Digital Directions Spotlight January 2011: E-Learning

[Howard Hartman]

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	January 2011
Spotlight On: E-Learning Sponsored by: + Cyber Students Taught the Value of Social Skills Virtual schools are adding social skills to the curricula to satisfy parents and students who worry about potential isolation in the online world. (Education Week) Advertisement Reading Plus® web-based interventions help struggling students become proficient readers. Our pilots help districts select the intervention that works. Start Your Free Pilot Today. E-Learning 2011: Crafting E-Curriculum That Inspires + Linking E-Courses to 'Common Core' Academic Standards (Education Week) + Marriage of E-Courses and Mobile Computing Still Evolving (Education Week) + Group Outlines K-12 Online Course Standards (Education Week) + Curricula All Over the Map for 'Blended' Classes (Education Week) Read the entire report. Follow the Ed-Tech Blog Digital Education Check out this blog for solutions and analyses for the technological challenges you face today. + Gates Ed-Tech Program Announces Second Wave + eLearning Update: RTI Online Upcoming Webinar Virtual Challenge: Creating Quality E-Courses Jan. 25, 2011, 2 p.m. Eastern time Sponsored by Aventa Learning There's a lot more to building online courses than digitizing text and adding a few videos. Online course designers are learning more about how to incorporate quick assessments that personalize the learning experience for students, how to keep students’ interest with video and simulations, and how to integrate gaming into their courses. The lessons being learned by course designers are significantly changing the way a successful online course is created for today’s students. Click here to register for this free webinar now. Spotlight on Top 10 Stories of 2010 This free Spotlight features the 10 most-viewed Education Week stories of 2010, as selected by our online readers. Articles focus on the new voluntary academic standards, the use of interactive whiteboards in classrooms, making math instruction meaningful, and other critical topics. View our complete collection of Spotlights. Ed-Tech Events + Integrating Technology in the Classroom without Spending Much Money + The iGeneration: How Technology is Changing Brains, Learning & Lives + To search for more technology-related events, visit our online calendar of events.	Advertisement Education Week Events TOP Virtual Challenge: Creating Quality E-Courses Webinar Jan. 25, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Register now. Sponsored by: Aventa Learning From Engagement to Empowerment: How 21st Century Tools Put Students in Charge of Their Learning Chat Jan. 26, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Sign up for e-mail reminder. Sponsored by: Oracle Education Foundation Advertisement View All Top School Jobs + Chief Financial Officer, Christina Seix Academy, Princeton, NJ + Superintendent, Summit School District, Frisco, CO + Superintendent, Telluride School District, Telluride, CO + President, Gonzaga College High School, Washington, DC + Assistant Superintendent, Shaker Heights City School District, OH + Superintendent, DeKalb County School District, Stone Mountain, GA Advertisement Advertisement K-12 Industry Solutions White Papers Great Books and the Common Core State Standards Great Books Foundation Center for Technology in Learning: The Power of Project Learning with ThinkQuest Oracle Education Foundation Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! Blackboard Differentiating Instruction: Teaching Differently to Improve Student Outcomes Compass Learning Blended Learning: Combining Face-to-Face and Online Instruction Aventa Learning The Blackboard K-12/Education Week Survey of Online Learning Preparedness 2010 Blackboard K-12 Boost Parental Involvement by Targeting Communication Blackboard
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