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Lee, June; Barron, Brigid – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2015
The Hispanic-Latino population is one of the largest--and most diverse--demographics in the U.S. Aprendiendo en casa reveals findings from a national survey of Hispanic parents about their home media environments and practices, and their perceptions of their children's use of educational media across a range of different platforms. The report…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Hispanic Americans, Family (Sociological Unit), Young Children
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Barron, Brigid; Martin, Caitlin Kennedy; Roberts, Eric – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
In this article we report assessment results from two studies in an ongoing design experiment intended to provide a single school system with a sequence of secondary school level (ages 14-18) computer technology courses. In our first study, we share data on students' learning as a function of the required introductory course and their pre-course…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Computer Literacy, Secondary School Students
Barron, Brigid; Darling-Hammond, Linda – George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2008
The George Lucas Educational Foundation began in 1991 with an ambitious mission: to demonstrate how innovative learning environments in classrooms, supported by powerful new technologies, could revolutionize learning. As an organization founded by George Lucas, its members believed that the same benefits of technology that were transforming…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning