charter schools can be good for students who need different kinds of learning environments than traditional public schools offer, local school system leaders say, but their appeal vanishes when local school boards lose any say in how they're run ...
New teaching resources unveiled in bid to improve Wales' school standards
WalesOnline
A new website providing a “one-stop shop” for teachers in Wales goes live today as part of the Welsh Government's drive to improve school standards. Learning Wales will house all the latest teaching materials, ministerial announcements, news and notice ...
Education Nation: Taking math online
9NEWS.com
NBC - A new online learning program that "flips" the classroom is being implemented in Collier County, Florida classrooms. It's called the Kahn Academy and teachers, parents and students are all fans of the program. Inside a fourth grade classroom at ...
9NEWS.com
Free, not-for-credit classes now offered to UF students online
The Independent Florida Alligator
Instead of 50-minute taped lectures, Coursera has taken the material and split it into 10- to 15-minute segments with interactive quizzes at the end to personalize online learning, he said. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said he thought the program's goal ...
Social Media Take a Seat in Schools
HispanicBusiness.com
Brothers is among a growing number of Midlands teachers who interact with students via sociallearning technology platforms such as Edmodo, ), uploading video podcasts of lessons that might have been offered in the past as classroom lectures. Educators ...
Schools investing millions in new digital technology
Online Athens
In partnership with the University of Georgia's College of Education and others, the school district also is trying to land a multimillion-dollar federal grant that, among other things, will help teachersand students link up with the best online ...
Weld North Acquires Editure PD and JBHM Education Group
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
(KKR), announced today that it has entered the $3.6 billion education, school improvement services and professional development industry by acquiring a 100% interest in each of Editure Professional Development Inc. and JBHM Education Group. Both ...
Schools Jump onto Free Online Course Service but Hedge on Certification
Campus Technology
So making the decision to join Coursera wasn't a big leap, according to Gary Matkin, dean of Continuing Education, Distance Learning, and Summer Session, and Larry Cooperman, director of UCI's OpenCourseWare. "It's another channel, another way of ...
Learning Curve: Film follows students at 'dropout factory'
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
The two-hour program follows four at-risk students at Sharpstown High School in Houston as they try to navigate personal minefields and meet the expectations of their teachers and principal so they can cross the finish line come graduation day. Not all ...
Stourport school wins £2k for online lesson
Kidderminster Shuttle
The video was made by students to help them remember Pythagoras' theory as part of CreativeLearning Week at the school. Mr Nock said: “We really wanted students to come up with a different approach. It's a subject that they often perceive as difficult ...
Pitt to offer free interactive course materials
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The University of Pittsburgh said Wednesday it is joining a roster of universities that have begun making available free interactive course materials to millions of online learners. Pitt is among 32 schools that have formed partnerships with Coursera ...
EVSC's Virtual Academy offers online option for students
Evansville Courier & Press
PHOTOS BY ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS (File Photo) Sara Miller takes notes on her netbook as she and her classmates watch a video on chemical reactions in her honors chemistry class at Reitz High School on Thursday. The EVSC was one of 23 ... The ...
Charity website helps Philly teachers get the supplies they need
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mostly, they mean that teachers won't go broke paying for the school supplies and items they need for their classrooms or projects. DonorsChoose.org is an onlinecharity that helps teachers cover the hundreds if not thousands of dollars of their own...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Service learning class open to Ontonagon students
Your Daily Globe.com
ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Area High School juniors and seniors will tackle real-world problems in a service learning class approved by the school board. The class will be ... community. For the full story, pick up a copy of our print edition or subscribe ...
School notebook: 'The Waltons' fundraiser for charter school, 'fab' labs for ...
Daily Breeze
The aim is to help the public charter school raise enough money to transform an abandoned property in Gardena into a vibrant learning environment for middle school students in the area. Tickets for the ... The STEM program, funded by donations to the ...
National Thought Leader in STEM Education Selected as New Director of The ...
U.S. Politics Today
By engaging students in hands-on learning of Earth system science, GLOBE is an innovative way for teachers to get students of all ages excited about scientific discovery locally and globally. To date, more than 23 million measurements have been ...
Board of Education approves $14.5 million technology plan
Silver Chips Online
Ann Grotewold, a second grade teacher at Glenallen Elementary School in Silver Spring, believes the long-term effect of the new technology and Curriculum 2.0 will benefit student learning. "The technology will make both the Common Core and Curriculum ...
Queensland unis to teach online for free
Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Long said the centre had been considering it for a year, with the catalyst coming when Melbourne University said it would launch MOOCs online early next year in partnership with the United States start-up company Coursera. “We knew we needed ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Online Tutoring Platform Sofatutor Raises 'Mid Single-Digit Million Euro ...
TechCrunch
Sofatutor says it will use the additional capital to “tap new market segments and regions”, including expanding the age-range of the students it targets by covering the elementary school curriculum, meaning that it now spans the entire school ...
Tufts University Offers Master's In Nutrition For Distance Learners
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University today announced a Master of Nutrition in Science and Policy (MNSP) degree program that combines intensive on-campus residencies in Boston with online learning. The ...
Israeli student exam results available online following Supreme Court decision
Haaretz
Israeli student exam results available online following Supreme Court decision. Contrary to the Education Ministry's position, the public can now view and compare schools' achievements at the click of a button. By Talila Nesher | Sep.23, 2012 | 10:30...
Haaretz
UQ joins MOOCs movement
The Conversation
UQ joins MOOCs movement. The University of Queensland has become the latest institution to embrace open online learning, committing to offer up to 12 courses in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) format over the next two years. ... Many universities ...
Princeton Replaces Tilghman as Ivy League Searches New Leaders
San Francisco Chronicle
Coursera, founded last year by two Stanford computer- science professors, puts university classes online, with the aim of educating millions of people globally for free. ... Attributes that will be in the minds of any search committee include the ...
Robert Hernandez: Reboot journalism school? Take control of your education ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
When I taught my first Intro to Online class, I introduced my students to the term “Google it. ... Since you are in an incredible learning environment, you can use the expertise and context from your j-school to make sure you are fishing correctly (and ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Lead-Exposure Problems Spotlighted in Detroit
Education Week News
Reginald's school, for instance, suggested that he be held back a year in 3rd grade. Eventually, he was also diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and moved to a smaller charter school. Through a strict home routine and a ...
