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Free Digital Textbook Initiative
"From government to non-profit organizations, teachers to textbook publishers, we all have a role to play in leveraging 21st century technology to expand learning and better serve California's students, parents, teachers and schools. This initiative will ensure our schools know which digital textbooks stand up to California's academic content standards - so these cost-effective resources can be used in our schools to help ensure each and every student has access to a world-class education." - Governor Schwarzenegger Review results from all three phases of the Digital Textbook Initiative are listed separately below. Each link will take you to the full CLRN textbook review. While digital textbooks were reviewed for their alignment with the content standards, California's Social Content Review criteria were only applied during Phase Three.
Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc . Anyone may view or contribute:
Educational Transformation through Technology at MIT - TEAL
In the late 1990s, educational innovations in teaching freshman physics, specifically a method called interactive engagement, were delivering greater learning gains than the traditional lecture format. These innovations were not lost on Professor John Belcher, teacher of first-year physics at MIT and one of the three principal investigators on the Technology Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) project. Belcher was grappling with the mismatch between traditional teaching methods and how students actually learn. Despite great lecturers, attendance at MIT's freshman physics course dropped to 40% by the end of the term, with a 10% failure rate. Even though MIT freshmen had good math skills, they often had a tough time grasping the concepts of first-year physics. Traditional lectures, although excellent for many purposes, do not convey concepts well because of their passive nature.
An inspiring trip to Haiti and publishing educational materials that matter: read about it in the newest letter from executive director Cecilia d'Oliveira.
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