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T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Jim Schneider |
Focus on Reference In that spirit, this month's Software Focus-On will take a look at reference software....   |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference The following Web resources and CD-ROMs acquaint students with an abundance of information at the click of a mouse... |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2001
Elizabeth Amberg |
Focus on Science Education Interactive learning and informative content are vital assets in any science classroom. Several software programs exist to help students visualize and analyze scientific information... |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2011
Diekema et al. |
Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. |
Searcher
June 2002
Irene E. McDermott |
Where was I? Maps on the Web There is a tremendous amount of spatial data on the World Wide Web: multitudes of maps; armfuls of atlases; cartloads of cartography. Enough to keep a map nerd like myself clicking and dreaming for years. Maps on the Web are designed for many uses, and many of them are free... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2001
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference Reference encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauri remain some of the most valuable tools that aid in the completion of student research projects. This article presents the electronic versions of many reference industry favorites... |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2001
Matthew E. Coenen |
2000 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia The Grolier 2000 Multimedia Encyclopedia (GME) contains over 37,000 articles, and more if you take advantage of the online feature... |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 21, 2014
Michael Blanding |
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals Harvard Business School's new online primer on the fundamentals of business aims to translate some of the School's unique classroom teaching methods to the Web. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Evolution of the Textbook Publishers are beginning to go digital with science textbooks, pushing boundaries to give students a personalized, interactive experience. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2002
Shay K. McKinley |
The Map Detectives Students will enjoy Sherston Software's new program The Map Detectives so much, they won't even realize they're learning valuable skills. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 1, 2010 |
2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2001
Matthew Miller |
Hands On Review - GeoCycle USA If you want to get students excited about U.S. geography, GeoCycle USA from EdVenture Software is a good tool to start with... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2010
Dan Gordon |
Wow! 3D Content Awakens the Classroom From her first encounter with stereoscopic 3D technology designed for classroom instruction, Megan Timme sensed it could be transformative. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010 |
A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal
July 27, 2010
Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 4, 2010
Denise Harrison |
Technology Turns Students into Educators in Distance Learning Program At Stamford HS in Texas, the students also find themselves in the role of teacher as they bring their own part of the world and their own unique knowledge to others through videoconferencing. |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2015
Justin B. Sorensen |
Reconstructing the Past Through Utah Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: A Geospatial Approach to Library Resources This article describes the Digital Scholarship Lab's endeavor to convert these valuable resources into research driven geospatial datasets, providing a new format for how the library information is presented. |
Information Today
September 2, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Free Collaborative Learning Tools for Science--Spotlight on Scitable Scitable is an educational website offered by Nature Education (a division of NPG) for biology and genetics educators and undergraduate students -- and it provides a free library of high quality vetted content and tools. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 16, 2014
Michael Blanding |
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology With 50 million public school students in America, technology holds much potential to transform schools, says John Jong-Hyun Kim. So why isn't it happening? |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2009
Jennifer Demski |
STEM Picks Up Speed The use of authentic scenarios to teach abstract concepts such as constant velocity is helping educators spark student interest in math and science. |
Searcher
April 2002
Marylaine Block |
Mapping the Information Landscape Why is it worth identifying our mental maps and thinking about them? To remind ourselves when we get bogged down in a question, that we can reorient ourselves to a different map and a different strategy for finding answers... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 25, 2007
Ferdig & Boyer |
Can Game Development Impact Academic Achievement? Having students develop games has shown tremendous promise for motivating students, building conceptual knowledge, and improving content knowledge acquisition. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009
Dian Schaffhauser |
Boundless Opportunity National borders are no match for the reach of online technologies, as demonstrated by a host of collaborative projects that use web-based platforms to link US students with their peers abroad. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
Paul McFedries |
The New Geographers The new arts of neogeography and neocartography are thriving in their stead, and they will soon be annotating, augmenting, tagging, coding, and parsing your reality. |
Information Today
November 11, 2014 |
World Library of Science Aims to Open Science to All Students This free, online education resource is designed to give students around the world equal access to the latest science information. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 17, 2010
Patricia Deubel |
Web 2.0 in Instruction: Adding Spice to Math Education Mathematics lags behind other subjects in class-centered web 2.0 communities for children, and an even larger lag in informal, recreational communities. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Katherine Grayson |
