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22 Apr 09

GoErie.com: High-tech instruction method 'facilitates learning'

Nice write-up in the Erie, PA paper about a high school teacher (and new PLS online facilitator) using the technology skills he learned in the Building Online Collaborative Environments course I helped develop

www.goerie.com/...article - Preview

k-12 education 1to1 web2.0

  • "The teacher doesn't become the sole source of information, and -- really, in the Internet age -- shouldn't be," Brinling said. "The teacher becomes the person who facilitates learning."
08 Nov 07

eSchool News online - School laptop program begets writing gains

  • This 1-to-1 laptop program resulted in improvements in writing skills. 20% more of the 8th graders were rated proficient in writing than had been 5 years earlier. Quotes from page 2 of the article.
     - christyinsdesign on 2007-11-08
  • Laptops make it easier for students to edit their copy and make changes without getting writer's cramp, he said. As a result, students are writing and revising their work more frequently, which leads to better results. And it's important, Silvernail said, that those skills translated when the test was taken with pen and paper, too.
  • "It's just a lot easier to edit, to self-critique. Our teachers engage students in a lot of peer editing. Not only are they helping themselves, but they're helping each other as they get to their final projects," Rebar said.
29 Jun 07

Kapp Notes: So Far to Go: A Local School Board Candidate Armed with Mis-Information

  • Summaries and links to multiple sources supporting the effectiveness of 1-to-1 laptop programs in schools. Collected by Karl Kapp to rebut a school board candidate who says there's no proof supporting improved learning through laptops.
     - christyinsdesign on 2007-06-29
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