Article Summary: "Involving Teachers in Data-Driven Decision Making"
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This 4 page paper is a critical summary of the article "Involving Teachers in Data-Driven Decision Making." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Assessing School Web Sites; A Reseach Proposal
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Schools are now using the internet and web pages, not only as a learning tool or teaching aid, but to communicate with stakeholders such as parents. This 18 page paper is a reseach proposal to look at how schools are using their web pages so communicate in terms of marketing communication and communicating with stakeholders. The paper presents an introduction along with aims and objectives, the limitations and the justification of the study. A literature review and a methodological approach is also presented. The proposal is based on researching secondary schools in the UK. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
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Assistive Technology For The Primary Grade Student
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This 10 page paper discusses the use of assistive technology (AT) to facilitate literacy learning in grades kindergarten through fourth. A study is proposed based on a program that integrates assistive technology into the regular education environment. A review of the literature as well as a model for establishing an integrated program is provided. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KTasstch.wps

Assistive Technology in Education
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A 20 page discussion of the importance of incorporating assistive technology for special needs students. Special education students require certain considerations if they are to advance to the best of their capabilities. An extremely important factor in preparing these students to take productive roles in society is the integration of assistive technology into the classroom. This integration is critical not only from the perspective that it allows a student to reach their full academic potential but also in the fact that it serves to acquaint students with the existence and value of such technology so that they can seek to make it a part of their non-academic lives as well. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: PPtechEd.rtf

Assistive Technology in Special Education: An Emphasis on Assistive Technology In Computer-Aided Writing and Proofreading
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A 22 page overview of the importance of assistive technology in the educational setting. Providing an outline of the legal setting, the author traces assistive education from the late 1980 emphasizing the radical ascent of computerized technology in the classroom. This paper includes a complimentary one page Roman Numeral Outline. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: PPtechE2.rtf

Benefits Of Computer-Taught Math Over Standard Textbook Practices
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A 10 page study that provides support for the hypothesis that computer taught math provides significant beneficial outcomes for learners in terms of test scores. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Mtcomp.wps

Brain Research and Technology in the Classroom
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A 4 page paper discussing some of the discoveries of recent brain research and how that information can be used in the classroom, specifically how teachers can use technology to take advantage of students’ specific stage of brain development. The bottom line is that the use of technology not only can assist in maximizing the benefit a child receives while in a specific state of brain development, it also can be used to signal the teacher that the same child may be moving into the next developmental stage, and that it is time that his lessons be altered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSeduBrainRes.rtf

Bridging the Digital Divide in Education
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** this paper can only be delivered via FAX** A 7 page paper discussing the need for greater technological exposure in schools and the problems associated with achieving that exposure. It is commonly accepted that workers will be required to be conversant with basic technologies for every occupation paying a living wage. It is clear that US schools need to increase efforts to educate students in the use of today's standard technology, but first they will need to be able to make the necessary tools available in the classroom. The reasons for the need are clear, and even appear to be accepted by most of those involved. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Building Effective Information Systems in Education
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This is a 4 page paper which discusses the use or non-use of advanced technology to improve the communication among teachers, students, parents and the community. The bibliography has 4 sources.
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Changes in Higher Education Due to the Internet
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This 7 page paper discusses the changes that online education has had on higher learning. It considers the rise of the Internet education; the way in which this type of education has moved away from the liberal arts tradition; and the impact on tenure caused by distance education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVDstEdu.rtf