T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) articles from April 2005

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) archives from April 2005

Assessing technology integration.(Editorial)
April 1, 2005... In case you haven't noticed, the assessment market is big business--about $1.81 billion in 2003, according to an Eduventures report titled "Testing in Flux: Future Directions in the Pre-K-12 Assessment Market." This market includes state exams,...

Calendar.(Calendar)
April 1, 2005... MICCA 2005: Blazing New Paths April 27-28; Baltimore, MD www.miccaonline.org Games in Education Conf. at [E.sup.3] Expo May 15-17; Los Angeles, CA www.educationarcade.org CUMREC 2005 May 15-18; Keystone, CO www.cumrec.org/2005 ...

Virtual internships give students real-world experience.(news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Pitsco's new Web -based CareerPorts take students on nine-week virtual internships in nationally recognized career cluster areas, helping them hone their real-world career experiences and independent learning skills. Designed for students in...

McAfee donation bolsters RIT's graduate computer science program.(news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... While security intrusions have become an ever-growing concern at universities around the world, students at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York may someday be able to prevent various security breaches thanks to a donation...

Kaplan launches mobile test prep.(news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Today's high school students now have a better, smarter way to study for those big exams thanks to the new Kaplan Mobile SAT/PSAT-ACT 2005 from Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions and Handmark Inc. This mobile application has put more than 1,200...

Thomson higher ed., Aplia align for econ. solution.(news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Thomson Higher Education and Aplia Inc. have formed an alliance to help students better prepare for economics lessons outside of the classroom. The solution, which combines Thomson South-Western economics books with Aplia's auto-graded student...

New Kurzweil 3000 offers license-to-go feature.(news)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Kurzweil Educational Systems has announced the release of its Kurzweil 3000 for Windows Version 9 (www.kurzweiledu.com), its reading, writing and learning solution for students with visual or learning disabilities. The software now offers...

Princeton review helps districts implement interim assessment programs.(news)
April 1, 2005... According to a February 2004 Eduventures report, interim--or formative assessment is a $200 million market and growing at a rate of 15% a year. Districts of all sizes are moving to utilize technology to help them use formative assessment to...

'Technology Black Out Day" scheduled for April 20.
April 1, 2005... On April 20, join thousands of teachers, students and parents for "Technology Black Out Day" as they imagine a full day without technology. With free lesson plans, activities and supporting materials for grades 3-12 available at...

Assessing technology integration in schools: SETDA's PETI tools assist states in making data-driven decisions about education technology.
April 1, 2005... Almost three years and more than 30 conference calls later, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is pleased to announce that its Profiling Educational Technology Integration (PETI) tools are being implemented in states...

Measuring progress with technology in schools: SETDA's PETI framework and suite of tools address state assessment needs.(state educational technology directors association, Profiling Educational Technology Integration)
April 1, 2005... TODAY'S EDUCATION POLICYMAKERS are seeing technology through the lens of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which is creating expectations for a "learning return" on all technology investments. Across the nation, schools see highly qualified...

Pennsylvania provides customized PETI tools to its EETT grantees.(Profiling Educational Technology Integration, Enhancing Education Through Technology)
April 1, 2005... PENNSYLVANIA HAS FOCUSED ITS Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) grants from the NCLB Act on literacy, mathematics, and the effective use of digital tools to engage learners and enable teachers to differentiate instruction. Thus far,...

PETI tools assist Missouri districts in determining their technological progress.(Profiling Educational Technology Integration)
April 1, 2005... MISSOURI IS A STATE WITH A strong tradition of local control. Yet the state still has an obligation to report information to the Legislature, executive branch and the federal government, as well as to assist districts in using technology to...

Decision-support system helps Utah improve its student achievement.
April 1, 2005... UTAH HAS A HISTORY OF PUTTING technology in place, and then using that technology to help its educators and students improve teaching and learning. The current case in point is how the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) is aligning itself...

Data warehousing: an aid to decision-making.
April 1, 2005... IN EDUCATION, WE ARE CONSTANTLY looking for the magic bullet--that intervention which will miraculously result in higher achievement scores for our students, happier and more productive teachers, etc. The pressure for improvement has caused...

