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Closing the Gap
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Schaffhauser, Dian – T.H.E. Journal, 2012
The education mantra of data-driven decision-making has morphed into "accountability for results." Teachers are charged with using data to improve their instructional practices, which in turn is expected to improve student outcomes. What's not so clearly laid out is how to do this. Today, if a teacher wants to understand how a particular student…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Information Systems
Are PDAs Pedagogically Feasible for Young Children? Examining the Age-Appropriateness of Handhelds in a Kindergarten Classroom
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Chang, Young Mi; Mullen, Laurie; Stuve, Matthew – T.H.E. Journal, 2005
The frequency and form of computing for children are still open to definition at the classroom level. There are three major classifications of general-purpose computers to consider: desktops, laptops and handhelds (PDAs). However, despite the final commercial realization of a "computer" teachers should consider the physiological and cognitive…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Computer Uses in Education, Young Children
Using Technology To Enhance the Classroom Environment.
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Levine, Lawrence E. – T.H.E. Journal, 2002
Addresses the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in a classroom environment. Discusses classroom setups, including networks and Internet connections; utilizing resources, including lecture notes, software demonstrations, and simulations; the use of laptop computers; and examples of technology use where students don't have access to…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation
Pedagogy and Policy in the Age of the Wired Professor: A Case Study of Teaching Spanish Language Online.
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Benson, Angela; Wright, Elizabeth – T.H.E. Journal, 1999
Describes an instructional collaboration designed to create and deliver a distance learning module for helping students improve their skills in writing and reading Spanish. Results identified a technology gap, where students without their own computers and the latest versions of Web browsers finished assignments with greater difficulty. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education