Digital Consumers

In a recent article on Ars Technia (The “Google generation” not so hot at Googling, after all), Nate Anderson reviewed a study by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee that examined the internet researching habits Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:57 PM from iTeach - Skip Via | 0 Comments

Your Own Child Left Behind?

It’s difficult to find arguments for the success of NCLB, but here’s a unique twist on the topic. Parents (at least those in Kansas) don’t appear to support strengthening math, science, and technology programs to enhance 21st century Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:13 PM from iTeach - Skip Via | 0 Comments

Preparing Students for College

This article from eSchool News–Report: Schools Aren’t Preparing Kids for College–is required reading. In it, eSchool News Assistant Editor Meris Stansbury reports on a panel discussion convened by the Alliance for Excellent Education Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:06 PM from iTeach - Skip Via | 0 Comments

Research on Social Networking

Wired for FaceBook? As my university students and I delve more into the phenomenon of social networking, I find myself looking for research that addresses the reasons that so many folks find social networking so compelling. Many of my students have an Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:59 PM from iTeach - Skip Via | 0 Comments

Ummm…I Told You So

This post will be short but sweet. The results of a study published in Educational Researcher show that progress in raising student test scores has slowed (and has even declined in reading) since the enactment of No Child Left Behind in 2002. Prior to Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:13 PM from iTeach - Skip Via | 0 Comments