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Juli Lorton's List: SPS Tech Research

  • Oct 29, 09

    Technology is a powerful equalizer by providing students and teachers with access to high quality educational resources that extends beyond the limitations of physical space.

    www.edtechactionnetwork.org/technology-equity-and-access Access

      • A multimedia science curriculum that serves approximately 25,000 teachers and one million students gives all of them access to complex scientific concepts. The JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum, also known as the JASON Project, is aligned to state science, math, language arts, geography, and educational technology standards. Each year, students learn about a unique research expedition site and use a print curriculum, video, live satellite broadcasts and online activities, including digital labs and electronic journals, to interact with scientists and experts as they explore scientific content and concepts.
        At-risk, mainstream, and gifted and talented students in grades 4-8 all learned scientific content, content and technologies, according to an evaluation of the project. At-risk students, including economically disadvantaged students on an Indian reservation and English language learners, gained these advantages:
           
        • First, the project “opens up the world” for these students, whether it is through exposure to different cultures, different people or even different climates.
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        • Second, the hands-on and multimedia activities help these students learn and remember complex scientific concepts.
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        • Third, the project exposes students to the language of science. Because their reading abilities are, for the most part, below grade level, building their knowledge of scientific vocabulary is important if they are to have any chance of academic success in the upper grades.
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