As technology continues to advance and to make inroads into so many aspects of our every day life, the classroom in particular has been very keen to find new and more effective ways to deliver on the core mission statement: teaching.
One aspect in particular that has generated both massive interest and dialogue has been [...]
Continue Reading →As you may already know, we are in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7 – May 11, 2012). There are so many things to enjoy about this particular event, but we should start at the top with a recognition that we appreciate everything that teachers do.
Walking into a classroom every day, [...]
Continue Reading →Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) and the New Haven Public Schools co-sponsored an event to honor two of our nation’s most influential outstanding scholars and education reformers, Dr. James P. Comer and Dr. Edmund Gordon, for their lifetime achievement towards closing the achievement gap.
The event, “A Conversation with Dr. James P. Comer and Dr. [...]
Continue Reading →On National Teacher Day, thousands of communities take time to honor their local educators and acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in making sure every student receives a quality education. Why Science, an education technology company, is celebrating teachers by featuring a series articles on the use of technology to improve [...]
Continue Reading →Education Week is hosting a free webinar on how innovation and technology can improve student learning. The event will take place Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 3 to 4 p.m. ET.
See below for details of the webinar provided by Education Week.
Districts and schools across the country are leveraging digital technology to deliver individualized [...]
Continue Reading →A Framework for K-12 Science Education—released online last summer and now available in print—describes the major practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas that all students should be familiar with by the end of high school, and it provides an outline of how these practices, concepts, and ideas should be developed across the grade [...]
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With countless digital and print books published each year, is finding reading material to engage students a daunting task? For nearly 40 years, NSTA and the Children’s Book Council have collaborated to select the best published each year for their list of Outstanding [...]
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We recently came across a very interesting article in The Economist called Flipping the Classroom featuring The Khan Academy.
The economist article was very interesting and it is an article we strongly encourage you to read. The underlying premise in the article is that by enabling the students to [...]
Continue Reading →We recently came across a great article in eSchool News, Ten ways schools are using social media effectively, which we are now happy to share with our readers on the Why Science [...]
Continue Reading →We recently read a wonderful interview in Education Week of 2011 National Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer. What a wonderful inspiration for teachers, students and for the field education!
In the interview Michelle talks about a wide range of issues, but as she has a chemistry degree from [...]
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