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Broadband Imperative III: Driving Connectivity, Access and Student Success
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Fox, Christine; Jones, Rachel – State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2019
The advent of new technologies and increased access to robust connectivity is reshaping the K-12 landscape for teaching and learning. School districts nationwide are leveraging digital instructional materials and resources to deliver transformative and impactful personalized learning opportunities for students and to enhance the administrative…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Internet, Academic Achievement, Technology Uses in Education
Broadband Imperative III: Driving Connectivity, Access and Student Success. Summary
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State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2019
The advent of new technologies and increased access to robust connectivity is reshaping the K-12 landscape for teaching and learning. School districts nationwide are leveraging digital instructional materials and resources to deliver transformative and impactful personalized learning opportunities for students and to enhance the administrative…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Internet, Academic Achievement, Technology Uses in Education
Exploring Seafloor Volcanoes in Cyberspace: NOAA's "Ocean Explorer" Inspires Inquiry
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Hjelm, Elizabeth – Science Scope, 2011
Seafloor exploration being done by scientists is an ideal way to introduce students to technology as a tool for inquiry. The same technology that allows scientists to share data in near real time can also provide students the tools to become researchers. NOAA's Ocean Explorer Explorations website is a rich research data bank that can be used by…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Physical Geography, Scientists, Internet
Is There a Second Life for Virtual Worlds?
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Ramaswami, Rama – Campus Technology, 2011
Just a few years ago, virtual worlds were credited with the power to transform the universe. Used since the late 1990s in military and medical applications, virtual worlds first gained mainstream media attention when Linden Lab released Second Life in 2003. While other worlds, including open source environments, have launched since then (examples…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Technical Support, Computer Uses in Education
Introducing an Avatar Acceptance Model: Student Intention to Use 3D Immersive Learning Tools in an Online Learning Classroom
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Kemp, Jeremy William – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This quantitative survey study examines the willingness of online students to adopt an immersive virtual environment as a classroom tool and compares this with their feelings about more traditional learning modes including our ANGEL learning management system and the Elluminate live Web conferencing tool. I surveyed 1,108 graduate students in…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Statistical Analysis
Teaching and Learning Empathy: An Interactive, Online Diplomatic Simulation of Middle East Conflict
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Stover, William James – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
What pass for the study of international relations is often more an examination of foreign affairs, transnational interaction from ethnocentric perspectives. Many analysts accept the assumptions and values of their own political culture, then superimpose them on other nations. If another state does not act in accordance with those values, its…
Descriptors: International Relations, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Empathy