Education Week News
BC schools to promote student self-discipline
Vancouver Sun
Six school districts have embarked on a project that views self-regulation as the key to addressing the mental, physical and psychological diversity in classrooms that sometimes disrupts learningand creates a stressful environment for teachers ...
Adapt Courseware Hires C-Level Education Technology Veterans
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Brodsky and Bowman are playing key roles in the deployment of Adapt Courseware at highereducation institutions nationwide. Adapt Courseware, which integrates with a variety of LMS solutions, delivers complete, customizable, online learning experiences ...
Virtual School MOOC – Research into the Teaching of K-12 Online ...
By mkbnl
Tags: cyber school, education, high school, massive open online course, MOOC, research, virtual school, vsmooc12. The fifth topic in Introduction to K-12 Online Learning Research is “Research into the Teaching of K-12 Online ... The growth in online learning and policies that govern it warrant the need for teachers to be prepared to teach online (Archambault, 2011). Professional organizations, such as theInternational Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), the Southern ...
Virtual School Meanderings
HTML - Digital Culture & Education
By Christopher Walsh
Published Online: In press. Full Text: HTML, PDF (404 KB). Abstract. To better understand how students' familiarity with digital media in their daily lives can be harnessed in learning environments, a survey about their informal and educational ...
Digital Culture & Education
MobiMOOC - free online m-learning course happening now!
By geoff
Massive, Open, Online courses. Several notable startups have waded in (Coursera, Udacity, edX, Ted-ed), and the early results look impressive. But did you know that Mobile Learning was one of the early adopters? MobiMOOC 2011 started ...
moblearn: an agent for change
Vanderbilt To Begin Offering Free Online Courses - Higher Education
By cmaadmin
The Tennessean reports the school will offer five courses that are taught by faculty members, but they can't be used for college credits. The program is part of the digital learning consortium calledCoursera, an online platform developed last ...
Diverse
Online Learning: New Opportunities for University-School Partnership
The Obama administration set a goal that, in order to sustain a workforce for the global information society, 60 percent of high school graduates in the United ...
garyemiller.blogspot.com/.../online-learning-new-opportunitie...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) | Center for Teaching ...On September 19, 2012, Vanderbilt announced a new partnership with the digital learning ...
cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/online-education/moocs/
Developing Skills For Online Learning Success
It also provides you with learning opportunities within the comfort of your home. You can work on your online lessons while working, going to school or taking ...
www.theamericanacademy.com/.../Developing_Skills_For_On...
Free Online Learning | Pearltrees
How Coursera, A Free Online Education Service, Will School Us All. Stanford Online. New Global University To Be Both Free and For-Profit. Learning. EdX.
www.pearltrees.com/lisehache/free-online.../id5960600
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Online learning hits fast track
Times Record News
In the North Texas area, online learning is chugging relentlessly forward like a train that won't be stopped. Particularly at the collegiate level, the online phenomenon is fueled by young adults who like technology and nontraditional students who need ...
Stanford's professional schools commit to online learning
Stanford Report
"Bernd's appointment recognizes the rapidly growing importance of online learning in engineering education," said Dean James D. Plummer, who announced Girod's appointment. School of Medicine. At the School of Medicine, Charles Prober, senior associate ...
Stanford Report
School Choice Would Limit CTU Power and Free Children to Learn
Huffington Post
Their teachers, on strike at the behest of the Chicago Teachers Union, have been absent from classrooms that should have been filled with the noises of a bustling back-to-school season. Notably, tens of thousands of their public charter school peers ...
United States : Open Source Online Education Software revealed by google ...
Equities.com
Authenticity is being added to the notion of remote learning and interest is created by online education startups such as the Khan Academy, as well as new efforts by MIT, Stanford, and Harvard. Named as Course Builder , Google is lending its brainpower ...
Waco: Virtual Learning Scholarships Available, Application Deadline Friday For ...
KWTX
The TxVSN Virtual Learning Scholarship allows school districts the opportunity to offer onlinecourses that meet graduation requirements if other funding is unavailable. Districts or open-enrollmentcharter schools with an average daily attendance (ADA ...
A World Where Grades Will Be Left Behind
WFMY News 2
In this version of education, learning will be free and available to anyone who wants it while operating like a whimsical playground: No one is late for class, failure is not an option, and a lesson looks something like Angry Birds, the physics-based ...
Survey: Chinese students use tech for learning more than their U.S. ...
By Ki Mae Heussner
Ed tech may be booming in the U.S., but a survey from Dell suggests that Chinese students usetechnology more comprehensively than Americans. It also found that Chinese parents, teachers and students were more receptive to social media ...
GigaOM
Khan Academy President Says Online Learning Creates a Personalized ...
College Classes
The goal of this new initiative is not to replace traditional instruction altogether, but to supplement learning with technological models that will assist students in obtaining an optimal education from the institution that they choose to attend ...
College Classes
Corporate E-Learning Market Gets a Jolt as Online Universities Grow
Forbes
Skillsoft, the industry giant in packaged e-learning and training content, acquired Mindleaders, one of the company's major competitors. This acquisition comes after Skillsoft's ... This continues to make Skillsoft the dominant player in packaged ...
Few School Districts Checking For K12 Problems
FCIR
The use of online education is developing faster than the policy regulating it, said education experts. Most states require online teachers are certified, said Michael K. Barbour, an assistant professor at Wayne State University, and Susan Patrick ...
FCIR
A is for app: iPads change landscape of learning
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The iPads in Hopkins' schools are just one edge of a digital revolution in metro-area classrooms that is changing teaching and learning as fast as the latest device is introduced. YouTube videos are replacing in-class lectures. Music applications help ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Learning from Lizatia at the library
Columbus Telegram
She was the main feature of the Pet a Dragon after-school-program for teens that day. Teens were able to pet her, ... The elibrary is an online database provided by the State of Nebraska and offers newspaper and magazine articles, pictures, and ebooks ...
Wexford University Names Dolly Shueh Adjunct Professor of Mathematics for ...
Einnews Portugal
Shueh is currently a high school math teacher in Orange County; she began her teaching career as a music instructor and tutor while earning her bachelor's degree in Music Education at UCLA. She later completed a master's in Educational ... Wexford ...
