Digital access, collaboration a must for students | 15 Essentials for Effective School ... - 30 views
Live vs. distance learning: Measuring the differences | Around the Web | eSchoolNews.com - 16 views
One-to-one computing programs only as effective as their teachers | eSchoolNews.com - 0 views
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A compilation of four new studies of one-to-one computing projects in K-12 schools identifies several factors that are key to the projects' success, including adequate planning, stakeholder buy-in, and strong school or district leadership. Not surprisingly, the researchers say the most important factor of all is the teaching practices of instructors-suggesting school laptop programs are only as effective as the teachers who apply them.
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New projectors make any wall an interactive whiteboard | eSchoolNews.com - 0 views
Creating the 21st-century classroom | Educator Resource Centers | eSchoolNews.com - 35 views
Report: Blended learning could hit or miss | Policy | eSchoolNews.com - 16 views
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According to the report, blended learning, which it defines as “any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace,” has grown exponentially over the past decade.
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Covers "'The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning,' by Michael B. Horn, co-founder and executive director of education at the Innosight Institute, and Heather Clayton Staker, a senior research fellow for education practice at the institute, [which] describes how blended learning can affect education, but why it also could fall short of its potential" (¶3).