…phenomena in new ways. Combining computer availability with global networking gave rise to the nation’s first online high school and a network supporting the first online teacher professional development. Linking…
…in an online dragon genetics game, Geniventure. The activities support students in connecting genetics with their own lives and in viewing science as offering possibilities and opportunities for their future….
On November 14 Concord Consortium’s own Bill Finzer gave a webinar for the American Statistical Association entitled “Making Data Moves Using Free Online CODAP Software with Census at School Data.”…
…these instructions and a motion probe as they embarked on “Missing Manual,” the first activity in the motion and graphing curriculum developed by the LOOPS (Logging Opportunities in Online Programs…
An array of heliostats in Energy2D (online simulation) A new class of objects was added in Energy2D to model what is called a heliostat, a device that can automatically turn…
This issue of @Concord marks some significant occurrences at the Concord Consortium. This summer our Molecular Workbench software received the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education, a prestigious award…
…Times online version of this story is the same as the print version as far as I can tell, though it does include a link to the MIT Media Lab….
…and other technologies with education. I worked at EDC developing online professional development for math teachers. When that grant ended, I came to the Concord Consortium, where I also developed…
…finding that has emerged quickly is that teachers were very satisfied with the online activities. Based on more than 300 times using one of the activities, in 94% of instances…
While Concord Consortium activities have long encouraged collaboration between students, we’re finding new ways to build student collaboration into our software codebase. One goal of our Common Online Data Analysis…