Glitches in schools' digital initiative have Huntsville parents, teachers ...
al.com (blog)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Nearly a month into the school year, unhappy teachers and parents are calling the Huntsville school system's digital conversion problematic and claiming it is impeding student learning. The district this summer rolled out its 1:1 ...
al.com (blog)
Letter: Education reform
Anderson Independent Mail
He could go down in history as the father of modern education reform. The Kahn Academy is anonline depository of some 3,250 digital lectures, many of which are already in use in nearly 2,000 schools around the country. Each lecture is short and ...
Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University welcomes new learners during e ...
Al-Bawaba
Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, HBMeU, a leader in the field of e-Learning and quality management in the Arab World, has recently concluded its orientation week to start the new term of the 2012-2013 academic year. Most of the orientation ... The ...
Al-Bawaba
Debates continues to rage over school funding
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The suit claims the state's education funding formula is unfair because it doesn't give enough money to rural and poor systems to make up for their limited ability to raise money through taxes. Other districts eventually joined the suit, boosting the ...
Strength in music
Juneau Empire
Music education is about more than music or even education. At a personal level, and at a community level, it can provide strength and hope. Juneau's Lorrie Heagy, who founded Juneau, Alaska Music Matters at Glacier Valley Elementary School, a steadily ...
YouTube Commences Search For Next Generation Teachers Making Web ...
Equities.com
Only ten successful applicants will be labelled “The Next EDU Guru” and will be chosen by a board made up of the YouTube's Education team and the Khan Academy. The contest is open to applicants from the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New ...
Commentary: Louisiana has made a smart school choice
Alexandria Town Talk
If parents fear their child is not learning or is in danger, they can use a voucher like a consumer looks for the best doctor for his or her child. Or if they want a faith-based school, they have that choice as well. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 ...
It's laptops for everyone in Baldwin County's seven high schools
al.com (blog)
SPANISH FORT, Alabama -- Working on laptop computers given to them by the Baldwin County school system, the 26 students in an environmental science class at Spanish Fort High School went online to research different ecosystems. Their task, teacher Beth ...
al.com (blog)
Montana GED process set to change in 2014
The Missoulian
To learn more about the Lifelong Learning Center or getting a GED, call 549-8765 or go online tothelifelonglearningcenter.com. ... The test, which used to be administered by the nonprofit GED Testing Service, has been newly contracted with Pearson ...
Tablets, laptops and mobiles in the classroom: top tips from teachers
The Guardian (blog)
Donna Comerford (@DonnaComerford) is deputy director of learning at CavendishSchool in Eastbourne and on a mission to bring creativity, enthusiasm and fun back into ICT lessons. Don't be afraid if you don't know it all: I do not know everything there...
The Guardian (blog)
Learning heads outdoors
Nanaimo News Bulletin
Want to take learning at your school outside? Students can help their school win a $20,000 outdoor classroom by entering the MAJESTA Trees of Knowledge competition. The third annual national competition asks schools to submit their ideas for outdoor ...
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Daily Herald
SALT LAKE CITY -- Only a small number of Utah students used a computer glitch on a state database to change grades, state education officials said. Of 278 students who unintentionally tapped into "teacher-level permissions" on the state's Canvas ...
Teaching and Learning Renaissance at Meabi East
Mesabi Daily News
In just seconds the Mesabi East High School students have downloaded their homework assignment onto their tablet computers using the QR code. And the section of their ... An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an ...
Learning to live in a world that is always 'on'
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Those who know what we buy, what or where we eat, how or where we travel and how we vote can capture us all like real birds in a digital cage, then move the cage, and we won't even know it. I have worked closely with experts in information security, ...
Willowbrook Mall Partners with DonorsChoose.org to Celebrate Schools
The Paper Magazine
The partnership is designed to shine the spotlight on the importance of a quality education and assist local area schools and teachers with much-needed supplies and funding. Started in 2000 by social studies teacher Charles Best, DonorsChoose.org is an ...
Professors, students tout benefits of turning to e-books
Sentinel and Enterprise
This month as Fitchburg State University students search the shelves of the campus bookstore for their textbooks they are occasionally greeted with little tear-off sheets for a digital copy of the book. Students can bring the sheet to the register and ...
Testing so schools can better teach, too
Ocala
We can burnish our reputation as a creative education innovation state. Using the approaching revisions to our testing and assessment structures is one step. Energizing and engaging parents in the learning process using innovative online tools and ...
Apodaca: Flipping traditional classrooms on their ear
Daily Pilot
And this summer the OCDE debuted its first class on flipping; 15 Orange County teachers signed up. The flipped classroom is just one piece of a larger movement known as the blended classroom, a catchall phrase for the melding of online education with ...
City schools chief wants community support
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The first day reinforced my belief that if we give all our students and teachers the time and support needed for teaching and learning, then we will be able to change the educational trajectory of theschool district, which has had significant ...
Getting to school each and every day
nwitimes.com
But nothing rings truer when it comes to learning and being successful in all aspects of life. The most important factor of being successful in school and in life is showing up. A student can reside in the best school district, with the best teachers ...
The library gets a digital facelift
The Robesonian
Are you interested in learning a foreign language? The library now offers online language learningwith Pronunciator. You will find the link to get started right on the home page. A little farther down the page, you'll find links to many community ...
Take a moment for your child
Montana Standard
Just like a healthy breakfast, a child needs basic educational building blocks so he or she is ready to learn when the school bell rings. The Butte 4 C's, a resource and referral agency for families, is working to drive the idea of early childhood ...
Preston schools undertaking extensive survey
TheDay.com
For those who wish to complete the online survey but do not have a computer, school computers will be made available at the Preston Veterans' Memorial School on Oct. 3 and Oct. 10 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.. After a series of ... Respondents will be ...
Forgoing College to Pursue Dreams
New York Times
“I can't think of a worse environment than school if you want your kids to learn how to make decisions, manage risk and take responsibility for their choices,” Mr. Deming, an investor, wrote in an e-mail. “Rather than sending them to school, turn your ...
New York Times
A new blend?
The Keene Sentinel
They say two heads are better than one, and local schools officials are hoping to prove the old adage true, as they plan to bring several heads to the table to share ideas for improved student learning and money savings. Officials from N.H. School ...
Sheldon offers after-school theater classes
Republican Eagle
Logan Kays Ritchie, who has appeared in numerous productions on the Sheldon stage, will teach theater classes that now are being offered in partnership with Red Wing Community Education. Classes will be held in local school buildings. “We want to make ...
Fall 2012 enrollment at BCCC sets record
Beaufort Observer
"Distance learning removes barriers to education for many of our students," said Penny Sermons, director of Distance Learning at BCCC. "Having round-the-clock access to course-work onlinehelps them cope with problems such as work schedules, ...
Aim of grant to Berkshire Readiness Center is to place focus on preschool kids
Berkshire Eagle
This is an early learning grant looking to work with preschool and out-of-school-time care providers, a new thrust from the state and the [state] Department of Early Education and Care," said Doug McNally, coordinator of the Berkshire Readiness Center ...
Virtual School MOOC – History of K-12 Online Learning: Blogging ...
By mkbnl
Tags: cyber school, education, high school, massive open online course, MOOC, research, virtual school, vsmooc12. The second topic ... The blogging activity for this topic is to make a case either that K-12 online learning must achieve (a) equivalent student outcomes or (b) improved student outcomes, to justify its use in expanding access to curricula or providing educational choices. I'll tackle part (a) ... Most cyber charter schools are run by a volunteer, non-profit board. However, the ...
Virtual School Meanderings
Open Online Learning: The MOOC Survivors « Online Learning ...
By Ray Schroeder
Open Online Learning: The MOOC Survivors. By Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed. As the MOOC buzz continues to reverberate across higher education, the question of which subjects and populations these massive open online courses are ...
Online Learning Update
Norm's Notes: Virtually, Anything Goes with Online Education
By ed notes online
The text for an online education executive order the governor issued earlier this year, the Portland Press Herald recently revealed, came directly from a Florida think tank funded by the virtual school companies "that stand to make millions of dollars" as the ... Portside Monitor: High PerformingCharter Schools:... Susan Ohanian Smashes the Common Core -- and more · Teachers unions' alliance with Democratic Party fr... The Best Resources For Learning Why Teachers Union.
Norm's Notes
edX Offers Proctored Exams for Open Online Learning Courses ...
By Marc Parry. Students enrolled in a free open online course offered through edX will now have the option of getting their learning validated with a proctored ...
people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/?p=5950
Staff Picks: Edtech, Online Learning - Getting Smart by Getting Smart ...
Sarah Picks “Can Online College Education Ever Really Be Free?” Sarah says, “ Driving down the cost of education and learning with schools like the University ...
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Law school integrates digital learning in classes « Educational ...
Educational Technology ~ Ray Schroeder, editor ~ University of Illinois at ... The Reality and the Hype Behind Online Learning and the 'School of One' ...
people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=5257
Debra Enos, Regional Academic Manager/Dubai for K12, talks about how the process of ...
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Online learning offered at US school
A school in the US has started to offer online learning.
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Online Learning Technology - Portland State University
School of Business Administration: Graduate Business ... Online Learning Technology. You will use the Desire2Learn (D2L) learning platform. The login to the ...
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Google Apps for Education
Get constant enterprise innovation with Google, saving your company the time, money and hassles of managing these IT solutions yourself.
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Technology turns the classroom upside down
Middletown Journal
Costs will be driven down with the use of technology by eliminating overhead and some staffing needs, but the question still remains if it will improve student performance, educators said. “On the iPads, the textbook is alive and user-friendly,” Marot ...
Chicago contract talks going better as strike looms
CTU chief: Contract talks going 'better' as strike looms
Chicago Tribune
On Thursday, Chicago School Board President David Vitale sat in on contract talks with theteachers union for the first time and expressed optimism that a strike can be avoided. "I think we've actually made a lot of progress and I think we're getting ...
Obama Puts Education Center-Stage
Huffington Post
As I enter my senior year in the public school system, I have grown to learn and appreciate the education I have recieved, from my kindergarten teacher to my seven teachers in high school and countless mentors I have today. The nation's leaders say ...
Hong Kong Education-Plan Protesters Invited to Meet Chief
Bloomberg
Leung invited Scholarism, the Parents Concern Group on National Education and the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union to meet with him and Anna Wu, chairwoman of Committee on the Implementation of Moral and National Education, according to a ...
Luna's budget for next year boosts teacher pay
CBS News
BOISE, Idaho — Public schools chief Tom Luna detailed Thursday a proposed budget for next year that increases teacher base pay by $14.8 million, restoring the last of funding that was being shifted from salaries to help pay for his education overhaul ...
Teaching union votes to strike over pay and conditions
The Guardian
Teachers are being undermined by a government whose almost daily criticisms and erosion of working conditions and pay, coming on top of previous attacks on pensions, are unacceptable. This negative approach to the profession has to stop. "No other ...
The Guardian
An education in contrasts and 'struggle'
Albany Times Union
Michelle Obama connected with voters Tuesday during her moving opening night speech at the Democratic National Convention. She was smart, extremely likable and the perfect spokesperson for the American President as she talked about "the unflinching ...
GA adult education centers offer free GED practice
Sacramento Bee
ATLANTA -- Adult education centers around Georgia are giving adults the opportunity to take a GED practice test free of charge. The Technical College System of Georgia says passing the high school graduation equivalency test can help people get a ...
Branstad: Teachers need to improve
Indianapolis Star
“They use that (teacher preparation program) as a cash cow, and are not really providing the best level of training and education.” Branstad noted that members of Arizona State University'seducation program spend a full academic year student-teaching ...
Who will on-line education help?
By Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, proprietors of one of the finest economics blogs on the Internet, are launching a cool new venture that they're calling Marginal Revolution University aimed at doing online economics education and launching ...
Marginal Revolution
Education Drives America – Bus Tour Stops in the Midwest | ED.gov ...
By Cameron Brenchley
After Topeka, Duncan will join National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel for a tour of the National Teacher Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kan. ... Tony Miller and Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Jim Shelton will travel to Columbia, Mo., where they will participate in a video conference and roundtable discussion with local rural educators and participants in the eMINTS program (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked TeachingStrategies).
ED.gov Blog
Education and critical thinking | Danwei
By Julien Leyre
Huang Yufeng compares the Chinese Gaokao with overseas examination systems, Zhang Tianpan denounces the manipulation of official data, and Fu Guoyong reflects on the purpose ofeducation, looking back at the Chinese Republic. Data construction and ... In that regard, schools in the Chinese Republic did well, providing large amounts of time for students andteachers to think and play with intellectual problems, and thereby develop personal judgement. Interest, health, ability: ...
Danwei
ONE | African Voices: Despite NGO help, education in Ghana still ...
