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Distance Education from an Undergraduate Perspective

October 20, 2011

A recent NCES  analysis uncovered that 20% of all undergraduates had taken at least one distance education class during the 2007-2008 academic year. These findings surpassed those observed in both 1999 to 2000 which was at 8%, as well as in 2003 and 2004, which was observed at 16%. The study takes into consideration distance education as defined [...]

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10 Real Ways to Model Technology

October 5, 2011

Teaching veteran Heather Wolper-Gawron touches upon the latest news in education, curriculum design, educational policy and moreon her blog TweenTeacher. More recently, she wrote about “modeling” technology within the classroom versus “using” technology in the classroom. ClassLink thought this model of how to teach technology to students for interactive academic development was useful and worthy of sharing, but first, [...]

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Is Technology a friend or a foe?

August 26, 2011

ClassLink was intrigued by this article, ‘Is Your Technology Making You an “Emerging Human?”.  According to Sherry Turkle, and many others, technology may be changing us as we change technology. This article investigates some thought-provoking points centered on how technology may be making us better people. According to Phillip D. Long of University of Queensland, technology [...]

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Recognition for K-12 Technology Career Studies

August 20, 2011

At ClassLink, we love to see the evidence of change! Of steps being taken towards tangible action, especially where it concerns education and learning for students all around the country. A solid example of this is a recent article that crossed our desks… This week Arkansas officials declared a new agenda they will be enacting [...]

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Alternative Teaching Methods

August 12, 2011

Conveying important learning concepts to students can be challenging. In recent years, a number of teachers have gone above and beyond creatively taking what would be considered boring learning methods and turning them into fun, creative concepts for their students. One such example, Mr. Duey, a middle school math teacher who’s academic rap song has [...]

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