Source: www.examiner.com

By: Jennifer Tanke

Computer labs: they abound in almost every elementary school nowadays. But as a teacher, are you really making good use of them? While there may not be a technology section on your students’ report cards, it is something they should become accustomed to as early as possible.
The International Society for Technology in Education has [...]

Source: www.wbjournal.com

By: Debra M. Townsley

With an unemployment rate expected to top 10.4 percent this September, every college must take an active role to help its graduates successfully take that first career leap. I consider professional career preparation and its ability to realize a return on educational investment an essential service to college students and their [...]

Source: http://chronicle.com

By: Erica Hendry

‘Crowdsourcing,’ the notion of using the wisdom of the crowd for sites like Wikipedia, could be making its way into academe as a grading method that holds students more accountable.

A professor at Duke University plans to test just that this fall, when she leaves the evaluation of class assignments up to her [...]

Source: www.usnews.com

By: Mortimer Zuckerman

Millions more for education! You’ve heard it before, and the results have disappointed. Now, the Obama administration has announced a $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund—and it could be different this time around. It’s the largest pot ever in the history of discretionary funding for education reform for grades K through [...]

Source: www.insidehighered.com

By: Scott Jaschik

Technology is changing higher education in more ways than can be counted. Distance education has become common. Leading universities are putting course materials or even entire courses online — free. The Obama plan for community colleges envisions free online courses that could be used nationwide. Curtis J. Bonk, a professor of instructional [...]

Source: www.istockanalyst.com

By: Shay Maunz

When scrolling through their feed on the social networking site Twitter, hundreds of individuals see not only updates on their friends’ whereabouts or breaking news from national media outlets, they receive updates about recent happenings at West Virginia University.

WVU News, an outlet of News and Information Services at the University, joined Twitter [...]

Source: http://www.twincities.com

By: Debra O’Connor

Out of work? Your best bet may be to go back to school.

Your education and skills may no longer be sufficient for the economy of the future, and that job you had, perhaps for decades, might be gone forever.

But one option is Minnesota’s state community and technical colleges, where you can get [...]

Source: thejournal.com

By: David Nagel

President Barack Obama is calling on states and districts to set higher standards for student achievement. In a speech delivered at the United States Department of Education headquarters in Washington, DC Friday, Obama highlighted some of the top reforms he thinks will help accomplish this and also announced $4.35 billion in competitive [...]

Source: thejournal.com

By: David Nagel

Discovery Education is upgrading its digital services for educators and students. The company this week announced expanded offerings across its Science, Health, and MediaShare services, as well as Discovery Education streaming.

Across all of the services, Discovery has added new search functionality, which lets users find content from all of the different services [...]

Source: thejournal.com

By: David Nagel

Connections Academy and the American Public University System have announced a partnership that will offer high school students who attend National Connections Academy, an online K-12 private school, the chance to earn college degrees as they work toward their high school diplomas.

Connections Academy is a virtual education company that operates [...]