By Guest Blogger
The staff shortage is especially acute in the lower grades: Just two teachers manage 220 kindergarteners aged 2 to 6, and a single teacher is in charge of 78 students in Class 2 (second grade). The classes are smaller in ... But the lack of school meals affects learning as well as enrollment. Some students bring food ... Because of the hunger, at times when you are teachingafter, say, 12:30, they find it difficult to understand because there is nothing in their stomachs. You can even find ...
ONE
Brizard: Teacher Contract Talks 'Close To One-Yard Line' « CBS ...
By John Dodge
Brizard: Teacher Contract Talks 'Close To One-Yard Line'. September 6, 2012 ...
CBS Chicago
Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation - Yahoo! News
Nearly 30000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago ... by the National Center on Time and Learning, an education reform group. .... Calling all teachers:Teaching is no longer a profession ( I'm not sure it really ...
Chicago Tribune
On Thursday, Chicago School Board President David Vitale sat in on contract talks with theteachers union for the first time and expressed optimism that a strike can be avoided. "I think we've actually made a lot of progress and I think we're getting ...
Obama Puts Education Center-Stage
Huffington Post
As I enter my senior year in the public school system, I have grown to learn and appreciate the education I have recieved, from my kindergarten teacher to my seven teachers in high school and countless mentors I have today. The nation's leaders say ...
Hong Kong Education-Plan Protesters Invited to Meet Chief
Bloomberg
Leung invited Scholarism, the Parents Concern Group on National Education and the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union to meet with him and Anna Wu, chairwoman of Committee on the Implementation of Moral and National Education, according to a ...
Luna's budget for next year boosts teacher pay
CBS News
BOISE, Idaho — Public schools chief Tom Luna detailed Thursday a proposed budget for next year that increases teacher base pay by $14.8 million, restoring the last of funding that was being shifted from salaries to help pay for his education overhaul ...
Teaching union votes to strike over pay and conditions
The Guardian
Teachers are being undermined by a government whose almost daily criticisms and erosion of working conditions and pay, coming on top of previous attacks on pensions, are unacceptable. This negative approach to the profession has to stop. "No other ...
The Guardian
An education in contrasts and 'struggle'
Albany Times Union
Michelle Obama connected with voters Tuesday during her moving opening night speech at the Democratic National Convention. She was smart, extremely likable and the perfect spokesperson for the American President as she talked about "the unflinching ...
GA adult education centers offer free GED practice
Sacramento Bee
ATLANTA -- Adult education centers around Georgia are giving adults the opportunity to take a GED practice test free of charge. The Technical College System of Georgia says passing the high school graduation equivalency test can help people get a ...
Branstad: Teachers need to improve
Indianapolis Star
“They use that (teacher preparation program) as a cash cow, and are not really providing the best level of training and education.” Branstad noted that members of Arizona State University'seducation program spend a full academic year student-teaching ...
Who will on-line education help?
By Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, proprietors of one of the finest economics blogs on the Internet, are launching a cool new venture that they're calling Marginal Revolution University aimed at doing online economics education and launching ...
Marginal Revolution
Education Drives America – Bus Tour Stops in the Midwest | ED.gov ...
By Cameron Brenchley
After Topeka, Duncan will join National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel for a tour of the National Teacher Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kan. ... Tony Miller and Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Jim Shelton will travel to Columbia, Mo., where they will participate in a video conference and roundtable discussion with local rural educators and participants in the eMINTS program (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked TeachingStrategies).
ED.gov Blog
Education and critical thinking | Danwei
By Julien Leyre
Huang Yufeng compares the Chinese Gaokao with overseas examination systems, Zhang Tianpan denounces the manipulation of official data, and Fu Guoyong reflects on the purpose ofeducation, looking back at the Chinese Republic. Data construction and ... In that regard, schools in the Chinese Republic did well, providing large amounts of time for students andteachers to think and play with intellectual problems, and thereby develop personal judgement. Interest, health, ability: ...
Danwei
ONE | African Voices: Despite NGO help, education in Ghana still ...
By Guest Blogger
The staff shortage is especially acute in the lower grades: Just two teachers manage 220 kindergarteners aged 2 to 6, and a single teacher is in charge of 78 students in Class 2 (second grade). The classes are smaller in ... But the lack of school meals affects learning as well as enrollment. Some students bring food ... Because of the hunger, at times when you are teachingafter, say, 12:30, they find it difficult to understand because there is nothing in their stomachs. You can even find ...
ONE
Brizard: Teacher Contract Talks 'Close To One-Yard Line' « CBS ...
By John Dodge
Brizard: Teacher Contract Talks 'Close To One-Yard Line'. September 6, 2012 ...
CBS Chicago
Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation - Yahoo! News
Nearly 30000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago ... by the National Center on Time and Learning, an education reform group. .... Calling all teachers:Teaching is no longer a profession ( I'm not sure it really ...
Recess In Chicago? Teacher Strike Threat Draws National Eyes : NPR
It would be the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years, and with similar ... West, a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, says teacher strikes are ...
It would be the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years, and with similar ... West, a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, says teacher strikes are ...
Learning - Leading
ISTE's membership magazine, Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L), ... ideas for using today's digital tools to improve learning and teaching and for ...
ISTE's membership magazine, Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L), ... ideas for using today's digital tools to improve learning and teaching and for ...
'Paying for College Is a Shared Responsibility,' Education Secretary ...
(CNSNews.com) – Helping millions of students pay for higher education is a “ shared ... "Butteachers must inspire; principals must lead; parents must instill a thirst for learning, and students, you've got to do the work. ... parent, every teacher , every business leader, every public official, and every student,” Duncan said.
Commentary: Online Education — Enriching Society, Creating ...
By cmaadmin
Online learning is indeed the great equalizer enabling diverse and distant populations to enrich their knowledge through online degree programs. Distance learning is affordable, student-centered and convenient for working adults and for ...
Diverse
Online Learning: Pioneers in college education for all - Money CNN
By Ray
Online Learning: Pioneers in college education for all - Money CNN. Why he's a hero: A decade ago Yue pushed academia to take its most valuable asset—teaching—and give it away. As chair of an MIT committee exploring Internet strategy, ...
Online, Continuing, and Professional...
Investors Bet $80 Million On Desire2Learn's Next-Gen Online ...
By Katie Lepi
Investors Bet $80 Million On Desire2Learn's Next-Gen Online Learning Platform ... Mobile-centric education experience – Provides full support for mobile devices and tablets to increase engagement and enrich the learning experience.
