Digital Curriculum

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Teacher Karyn Hall celebrates after a student completes a lesson in the computer lab at Hillcrest Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tenn., during a summer learning session that uses computers to help students retain more of what they learned. Summer educators across the country are seeing the use of technology as a promising strategy for keeping students engaged in learning and sharpening academic skills.
Teacher Karyn Hall celebrates after a student completes a lesson in the computer lab at Hillcrest Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tenn., during a summer learning session that uses computers to help students retain more of what they learned. Summer educators across the country are seeing the use of technology as a promising strategy for keeping students engaged in learning and sharpening academic skills.
Shawn Poynter/Education Week
Classroom Technology Summer Educators 'Mix Up' Learning with Technology
Summer programs are harnessing technology to try to improve students' academic proficiency.
Ian Quillen, June 14, 2011
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Virtual manipulatives, seen here, in software by DreamBox Learning, are able to provide the same benefits as physical manipulatives with less of the mess.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Virtual manipulatives, seen here, in software by DreamBox Learning, are able to provide the same benefits as physical manipulatives with less of the mess.
Curriculum Math Educators See the Right Angles for Digital Tools
The math world is bursting with technologies that visualize concepts, adapt to students' strengths and weaknesses, and align with state academic standards.
Ian Quillen, June 13, 2011
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8 min read
Artwork created by Aubrey Arneson in Kevan Nitzberg’s class at Anoka High School. Digital tools are being used in classrooms to create art, music, and films.
Artwork created by Aubrey Arneson in Kevan Nitzberg’s class at Anoka High School. Digital tools are being used in classrooms to create art, music, and films.
Aubrey Arneson/Education Week
Curriculum Art and Music Learning Emphasize Interactivity, Real-World Relevance
Digital tools can be key to engaging more students in art and music and preparing others for careers in those fields.
Katie Ash, June 13, 2011
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8 min read
HISTORY COLLABORATION: In Ken Halla’s Advanced Placement U.S. Government class at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax County, Va., students use netbooks to work on a federal budget project.
HISTORY COLLABORATION: In Ken Halla’s Advanced Placement U.S. Government class at Hayfield Secondary School in Fairfax County, Va., students use netbooks to work on a federal budget project.
Nicole Fruge for Education Week
Curriculum Digitized Historical Documents Give Students Direct Access to the Past
Students can now review thousands of perspectives from key historical figures faster and more easily than ever before.
Katie Ash, June 13, 2011
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8 min read
SCIENTIFIC MODELING: Jeff Piontek is the principal and founder of the Hawaii Technology Academy in Waipahu. The K-12 high-tech charter school uses 3-D modeling and works with experts in the field to help students understand complex scientific concepts.
SCIENTIFIC MODELING: Jeff Piontek is the principal and founder of the Hawaii Technology Academy in Waipahu. The K-12 high-tech charter school uses 3-D modeling and works with experts in the field to help students understand complex scientific concepts.
Elyse Butler & Matt Mallams of Education Week
Science Technology Evolves to Offer a Clearer View of Science
Schools are incorporating computer simulations and 3-D modeling to help students visualize and understand complex concepts.
Ian Quillen, June 13, 2011
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8 min read
Krysta Randolph, 17, a junior in Advance Placement U.S. History class, starts up a netbook during a joint session with seniors in Ken Halla's AP U.S. Government class at Hayfield Secondary on May 23 in Alexandria, Virginia.
Krysta Randolph, 17, a junior in Advance Placement U.S. History class, starts up a netbook during a joint session with seniors in Ken Halla's AP U.S. Government class at Hayfield Secondary on May 23 in Alexandria, Virginia.
Nicole Fruge for Education Week
Curriculum Quality Content in Demand as Multimedia Use Expands
Digital curricula repositories are helping to fill the growing need for more and better multimedia content.
Ian Quillen, June 13, 2011
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6 min read
Standards & Accountability New Rating System Targets Media's Education Potential
Common Sense Media plans to expand its current rating system to evaluate the learning benefits of popular and educational digital content.
Ian Quillen, May 24, 2011
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4 min read
Federal District Seeks to Sell Online Courses
Hoping to make money to help relieve property taxes, the Auburn, Maine, school department will try to develop online high school courses for foreign students.
Bonnie Washuk, Sun Journal, Maine (MCT), April 26, 2011
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3 min read
Education Funding Common Assessments a Test for Schools' Technology
As the two big groups of states craft common-assessment systems, experts warn that the smallest details could undermine their work.
Catherine Gewertz, April 19, 2011
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6 min read
Antonio Aquino, right, and Angel Aviles lead a line of 6th graders from Stonewall Jackson Middle School, in Manassas, Va., as they reenact 1861 military life at the Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Antonio Aquino, right, and Angel Aviles lead a line of 6th graders from Stonewall Jackson Middle School, in Manassas, Va., as they reenact 1861 military life at the Manassas National Battlefield Park.
T.J. Kirkpatrick for Education Week
Curriculum Primary Sources Breathe Life Into Civil War
With the help of technology, teachers are moving beyond textbooks and digging directly into primary sources to help their students better understand the past.
Erik W. Robelen, April 15, 2011
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Classroom Technology Video Storyboarding with iPads
April 5, 2011
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Curriculum Chat Teaching Digital Writing: More Than Blogs and Wikis
Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, a director of programs with the National Writing Project, and Bud Hunt, an instructional technologist and former language arts teacher, joined us to discuss how new digital tools and platforms are changing writing instruction, and what this means for professional development.
March 15, 2011
Mayo Elementary teacher George Tudor uses Reasoning Mind, which is based on a Russian math curriculum, to work with his 2nd graders.
Mayo Elementary teacher George Tudor uses Reasoning Mind, which is based on a Russian math curriculum, to work with his 2nd graders.
Melissa Golden for Education Week
Teaching Web-Based Russian Math Curriculum Shows Positive Results
Students using the program are showing improvements in both their proficiency and their attitudes toward math.
Nora Fleming, March 14, 2011
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11 min read
Catherine Mitchell teaches an Advanced Placement English class at the East Bronx Academy for the Future, in New York City. The school is part of the city schools' Innovation Zone initiative, which is trying different teaching and learning methods to see what works best.
Catherine Mitchell teaches an Advanced Placement English class at the East Bronx Academy for the Future, in New York City. The school is part of the city schools' Innovation Zone initiative, which is trying different teaching and learning methods to see what works best.
Emile Wamsteker for Education Week
Teaching NYC Innovation Zone Tests Customized Digital Learning
The iZone is trying new and different ways of educating students and managing schools, with a heavy emphasis on customized digital learning.
Ian Quillen, March 14, 2011
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11 min read
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