Focus on: Technology

Turning the Digital Page
The potential cost savings of using multimedia books is prompting states to seek out such options for school curricula.
October 14, 2009 - Digital Directions

Evaluating Online Teachers Is Largely a Virtual Task
When administrators of virtual schools evaluate a teacher, they can’t walk out of their offices, stroll into the classroom, and take a seat at the back to observe the day’s lesson. But they can go online and get megabytes of vital information about the teacher.
August 9, 2005 - Education Week

Online Auctions Prove Boon for School Fund-Raisers
Parents who want to help their children’s schools raise money can do more than sell candy or bake cookies. All they need is an Internet connection and a credit card.
June 21, 2005 - Education Week

Technology Turns Test-Prep Into Clicking Experience
Classroom "clickers" aim for a greater purpose than simply helping couch potatoes channel-surf. Educators who have used them say clickers help involve every student in a lesson and give teachers immediate feedback about what students are learning, so that instructional strategies can be changed on the fly.
May 10, 2005 - Education Week

E-Mail Opens Lines of Communication for Teachers
E-mail, that modern-day convenience that allows instantaneous communication with someone across the room or around the globe, has helped Gay Holub—an 8th grade math teacher—work more efficiently and stay in frequent touch with parents.
April 5, 2005 - Education Week

Schools Experimenting With Tracking Technologies
Many school districts are turning to global-positioning-satellite and radio-frequency tracking systems to follow the movements of their buses.
March 1, 2005 - Education Week

Online Surveys Give School Districts Quick Feedback
Schools seeking to tap the opinions of their constituents—parents, students, and community members—may never have had it so easy, thanks to the proliferation of online survey tools that are being served up by companies or set up by school do-it-yourselfers.
January 25, 2005 - Education Week

Web Searches Often Overwhelm Young Researchers
Students in many schools have Web access that approaches the ideal of “anytime, anywhere.” But some experts say the academic payoff often is minimal.
November 30, 2004 - Education Week (Web)

School Lunchrooms Take Digital Twists and Turns
Some of the same technologies that allow adults to access their bank accounts and enter secure buildings are now being used to collect school lunch money and track students’ eating habits.
October 26, 2004 - Education Week

States, Districts Clicking Into Online-Purchasing Systems
Seeking to capitalize on the Internet’s retail and financial-management capabilities, more states and school districts are using online-purchasing systems to buy everything from No. 2 pencils to cleaning supplies.
June 9, 2004 - Education Week

Digital Imaging Shows New Visions of Scientific Topics
Students and teachers are using digital cameras and other imaging technologies to conduct more sophisticated scientific data collection, lab work, and 3-D imaging.
April 28, 2004 - Education Week

Internet-Based Voting Programs Marketed to Schools
Voting technology now allows students to vote for their student governments, homecoming kings and queens, or even their most favorite or least favorite teachers, using any personal computer.
March 24, 2004 - Education Week

Camera Phones Raise Whole New Set of Privacy Issues
Whether they are reacting to a troubling incident or simply trying to prevent problems before they happen, schools are grappling with how to address the increasing use of camera phones by students.
February 18, 2004 - Education Week

'Blogs' Help Educators Share Ideas, Air Frustrations
January 14, 2004 - Education Week

Classroom Notetaking Goes Digital With Tablet Devices
Ocoee Middle School in Orlando, Florida, is pilot-testing tablet PCs in its core academic classes. For many students, the new devices have made ballpoint pens, paper, and even traditional hardbound textbooks things of the past.
November 19, 2003 - Education Week

National Teaching Board Elevates Technology's Profile
Technology PageThe National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is upgrading the role of technology in its vision for what makes an excellent teacher.
October 15, 2003 - Education Week

High-Tech Tools Help StudentsPut Veterans in Limelight
With the help of technology, students document the oral biographies of war veterans through a national oral-history project.
September 10, 2003 - Education Week

A School's Online Microscope Project Spans 2,400 Miles
Technology PageStudents in Washington are using the Internet to operate a 400,000-volt transmission electron microscope at the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, located at the University of California, San Diego.
June 11, 2003 - Education Week

High School Carmakers Build Electric 'Green' Machines
Technology Page A team of enthusiastic students at West Philadelphia High—a school known more for its tough, urban environment than for academic success—has earned a reputation for building award-winning electric and hybrid cars.
May 7, 2003 - Education Week

TV and the Web Offer Live Access— For Better or Worse
In a double- edged development that evokes mixed feelings among educators, the snazzy technologies that many U.S. classrooms now boast are allowing students unprecedented access to the face of war.
April 2, 2003 - Education Week

Parents Log On to Check Students' Progress in School
Technology PageStudents around the country can no longer hide missed homework assignments, failing grades, and lapsing attendance: With new online programs, parents have found a better way to keep tabs on their children's progress.
February 26, 2003 - Education Week

Simulated Driver's Ed. Takes Virtual Twists and Turns
Technology Page Driver's education class takes a virtual turn as kids in one high school buckle their seat belts and rivet their eyes to a computer screen.
January 22, 2003 - Education Week

Digital Whiteboards Outsell Traditional Chalkboards
Technology Page Schools across the country are gradually replacing the chalkboard—a mainstay of classrooms since the 19th century—with its high-tech, wired cousin: the interactive digital whiteboard.
November 27, 2002 - Education Week

Finger-Scanning Technology Monitors School Employees
Technology Page Casinos in New Mexico use it. So do Kroger's grocery stores in Texas, financial firms in New York, and even some airports. And now, so does at least one major school district.
October 23, 2002 - Education Week

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