Edudemic
Browser and Compatibility Issues in the Online Classroom | Inside ...
By Dr. Diane Hamilton
Accessibility to online courses has changed considerably over the past decade. When I first started teaching online courses, I accessed my classes through Microsoft Outlook Express. I went into the Windows mail system and picked the ...
Inside Online Schools
(CNSNews.com) – Helping millions of students pay for higher education is a “ shared ... "Butteachers must inspire; principals must lead; parents must instill a thirst for learning, and students, you've got to do the work. ... parent, every teacher , every business leader, every public official, and every student,” Duncan said.
Education and Aerospace - ORB, BA - Foolish Blogging Network
Firstly, wages for teachers in the United States are low considering the amount of educationthey are compelled to have. Due to these low wages and limited ...
Penn to Launch Additional Free Online Classes via Coursera
College Classes
When Penn State University partnered up with Coursera to offer online coursesthrough the new and innovative platform, it began by offering 5 courses through thisonline learning initiative. This number is set to rise, however, with another 2 courses ...
College Classes
Use E-Learning to Teach Improved It Skills
AllAfrica.com
Addressing the pervasive skills shortage is not an easy task but a local company believes part of the solution lies in improved IT training. eSkill Learning says its method of e-learning provides a platform that leads to enhanced IT training and ...
Colorado State to Offer Credits for Online Class
New York Times
As millions of students have flocked to free “massive open online courses," or MOOCs, in recent months, higher education experts have focused on two big questions: whether universities will begin to offer credit for such courses, and what might be done ...
BusinessTrainingPower.com Brings Affordable Business Skills Training to ...
Midland Daily News
Individuals work their way through on-demand, video-based courses, and complete quizzes to test their comprehension of the most critical concepts presented. BusinessTrainingPower.com puts the user in control of the online learning experience, and ...
LearnSomething Recognized as Global Top 20 Learning Portal Company
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
LearnSomething's inclusion in the "Top 20" list reflects the company's prominent position as an innovator in the online learning space, and the transformational capabilities of Learner Community™, the company's groundbreaking new learning management ...
Adaptive Curriculum's Deep Conceptual Learning Solutions Now Included in the ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Adaptive Curriculum (AC), a web-based concept mastery solution that improves student achievement in math and science via its real-world active learning approach, has been selected as a key content provider for Alleyoop, the online ...
Firstly, wages for teachers in the United States are low considering the amount of educationthey are compelled to have. Due to these low wages and limited ...
Penn to Launch Additional Free Online Classes via Coursera
College Classes
When Penn State University partnered up with Coursera to offer online coursesthrough the new and innovative platform, it began by offering 5 courses through thisonline learning initiative. This number is set to rise, however, with another 2 courses ...
College Classes
Use E-Learning to Teach Improved It Skills
AllAfrica.com
Addressing the pervasive skills shortage is not an easy task but a local company believes part of the solution lies in improved IT training. eSkill Learning says its method of e-learning provides a platform that leads to enhanced IT training and ...
Colorado State to Offer Credits for Online Class
New York Times
As millions of students have flocked to free “massive open online courses," or MOOCs, in recent months, higher education experts have focused on two big questions: whether universities will begin to offer credit for such courses, and what might be done ...
BusinessTrainingPower.com Brings Affordable Business Skills Training to ...
Midland Daily News
Individuals work their way through on-demand, video-based courses, and complete quizzes to test their comprehension of the most critical concepts presented. BusinessTrainingPower.com puts the user in control of the online learning experience, and ...
LearnSomething Recognized as Global Top 20 Learning Portal Company
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
LearnSomething's inclusion in the "Top 20" list reflects the company's prominent position as an innovator in the online learning space, and the transformational capabilities of Learner Community™, the company's groundbreaking new learning management ...
Adaptive Curriculum's Deep Conceptual Learning Solutions Now Included in the ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Adaptive Curriculum (AC), a web-based concept mastery solution that improves student achievement in math and science via its real-world active learning approach, has been selected as a key content provider for Alleyoop, the online ...
Would you send your child to a virtual school? — Opinion — Bangor ...
By UnBylined
Some Maine students would be served well by virtual schools, either because the onlineclassrooms augment homeschooling lessons, offer the simplest way to educate youth who travel often or have health problems, or suit particular learning ...
Bangor Daily News
By UnBylined
Some Maine students would be served well by virtual schools, either because the onlineclassrooms augment homeschooling lessons, offer the simplest way to educate youth who travel often or have health problems, or suit particular learning ...
Bangor Daily News
Commentary: Online Education — Enriching Society, Creating ...
By cmaadmin
Online learning is indeed the great equalizer enabling diverse and distant populations to enrich their knowledge through online degree programs. Distance learning is affordable, student-centered and convenient for working adults and for ...
Diverse
Online Learning: Pioneers in college education for all - Money CNN
By Ray
Online Learning: Pioneers in college education for all - Money CNN. Why he's a hero: A decade ago Yue pushed academia to take its most valuable asset—teaching—and give it away. As chair of an MIT committee exploring Internet strategy, ...
Online, Continuing, and Professional...
Investors Bet $80 Million On Desire2Learn's Next-Gen Online ...
By Katie Lepi
Investors Bet $80 Million On Desire2Learn's Next-Gen Online Learning Platform ... Mobile-centric education experience – Provides full support for mobile devices and tablets to increase engagement and enrich the learning experience.
Edudemic
Browser and Compatibility Issues in the Online Classroom | Inside ...
By Dr. Diane Hamilton
Accessibility to online courses has changed considerably over the past decade. When I first started teaching online courses, I accessed my classes through Microsoft Outlook Express. I went into the Windows mail system and picked the ...
Inside Online Schools
Teachers unions' alliance with Democratic Party frays
Teachers unions' alliance with Democratic Party frays
Los Angeles Times
A handful of teachers and parents, carrying large inflated pencils, picketed a screening of "Won't Back Down," a movie to be released this month starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as mothers, one a teacher, who try to take over a failing inner ...
Los Angeles Times
A handful of teachers and parents, carrying large inflated pencils, picketed a screening of "Won't Back Down," a movie to be released this month starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as mothers, one a teacher, who try to take over a failing inner ...
MOOC Brigade: Will Massive, Open Online Courses Revolutionize Higher ...
TIME
But those classes were pretty similar to the bricks-and-mortar kind, in that students paid fees to enroll in classes taught and graded by a professor and some teaching assistants. But MOOCs, short for massive open online courses, are a different animal.
