Digital Curriculum
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Classroom Technology
New Laws, Programs Expand E-Learning Options
Several states have enacted laws that require more choices for students who want to try taking courses online, outside the offerings of brick-and-mortar schools.
Teaching
Educators Evaluate 'Flipped Classrooms'
Benefits and drawbacks are seen in the approach, which replaces in-class lectures with on-demand video to make more time for analysis and discussion during class time.
Education Funding
Can Technology Replace Teachers?
As districts and states look for more efficient ways to operate, they are turning to technological approaches that some see as a threat to teacher jobs.
Curriculum
Pace Quickening in E-Book Market
Here's a quick update on what's been happening in the world of e-reader technology.
Curriculum
The Evolution of Digital Textbooks
Representatives from open-source and proprietary textbooks voiced their opinions about the future of textbooks at this panel.
Curriculum
Providing Credit for Teacher Online PD Efforts
New forms of online professional development are challenging traditional methods used to acknowledge teacher efforts.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Students Tackle Video-Game Design
As more schools integrate digital games into learning, programs are evolving to turn students into video-game designers.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Online Games Tapped by West Virginia to Improve Education
Students love to play computer games, and the West Virginia Department of Education is tapping into that love through a website called Learn21.
Curriculum
Educational Ratings for Digital Content Launched
An educational ratings system for digital content announced about a year ago has debuted with listings for more than 150 mobile products.
Curriculum
In Uncertain Times, a Publisher Pushes Digital Transformation
A company's sobering realization that things were quickly changing in a long-unchanged industry was one shared by many attending a meeting of educational publishers.
Classroom Technology
Survey: Educators, Publishers Agree on Need for Improved Web Search
Preliminary results from the LRMI show both educators and publishers believe the Web search experience isn't successfully routing the right resource to the right searcher.
Classroom Technology
More Focus on Psychological Impact of Digital Media?
As our discussion becomes more sophisticated, expect to see more stories asking questions about the emotional and psychological impact of learning via digital media.
Curriculum
Digital Notebook: E-Books for Tots, STEM Apps, and Software Questions
A quick look at some recent headlines in the world of educational technology.
Curriculum
Educators Weigh E-Textbook Cost Comparisons
Despite the substantial investments states and districts have made in digital textbooks, and claims from proponents that they save schools money, many officials remain skeptical.