Questia launches course management system.(EDUNET: Internet: Web: Online Content and Services: Digital Publishing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Questia Media (www.questia.com) has expanded its online academic library to the secondary school level with the launch of Questia Classroom, the first course management system (CMS) attached to a vast scholarly collection of full-text,...

ArtsPass attempts to fill educational void.(EDUNET: Internet: Web: Online Content and Services: Digital Publishing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ArtsPass (www.artspass.com) is the first comprehensive and affordable online service devoted to delivering the arts to teachers, students, parents and other enthusiasts. The inexpensive subscription site works with artists, educators and...

AEL, ITEG enhance K12 TCO Calculator.(EDUNET: Internet: Web: Online Content and Services: Digital Publishing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL), in conjunction with the Integrated Technology Education Group (ITEG), has announced an enhanced version (v2.0) of its popular online K12 TCO Calculator (www.iaete.org/tco), which is funded by the...

Opera program offers free site licenses to higher ed.(EDUNET: Internet: Web: Online Content and Services: Digital Publishing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Opera Software is making its secure, fast and reliable Internet browsing alternative available to higher education institutions for free. Opera's tightly coded, cross-platform browser provides additional value to students by offering tabbed...

FYI.(EDUNET: Internet: Web: Online Content and Services: Digital Publishing)(CourseForum Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... While schools continue schools continue looking at different ways to integrate laptop computers into their curriculum, the Laptopical Weblog (www.laptopical.com) provides news and reviews that attempt to educate potential buyers of the mobile...

The quest for quality instructional data.(INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE)
April 1, 2005... Administrators and teachers are learning how educational data can guide their efforts to improve student learning. Those who have truly mastered using data to inform decisions have a more comprehensive view about the relationship among data,...

Administrative technology: new rules, new tools: a pilot study of Excelsior Software's electronic gradebook solution reveals the impact and time-saving qualities of administrative software.
April 1, 2005... MUCH OF THE FOCUS FOR education technology through the '90s was on technology equity as measured by student access to computers. While efforts to improve technology equity and access were met with wide success in the years that followed, the...

TinkerPlots turns students into data analysts.(Educator's Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... How do we approach the teaching and learning of data management in North American elementary schools? Tom got the following marks out of 10 on a series of quizzes: 6, 7, 9, 8, 5, 8, 8, 7, 7, 8. What is the mean, median and mode for Tom's...

Math and science tools.(Product Watch)
April 1, 2005... Vernier Software & Technology, Bodelin Technologies and Apple Computer have teamed up to design the Science CSI (Concentrated Science Investigation) Kit, which gives grade 5-12 students a new way to study science in the classroom. The kit...

Ed tech book club.(Product watch)
April 1, 2005... Teaching TV Production in a Digital World: Integrating Media Literacy --Teachers/Second Edition (Paperback, 212 pages, $25) Author: Robert E Kenny, Ph.D. Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (www.lu.com) Available in both teacher and student...

Amarillo ISD improves functionality, reduces phone costs with digital communications system.(Amarillo Independent School District uses ShoreTel digital voice communications system)
April 1, 2005... It's said that everything is bigger in Texas. While that may be debatable, Amarillo Independent School District (AISD), on the sweeping plains of the Texas panhandle, definitely does justice to its state's reputation. The district encompasses...

Dominican U. secures network to protect students and faculty.(Dominican University of California)
April 1, 2005... Worms, viruses, spyware and other malicious code are a rapidly growing problem. According to computer industry associations, major viruses such as Sasser are costing companies, individuals and educational institutions worldwide billions of...

Asset-tracking technology helps lockdown, recover laptops at Bryant University.
April 1, 2005... The ability to dynamically connect to information from anywhere, at anytime has become a standard practice with the use of mobile computing in today's corporate environment. Laptops, PDAs and wireless technology are not only changing how we...

Improving student achievement by measuring ability, not content.(The Final Word)
April 1, 2005... With students spending more classroom time preparing for and participating in high-stakes tests, no one knows more about the increasing demand for student assessment than today's teachers. Federal legislation such as No Child Left Behind ties...