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Source: thejournal.com By: David Nagel Two Florida school districts are using immersive online gaming in their summer math programs. Hillsborough County Public Schools added Tabula Digita's DimensionM educational video games in its summer enrichment and intervention programs. The School District of Escambia County also put gaming to work this summer for course recovery and intervention. DimensionM is an immersive gaming environment focused on math for students in… Continue reading

Source: www.examiner.com By: Elaine Plybon As teachers begin to prepare for the new school year, part of the planning is what to do in those first days of school. There are some things that will always be there: discussing the rules, getting equipment and supplies marked and put away, obtaining signatures on forms, etc., but outside of those things, there must be activities to… Continue reading

Source: thejournal.com By: Bridget McCrea Kathy Schwabe knows that there's a standard assessment that most American schools use to keep tabs on their students' reading progress, but that didn't stop this Title I teacher from exploring a newer, more promising option a few years ago. "It was sort of a fluke," recalled Schwabe, a reading teacher at Speas Elementary School in Winston-Salem, NC. "We didn't have enough first grade teachers, and… Continue reading

Funding shortages, lack of teacher preparation mean schools offer less online learning than students desire, this research suggests

Source: eschoolnews.com Despite a growing interest in online learning among students, the availability of online classes in K-12 schools and districts hasn't kept pace with the demand, according to a new report from Project Tomorrow [and a partnering LMS]. According to the report, more than 40 percent of sixth through 12th graders have researched… Continue reading

Sourse: thejournal.com By: David Nagel America's schools, colleges, and universities are making limited progress toward providing technology-rich environments for students. According to the results of a benchmark study released this week at the 2009 National Educational Computer Conference (NECC) in Washington, DC, schools improved most in the area of broadband adoption in the last year but are still weak in the use of technology for assessments and creating… Continue reading

Higher education is exploring course material via cell phones as smart phones gain traction among students

Source: eschoolnews.com By: Dennis Carter U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools and colleges should deliver course content to the cell phones that students use to talk and text every day. Some campus officials are listening, and classes via web-enabled cell phones could be mobile learning's next evolution. "Kids are on their cell phones the 14 hours

Source: star-telegram.com By: Gene Trainor One student is putting on lipstick in class while another has headphones on. A third student talks to his friend sitting next to him. The teacher’s challenge: Try to engage these teenagers. When the teacher suggests that the students do a worksheet, a girl puts her head on the desk. So begins a computer program designed to prepare teachers for the modern youngster and help stem the flight of educators… Continue reading

College officials say mandates for expensive equipment to watch online test takers could have been devastating during recession

Source: eschoolnews.com By: Dennis Carter Web-based college programs won't have to buy pricey monitoring gadgets like cameras and fingerprint or eye scanners to satisfy the requirements of a section in the recently reauthorized Higher Education Act, federal officials say. Instead, they say, exam proctors and

Source: the journal.com By: Scott Aronowitz In an effort to make its vast collection of digital educational resources available for in-class use, PBS has announced the launch of the PBS Digital Learning Library, a comprehensive source of digital video, still images, audio, games, and interactive simulations for teachers to use to augment their lessons. PBS made the announcement at last week's… Continue reading

Source: www.kansas.com By: Suzanne Perez Tobias Liz Sothman first heard about Twitter during a writing class at Wichita State University. Someone from a local advertising agency was explaining how companies use the microblogging site to communicate, market or promote their wares, 140 characters at a time. Sothman was dubious. "I remember being in the back row and saying, 'This is so ridiculous,'" said Sothman, 21… Continue reading