TIME
CPS chief tells teachers, 'We need to finish this'
Chicago Tribune
Speaking to reporters before he rang the bell at Clemente High School this morning, CPS chief Jean-Claude Brizard said school officials are making "steady progress" in contract talks withteachers as a strike deadline looms. But he quickly added, "At ...
Emanuel On Teacher Contract Talks: 'We'll Work Through The ...
By Todd Feurer
As he prepares to take the national spotlight this week at the Democratic National Convention with a possible teachers strike looming in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's confident the Chicago Public Schools and teachers will be able ...
CBS Chicago
19 Videos That Make Learning Fun - Mental Floss
By Andréa Fernandes
19 Videos That Make Learning Fun. ... The Hawaiian-based history teachers behind History for Music Lovers created this text-only video, a parody of Blondie's “Sunday Girl,” to teach about the creator of the printing press. Visit their YouTube channel for more great ... Culhane's Melodic-Mnemonic approach to education helped his at-risk students succeed in school; he has gone on to work with the State Department's Cultural Affairs program to hold science workshops around the world.
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Hong Kong: National Education Program Prompts Hunger Strike, Sit ...
By Oiwan Lam
Although the Hong Kong government claimed that it is not mandatory for elementary schools to adopt national education in the next three years, a teacher exposed that the Hong KongEducation Bureau requires teachers to file record on ...
Global Voices » China
Chicago Teachers Strike: Families, District Prepare For Walkout
By The Huffington Post News Editors
At the event, Brizard said that an independent fact finder's recommendation to give teachers a double-digit pay raise would cost the district $330 million, lead to thousands of teacher layoffs and increase class sizes. (AP Photo/Sitthixay ... Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn holds up a landmarkeducation reform bill that makes it harder for teachers to go on strike and easier for educators to be fired at a bill-signing ceremony, Monday, June 13, 2011, in Maywood, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ...
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Chicago Teacher's Strike? Whose Side Are You On? | Good and ...
We are days away from a potential strike by the Chicago Teacher's Union. ... In which theteachers are ready, willing and able to teach on a daily basis. ... Where the principals' input is sought in major decisions regarding the education of ... October 2011 – My Education Reform · October 2011 – Parents need to raise their ...
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Chicago braces for possible teachers strike - CBS News
Teachers are also expressing concerns with teacher recall, feeling that if schools consolidate and close - as planned for the year to come - veteran teachers ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../chicago-braces-for-possible-teachers-stri...
Teacher Strikes May Be Coming In Evergreen Park, Lake Forest ...
EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (CBS) — The city of Chicago is not the only municipality where a teacherstrike is looming. On Tuesday afternoon, teachers and staff at ...
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Fiske Library sponsors new online learning, student databases
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New continuing education online courses are offered through Fiske Library. Universal Class, a division of Recorded Books has created more than 500 continuing education courses that you may access from home. Once you choose your area of interest you ...
E-learning 'taking off' in Asia
Virtual College
E-learning 'taking off' in Asia. Online learning is taking off in Asia, following the continent's cultural reverence for education and a growth in internet use and technology. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that e-learning courses are being ...
Wiley Launches WileyCPA.com to Expand its Leading CPA Exam Review ...
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Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today the launch of WileyCPA.com, a new digital hub for CPA candidates shopping for CPA review guides, outline notes, mobile apps, practice software, study tips, exam resources and more. The website ...
100 Loveland students enrolled in Thompson Online
ReporterHerald.com
Earning her diploma through online courses is a way for 15-year-old Rylee Fischer to put her education on the fast track. "I want to speed up my learning and get more out of what I'm doing," the 10th-grader said Friday on her fifth day of school at ...
Essential Learning and the Council on Accreditation Partner to Help Human ...
National Post
The Council on Accreditation (COA), an international accreditor of community-based social and behavioral healthcare services, and Essential Learning, the leading provider of e-learningsolutions to the behavioral health and human service industries ...
ePath Learning Receives 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 4, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- ePath Learning, Inc., announced today that TMC, a global media company, has named ePath Learning eSource as a recipient of a 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.
SQLskills Joins the Pluralsight Library to Deliver Hardcore SQL Server
By Aaron Skonnard
We are pleased to announce a strategic content partnership with SQLskills, the leader in hardcore SQL Server classroom training. Moving forward, SQLskills will also publish their world-renowned SQL Server courses through the Pluralsight ...
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Online Learning, UC AG, and CLRN-Certified Courses
It's been quite a year for the California Learning Resource Network. After investing a year to create the standards and review process for online courses, CLRN ...
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But those classes were pretty similar to the bricks-and-mortar kind, in that students paid fees to enroll in classes taught and graded by a professor and some teaching assistants. But MOOCs, short for massive open online courses, are a different animal.
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CPS chief tells teachers, 'We need to finish this'
Chicago Tribune
Speaking to reporters before he rang the bell at Clemente High School this morning, CPS chief Jean-Claude Brizard said school officials are making "steady progress" in contract talks withteachers as a strike deadline looms. But he quickly added, "At ...
Ex-priest, school teacher head to trial, accused of sexually abusing same boy
New York Daily News
The victim, identified by prosecutors as "Billy Doe," was allegedly repeatedly molested and raped by two priests and a teacher beginning in 1998 — one of the most disturbing complaints of child sex abuse to come out of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
New York Daily News
Vic teachers may opt out of camps, sports
The Australian
VICTORIAN teachers may refuse to participate in out-of-hours activities, such as school musicals, sports and camps, unless a satisfactory pay and conditions deal is struck with the state government. Teachers ... Australian Education Union Victorian ...
Education is vital to survival of an advanced society
The Australian (blog)
Gillard dismissed my concerns in my presentation to the 2000 federal inquiry into the educationof boys. From my experience as a juvenile justice worker and teacher I have seen our primary schools do a poor job teaching disadvantaged children the ...
Hong Kong school year starts with hunger strikes
CNN
(CNN) -- Hunger strikes marked the start of the Hong Kong school year as students, parents, and teachers protested against what they perceive as Beijing-led interference in the public school curriculum. Thousands of protesters dressed in black gathered ...
'Magic Pen' Helps High School Teachers Dig Deeper Into Math Lessons
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
A veteran math teacher at Seminole High School in Sanford, Fla., Noll posts overviews and sample questions recorded on her so-called "magic pen" to her fan page, SemiNoll Math. She uses ... Having students record their math homework and articulate the ...