Flippin Out The Flip camcorder is such a great way to get students active and engaged in their learning. |
Information Today
May 14, 2015 |
Gale Helps Middle School Students With Information Literacy Gale launched Research In Context, an online, multimedia (images, audio, video, and primary sources, etc.) research tool for middle school students. |
D-Lib
November 2004
Sumner et al. |
A Web Service Interface for Creating Concept Browsing Interfaces Concept browsing interfaces, based on nationally recognized educational standards, can help educators and learners to locate, comprehend and use educational resources in digital libraries. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 1, 2010
Michael Bowker |
A Virtual Ticket to Ride A teacher at Clarion Elementary School in northwestern Pennsylvania, is able to take advantage of the reach of digital technologies to guide her students on what have become known as virtual field trips. |
Information Today
March 14, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Cengage Learning Introduces New `MindTap' Personal Learning Experience MindTap is a new personalized program of digital products and services that engages students with interactivity while also offering students and instructors choice in content, platform, devices, and learning tools. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2000 |
New Releases - MindJET Mind Mapping is a way to prepare and present core concepts to students in easily understood, easy-to-remember visualizations. eMind Maps from MindJET is a software program that takes educators through the Mind Mapping process step-by-step, helping students perceive information in a natural, nonlinear fashion.... |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2011
Neatrour et al. |
Automating the Production of Map Interfaces for Digital Collections Using Google APIs Many digital libraries are interested in taking advantage of the GIS mapping capabilities provided by Google Maps and Google Earth. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2009 |
Smart Table by Smart Technologies The Smart Table, is an interactive learning center designed for students from preschool to sixth grade. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2010
Markey et al. |
The Benefits of Integrating an Information Literacy Skills Game into Academic Coursework: A Preliminary Evaluation BiblioBouts seeks to satisfy student requests for a gaming experience directly integrated into their current coursework. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000 |
A Cross-Country Journey for Elementary Students USA Explorer from DK Interactive Learning is a CD-ROM that encourages children to explore the USA... |
Information Today
December 26, 2007 |
New Sajara Offers Web-Based Geographic Digital Asset Management Avencia has announced a new edition of its web-based geographic digital asset management for georeferencing, managing, searching, and displaying an organization's digital assets from anywhere in the world. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2007
Linda L. Briggs |
Here, There, and Everywhere Whether out in the field or in the classroom, students are using mapping technologies to develop an awareness of where data comes from and what it means. |
Information Today
January 10, 2013 |
Gale Adds National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World to NGVL Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced the launch of National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World, a new multimedia resource in its National Geographic Virtual Library product line. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000
Kathryn Childs |
ABC-CLIO's American Social Issues ABC-CLIO, longtime publisher of books and large bibliographic database products, offers six interactive multimedia encyclopedias on CD-ROM that are wonderful reference resources for upper middle and high school student research... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2010
Jennifer Demski |
How Music Teachers Got Their Groove Back Music Instruction Goes Digital Carol Broos is on a mission. She is determined to appeal to the estimated 80 percent of students who do not enroll in traditional school music programs -- band, orchestra, and choir. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 1999 |
Maps Made Smarter by 3-D TopoQuads |
T.H.E. Journal
January 5, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
PBS Launches Online Resources for Finance and Economics Teachers PBS Teachers has launched "Access, Analyze, Act," a new collection of digital resources to help primary and secondary school teachers give students an introduction to and overview of what all the "money talk" really means. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 9, 2009
Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2014 |
Blended Learning Blended learning -- a combination of classroom, independent study, and online instruction for commercial real estate -- is more than an educational fad for CCIM members. |
D-Lib
May 2004
Michael F. Goodchild |
The Alexandria Digital Library Project: Review, Assessment, and Prospects Why the Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) was established, how it progressed, and how the vision of ADL continues to evolve. |
HHMI Bulletin
February 2011 |
Louisa Stark: The Internet Age To engage children and teenagers in science, it helps to entertain. Louisa Stark, director of the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah, uses tools that students have already mastered, such as the internet. |
Information Today
August 23, 2010 |
Cengage Learning Enhances CengageBrain.com The website, which allows students to purchase or rent textbooks, ebooks, or individual echapters and download study tools, features a more intuitive interface for students |
T.H.E. Journal
September 1, 2010
Jennifer Demski |
They're Taking Requests: Student Techs Command the Help Desk Varun Kumar, the technology coordinator at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY, has it good. His workforce consists of Bryant High students, members of the Mouse Squad, a student-based IT support program. |
Fast Company
Mary Pilon |
Using Google Glass, Elementary Students Learn How Blind People Live The larger goal, according to organizers with Classroom Champions, a nonprofit focused on connecting Olympic and Paralympic athletes with students at high-need schools, is to use Glass to increase children's empathy and goal-setting skills. |
