An Innovative Technology for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Linda Creamer, August 1, 2005
Parents and teachers commonly encourage children to "pay attention." But what does pay attention mean? What does it physically feel like? When you instruct a child to pay attention, typically their perception is that they are already More..

First Lego League Robotics in the Classroom
August 1, 2005
When the teacher of gifted students in our neighboring elementary school first explained the benefits of Lego Robotics in her classroom, I did not consider this as a curriculum I would want to employ in my own setting. The minute More..

Putting Reading Assessment and Achievement in the Palm of Your Hand
Wendy Gallagher, August 1, 2005
Reading is a long-term and complicated learning process, but every child needs to learn how to read! Substantial support in the early grades is essential if low achieving students are to catch up with their peers; also it will positively More..

How All Students Can Participate in Internet Research and Distance Education
Christine Y. Mason and Richard Dodds, July 1, 2005
Many Americans, and many others around the world, take the Internet for granted. It is hard for some of us to imagine a world without fingertip access to information. Now people are able to find answers to questions such as: ‘what More..

Honoring Student's Voices
Maria Fico, June 1, 2005
As educators, we spend most of our professional careers looking for that one stroke of teaching genius that will change a child’s life forever. We don’t want to find ourselves approaching retirement feeling frustrated that that More..

Integrating Computers and Science Inquiry: The C4E Model
Kevin Wise, May 1, 2005
We are now in an era where computers are as common in classrooms as chalkboard and desks. Students, parents, and the community at large now expect computers to be used as tools in instruction, much as they have traditionally expected More..

Miracle Workers
Marc Bainbridge, April 15, 2005
Eight-year-old Nico is hunched in his wheelchair carefully working out what he is going to say with his communicator. His shaky fingers pick through the array of icons, and words appear on the communicator screen. Other children are More..

How To: Find Educational Content on the Web
Jeffrey Branzburg, March 15, 2005
The Internet is a vast repository of information, including online activities and teacher resources. Look closely enough and you can find a wealth of educational content to use with your students. Web-based Software There are more More..

Telling Tales with Technology
February 15, 2005
The late Dana Atchley was a performer, an artist, and a storyteller. In conjunction with producer friend Joe Lambert, he created powerful performance pieces that combined his voice and his insights with old photos, film footage, and More..

A Brand New Read
Iris Obille Lafferty, January 15, 2005
This month, we introduce four new ways for educators to monitor and guide students' literacy development, all designed with No Child Left Behind standards and reading research findings in mind. The result: programs that inform educators More..

Awards of Excellence 2004
Judy Salpeter and Michelle Thatcher, December 13, 2004
Twenty-two years after we first recognized quality educational software programs in the pages of this magazine, we're still finding a lot to get excited about. From curriculum resources to assessment tools, multimedia authoring to More..

A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Projects
Sheila Offman Gersh, Ed.D., November 15, 2004
With a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the City College of New York initiated CultureQuest in 2002, a professional development program designed to train educators to effectively lead students through inquiry-based More..

The New Literacy
Sara Armstrong and David Warlick, September 15, 2004
Recently, Edgar Murphy of the North Carolina State Board of Education delivered a presentation to a group of technology-using educators in the Raleigh area. He stated that of all the positions he has held in his life, he was technically More..

Special Needs Technologies: An Administrator's Guide
Terry Lankutis, September 15, 2004
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires every school to provide its special needs students with whatever technologies are necessary for a "free and appropriate education." Yet many schools struggle with the task of More..