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News Quiz | September 4, 2012 - The Learning Network
By By ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES
The Learning Network - Teaching and Learning With The New York Times ... Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels. Students can respond to our .... OtherEducation Resources at The Times. Education Life ...
The Learning Network
New York Daily News
The victim, identified by prosecutors as "Billy Doe," was allegedly repeatedly molested and raped by two priests and a teacher beginning in 1998 — one of the most disturbing complaints of child sex abuse to come out of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
New York Daily News
Vic teachers may opt out of camps, sports
The Australian
VICTORIAN teachers may refuse to participate in out-of-hours activities, such as school musicals, sports and camps, unless a satisfactory pay and conditions deal is struck with the state government. Teachers ... Australian Education Union Victorian ...
Education is vital to survival of an advanced society
The Australian (blog)
Gillard dismissed my concerns in my presentation to the 2000 federal inquiry into the educationof boys. From my experience as a juvenile justice worker and teacher I have seen our primary schools do a poor job teaching disadvantaged children the ...
Hong Kong school year starts with hunger strikes
CNN
(CNN) -- Hunger strikes marked the start of the Hong Kong school year as students, parents, and teachers protested against what they perceive as Beijing-led interference in the public school curriculum. Thousands of protesters dressed in black gathered ...
'Magic Pen' Helps High School Teachers Dig Deeper Into Math Lessons
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
A veteran math teacher at Seminole High School in Sanford, Fla., Noll posts overviews and sample questions recorded on her so-called "magic pen" to her fan page, SemiNoll Math. She uses ... Having students record their math homework and articulate the ...
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
News Quiz | September 4, 2012 - The Learning Network
By By ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES
The Learning Network - Teaching and Learning With The New York Times ... Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels. Students can respond to our .... OtherEducation Resources at The Times. Education Life ...
The Learning Network
Emanuel On Teacher Contract Talks: 'We'll Work Through The ...
By Todd Feurer
As he prepares to take the national spotlight this week at the Democratic National Convention with a possible teachers strike looming in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's confident the Chicago Public Schools and teachers will be able ...
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19 Videos That Make Learning Fun - Mental Floss
By Andréa Fernandes
19 Videos That Make Learning Fun. ... The Hawaiian-based history teachers behind History for Music Lovers created this text-only video, a parody of Blondie's “Sunday Girl,” to teach about the creator of the printing press. Visit their YouTube channel for more great ... Culhane's Melodic-Mnemonic approach to education helped his at-risk students succeed in school; he has gone on to work with the State Department's Cultural Affairs program to hold science workshops around the world.
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Hong Kong: National Education Program Prompts Hunger Strike, Sit ...
By Oiwan Lam
Although the Hong Kong government claimed that it is not mandatory for elementary schools to adopt national education in the next three years, a teacher exposed that the Hong KongEducation Bureau requires teachers to file record on ...
Global Voices » China
Chicago Teachers Strike: Families, District Prepare For Walkout
By The Huffington Post News Editors
At the event, Brizard said that an independent fact finder's recommendation to give teachers a double-digit pay raise would cost the district $330 million, lead to thousands of teacher layoffs and increase class sizes. (AP Photo/Sitthixay ... Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn holds up a landmarkeducation reform bill that makes it harder for teachers to go on strike and easier for educators to be fired at a bill-signing ceremony, Monday, June 13, 2011, in Maywood, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ...
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Chicago Teacher's Strike? Whose Side Are You On? | Good and ...
We are days away from a potential strike by the Chicago Teacher's Union. ... In which theteachers are ready, willing and able to teach on a daily basis. ... Where the principals' input is sought in major decisions regarding the education of ... October 2011 – My Education Reform · October 2011 – Parents need to raise their ...
www.chicagonow.com/.../chicago-teachers-strike-whose-side-a...
Chicago braces for possible teachers strike - CBS News
Teachers are also expressing concerns with teacher recall, feeling that if schools consolidate and close - as planned for the year to come - veteran teachers ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../chicago-braces-for-possible-teachers-stri...
Teacher Strikes May Be Coming In Evergreen Park, Lake Forest ...
EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (CBS) — The city of Chicago is not the only municipality where a teacherstrike is looming. On Tuesday afternoon, teachers and staff at ...
chicago.cbslocal.com/.../teacher-strikes-may-be-coming-in-eve...
Fiske Library sponsors new online learning, student databases
Wicked Local
New continuing education online courses are offered through Fiske Library. Universal Class, a division of Recorded Books has created more than 500 continuing education courses that you may access from home. Once you choose your area of interest you ...
E-learning 'taking off' in Asia
Virtual College
E-learning 'taking off' in Asia. Online learning is taking off in Asia, following the continent's cultural reverence for education and a growth in internet use and technology. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that e-learning courses are being ...
Wiley Launches WileyCPA.com to Expand its Leading CPA Exam Review ...
PYMNTS.com
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today the launch of WileyCPA.com, a new digital hub for CPA candidates shopping for CPA review guides, outline notes, mobile apps, practice software, study tips, exam resources and more. The website ...
100 Loveland students enrolled in Thompson Online
ReporterHerald.com
Earning her diploma through online courses is a way for 15-year-old Rylee Fischer to put her education on the fast track. "I want to speed up my learning and get more out of what I'm doing," the 10th-grader said Friday on her fifth day of school at ...
Essential Learning and the Council on Accreditation Partner to Help Human ...
National Post
The Council on Accreditation (COA), an international accreditor of community-based social and behavioral healthcare services, and Essential Learning, the leading provider of e-learningsolutions to the behavioral health and human service industries ...
ePath Learning Receives 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 4, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- ePath Learning, Inc., announced today that TMC, a global media company, has named ePath Learning eSource as a recipient of a 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.
SQLskills Joins the Pluralsight Library to Deliver Hardcore SQL Server
By Aaron Skonnard
We are pleased to announce a strategic content partnership with SQLskills, the leader in hardcore SQL Server classroom training. Moving forward, SQLskills will also publish their world-renowned SQL Server courses through the Pluralsight ...
the pluralsight blog
Online Learning, UC AG, and CLRN-Certified Courses
It's been quite a year for the California Learning Resource Network. After investing a year to create the standards and review process for online courses, CLRN ...
bbridges51.edublogs.org/.../online-learning-uc-a-g-and-clrn-c...
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