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Rabkin, Ariel; Reiss, Charles; Katz, Randy; Patterson, David – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2013
We describe our experiences teaching MapReduce in a large undergraduate lecture course using public cloud services and the standard Hadoop API. Using the standard API, students directly experienced the quality of industrial big-data tools. Using the cloud, every student could carry out scalability benchmarking assignments on realistic hardware,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Undergraduate Study, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
Gao, Niu – Public Policy Institute of California, 2015
In addition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), California is implementing a new, online assessment system: the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). Field tests were conducted last spring and the system is being rolled out this year, amid concerns about whether schools are technologically prepared. Using…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Testing, Technology Uses in Education
Houston, Melissa; Goggins, Patrick – Technology & Learning, 2008
It used to be much easier to get paid by the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD). A lot easier, that is, if you didn't work there. Saddled with an antiquated computer system and manual, repetitive data entry of time cards, officials at California's second-largest school district discovered the payroll department was mistakenly issuing $1…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Employees, Computers, School Districts
Peck, Craig; Cuban, Larry; Kirkpatrick, Heather – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Reports on results of 2-year study of educational use of technology at 2 San Francisco Bay Area high schools. Finds little impact on students' school experience. Discusses several reasons for this finding: Traditional school structures, time constraints, and competing educational priorities. (Contains 10 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computers, Educational Change