eSN This Week: Reports reveal online learning's successes, needs

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Top News ... Reports reveal online learning's successes, needs Online learning continues to grow at a rapid pace, with 30 states--six more than last year--now offering state-led programs or initiatives, according to the latest report from the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL). But the group warns that more oversight of online learning programs is needed if this growth is to continue, and it urges administrators to make sure their online...| Full Story Grant Alert ... Motorola Foundation grants $3.5M for next generation of inventors The Motorola Foundation announced the recipients of its Innovation Generation Grants, a $3.5 million educational technology grants initiative to inspire young people to embrace science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The 2007 Innovation Generation Grants support 106 breakthrough programs that use innovative approaches to develop interest in technology-related ...| Full Story Week's Top News ... Technology helps reform large lectures At Virginia Tech, students in most introductory math courses work through problems individually at one of 500 computer workstations in a giant room that is open 24 hours a day. And at hundreds of colleges nationwide, professors use personal response systems technology, or "clickers," to gauge whether students understand important concepts before moving on. These are just some of the ...| Full Story Teachers warned about MySpace profiles In a memo to Ohio teachers, the state's largest teachers union strongly discouraged educators from using social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook to create personal profiles or communicate with students. ... | Full Story Project targets new teachers' tech use Indiana University's School of Education is embarking on a $3.1 million study of how current and emerging technologies are being used most effectively in classrooms--and how best to prepare new teachers to use these tools. The study marks the first real focus on helping to prepare pre-service teachers to use technology effectively during the Bush Administration. ... | Full Story Video ... eSN TechWatch: Redefining 'Intelligence' -- November 26, 2007 In this segment that first aired in July 2007, futurist Andrew Zolli discusses the trends that are shaping education today--including the need to redefine ...| Full Story Special Report ... 2008 e-Rate Survival Guide PDF This comprehensive two-page guide from the eSchool News print newspaper will help you get through the e-Rate process with minimal pain--and a maximum return on your time invested ...| Full Story Partners Update ... Avermedia announced as CDW Partner of the Year AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today that it has been presented with the CDW Partner of the Year Award as a Digital Multimedia and Presentation Products Manufacturer. Along with five other CDW partners in various categories, AVerMedia was presented with the honor on November 5, 2007 at the Annual CDW Partner Summit in Las Vegas.... | Full Story Knowledge Adventure joins WeAreTeachers as an affiliate partner Knowledge Adventure, a leader in educational software for the home and the classroom, has become an affiliate partner of WeAreTeachers, a new online teaching, learning and business network, to boost marketing opportunities for its instructional products.... | Full Story		Visit the new eSchool News Online! Visit us online today and discover the many changes we've made with one goal in mind--you! Education technology news is the "number one reason" educators come to eSchool News online. Now it's easier than ever to find all the news and information important to you. With daily news posts (all indexed in 16 major topic channels), it's faster and easier to find all the information you need. Here are some great highlights of the new eSchool News Online site: For a quick video review of the site go to Video Site Tour. Now we display the top six stories right on the front page. If you want to see all the latest articles just click "view all" to display an entire list of news. You can also view the news items by "headlines, summaries or with photos" as well. It's your choice! Just go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/ When you click on any news headline you'll go directly to the full article. Here you can read it, print it, email it, and even get more headlines along the same topic. Notice the "related content" box. Here you'll find recent stories related to what you are reading! If you are a registered user of eSchool News, you're invited to comment at the end of any article, and share your views with other educators. Just click on any news headline! eSchool News Online is full of news content and it's free to educators. Visit us today! Educator Resource Centers Enriching Education Through Digital Sharing Thanks to new technologies, it's now easier than ever for schools and other organizations to create rich, online repositories of learning "objects" that students, teachers, and other users can draw upon at their own convenience to enrich their education. Teachers across the globe, for example, are taking open digital content items and repurposing them for use in their classrooms; universities are making course content available online to users worldwide; and schools and vendors are creating online, interactive learning communities for educators to advance their knowledge and skills. Minimizing Classroom Disruptions Computers and the internet have become welcome instructional tools in most schools, ushering a wealth of additional resources into today's classrooms. Unfortunately, they also bring with them the potential for unwanted distractions--such as online content that ranges from off-target, to inappropriate, material. Professional Development It's easy for today's educator to feel overwhelmed--in a complex and ever-changing educational environment, teachers are often expected to complete more in one day than they have time for in an entire week. They must, for instance, reach increasingly diverse student bodies, meet standards and assessments, integrate technology into the classroom, and meet certification requirements. Collaboration & Storage Today's employers want graduates who can communicate effectively, think critically, solve problems, and work as part of a team--in short, graduates who are well versed in collaborative learning environments. Whether you call it project-based or collaborative learning, it's a strategy that a growing number of educators are employing in their classrooms--and with growing success. Teaching Effectively With Computers With a growing array of solutions at their disposal, more and more educators are integrating computers, laptops, and other technology into the classroom, and often with great success. Computer-based technologies offer rich new ways to reach students and fulfill curriculum goals, while bringing information to life for diverse kinds of learners. But teaching with computers also poses many challenges--from finding ways to implement technology effectively, to limiting students' access only to teacher-sanctioned material.

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