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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching Engineering Concepts through a Middle School Transmedia Book
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Stansell, Alicia; Quintanilla, Brenda; Zimmerman, Ellen; Tyler-Wood, Tandra – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This article describes the background and experiences of three graduate students who co-authored a print-based transmedia book during the summer of 2013. The article provides information about why the transmedia engineering book was designed and provides an overview of the book's creation process. The project was funded through a National…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Concept Teaching, Middle Schools, Graduate Students
Making the Invisible Visible in Science Museums through Augmented Reality Devices
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Yoon, Susan A.; Wang, Joyce – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Despite the potential of augmented reality (AR) in enabling students to construct new understanding, little is known about how the processes and interactions with the multimedia lead to increased learning. This study seeks to explore the affordances of an AR tool on learning that is focused on the science concept of magnets and magnetic fields.…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Interaction, Multimedia Instruction
Bringing the World to the Classroom through Videoconferencing and Project-Based Learning
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Hopper, Susan B. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
The focus of this paper is a case study of a Texas-based school that implemented global projects to connect their students with many states and countries as a platform for integrating collaboration and communication skills, technology tools, and cultural diversity into an existing curriculum. The school introduced videoconferencing at every grade…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Educational Technology, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Integrating Wikis in the Support and Practice of Historical Analysis Skills
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Cabiness, Catherine; Donovan, Loretta; Green, Tim D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This case study examines the benefits of integrating wikis into the World History curriculum. Six middle school students chosen because of their designation in relevant subgroups--GATE, AVID, and RSP--participated in this 20-week study. Abstract historical concepts can be difficult to grasp; therefore, students collaborated via a wiki on topics…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Middle School Students, World History, History Instruction
Television in the Schools: Instructional Television and Educational Media Resources at the National Public Broadcasting Archives
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King, Karen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
In 1964, in "A Guide to Instructional Television," editor Robert M. Diamond defined "educational television" as a "broad term usually applied to cultural and community broadcasting which may include some programs for in-school use" (p. 278). His definition for instructional television was "television used within the formal classroom context on any…
Descriptors: Oral History, National Programs, School Involvement, Archives
An Interview with Jeremy Koester
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Landsberger, Joe – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
This article presents an interview with Jeremy Koester, an eighth grade math teacher and football coach at Alamo Heights Junior School in San Antonio, Texas. In this interview, Koester describes his use of technology in his classes and describes his dream of advancing Second Life (SL) as a distance education environment. SL is a "3-D virtual world…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Distance Education, Mathematics Teachers, Junior High Schools