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| This article highlights administrators and technologists who have recently purchased notification systems. They describe how they use the system, what they like about it, and what they wish that the system did for them. |  |
| Helping Practicioners Meet The Goals Of No Child Left Behind (PDF) | |
| This resource is a compilation of white papers designed to provide school leaders and policymakers with information on ways e-learning can help schools meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act. | |
| Helping Students Thrive In The Digital Age (PDF) | |
| A resource that helps stakeholders understand the changes in the learning needs of students, and what 21st century skills look like. | |
| High Bandwidth Education | |
| A think piece on what education would be like with unlimited bandwidth. | |
| High Bandwidth Education: I2 Features And Issues For K12 & Higher Education | |
| Example applications using Internet2 bandwidth. Video; Remote Control of Scientific Instruments; Tele-immersion, Haptics; and Simulations | |
| High Expectations: Students Learn To Rise To The Occasion | |
| The teachers at Faubion Elementary School are the ones responsible for the high performance exhibited by their students. Three quarters of the student population at Faubion qualify for free or reduced price lunch, however 97% of fifth grade students meet or exceed state expectations in reading and math. Teachers cite the fact that they set high expectations for all students, they engage parents as partners and visit students at home before the school year starts, the teachers work in grade level teams to plan lessons together or even teach together, they incorporate a social emotional learning curriculum called Life Skills into every grade in order to teach students how to be good citizens, and they enhance their lessons through technology use. | |
| High Performance Wireless | |
| The HPWREN team's first wireless link in conjunction with the Native American rural education community involved the Pala Native American Indian reservation, which is home to more than 600 tribal members - including more than 150 children who attend elementary school on the reservation. | |
| High School Classroom: Part Five (PDF) | |
| Quality teaching is critical to using real-time classroom collaboration. Teaching a class that includes both local and remote students requires an awareness of the needs of both groups. Videoconferencing can be useful in giving both sets of students the feeling that they are in the same room, but for the teacher the ability to read faces, call on remote students for questions or responses, and include them in the discussions is vital to helping remote students feel they are truly part of the class. | |
| High School Classroom: Part Four (PDF) | |
| Technology can allow schools to connect with outside experts in real time. Whether it is a local businessperson or a university expert, technologies such as videoconferencing can link professionals and schools over long distances. By linking experts where they work with students in schools, opportunities for collaboration are expanded as no one has to travel and the expert can resume to work as soon as the session is over. By reducing the amount of time it takes to participate, more frequent collaborations may be possible. | |
| High School Classroom: Part One (PDF) | |
| The ongoing assessment of student progress can provide a foundation for personalized instructional delivery. Technology tools can rapidly generate feedback from a variety of assessment types. Using technology-based diagnostic assessments, students and teachers can understand what a student already knows and help plan an instructional program to get him or her to the next level. Frequent formative assessments can allow students and teachers to monitor student progress and understand how close they are to their goals. Summative assessments allow students to demonstrate mastery and teachers to document student achievement. Technology-based assessments can also adapt to student understanding, becoming progressively more difficult as students learn more. | |
| High School Classroom: Part Three (PDF) | |
| Digital portfolio is an electronic collection of student work that is assembled, managed, and shared by the student. Developing portfolios, students collect work products over time, so the students, teachers, mentors, and parents can see students' growth. Students can prepare portfolios for a variety of |