Sentences with phrase «of educational software»

A big selling point for a lot of educational software is that it's engaging like a video game.

It would offer grants to states to help schools purchase computers, launch teacher training programs, or pay for the development of educational software.

In addition, the author made a serious omission by not drawing distinctions between very different types of educational software.

There are many factors that go into the successful implementation of an educational software product, according to a recently published study.

In addition to an increase in the number of poor students, the funding for schools declined, Common Core standards were introduced, the use of educational software increased, and, in many schools, time spent on test preparation expanded (which often detracts from learning).

Transitioned into IT training role after success leading coding, debugging and testing of applications for DEF, a leading provider of educational software used in elementary, middle and high schools nationwide.

Matt is a Teacher of Mathematics and a publisher of educational software.

The IES has since 2003 been working on its own evaluation of educational software, through «gold standard» methods of scientific research.

Probably best known as the creator of the WebQuest model for technology integration, Dodge is also the author of a number of educational software packages for children and technology tools for educators.

James Bell, Director of Professional Services of educational software company Renaissance Learning, which published the report findings said: «What Kids are Reading serves as a true reflection of what kids really love to read, not just what we think they love to read.

James Bell, Director of Professional Services of educational software company Renaissance Learning, which published the report findings said: «What Kids are Reading serves as a true reflection of what kids really love to read, not just what we think they love to read.

Finalists represent applications, products and services from developers of educational software, digital content, online learning services and related technologies across the PreK - 20 sector.

Constructions of dynamic geometry: A study of the interpretative flexibility of educational software in classroom practice

The rising birthrate, the gradual increase in home - PC ownership, and the dearth of educational software on the consumer market all suggested to Narodick that an explosive category was about to be born.

This was mainly because it was easier for most journalists of the early 1990s to envision and get personally excited about the potential of educational software, or of managing their personal finances, or organizing their recipes in the «digital» kitchen, or imagining how amateur architects could design funky homes right on their home computers.

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Mr. Bell said only the federal government can ensure that schools receive the kind of educational software they need to use computers effectively.

As James Betts, school governor and managing director of educational software publishers Kudlian believes, «CPD will also help to dispel the myth that the new curriculum is overly difficult, and will lead to empowered teachers who are happy and confident in taking our digital learners forward.»

Pearson is the nation's leading seller of educational software, and its Waterford program is used in 13,000 classrooms in all 50 states.

In collaboration with preservice elementary teachers and in - service kindergarten teachers, the authors engaged in small - scale, demand - side production of educational software focused on numeracy skills.

There are a number of educational software programs that are free for teachers to use:

It uses a Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B + for all of its processing and comes with pi - topOS, a version of Linux that has lots of educational software built in to help kids learn about programming.

And in September, OMERS co-led a massive $ 80 - million round of funding for Kitchener - based Desire2Learn, a provider of educational software.

The $ 14.5 million study was designed to find out whether students are benefiting from the growing use of educational software.

Funded at $ 5.8 million for the biennium, the act will provide funds for inservice training in the use of educational technology, the establishment of up to 10 demonstration sites around the state, and development and evaluation of educational software.

Graduates go on to professional careers as teachers, professors, and researchers; instructional designers in higher education, publishing, health - related fields, and business; independent designers and developers of educational software; pre-K — 12 technology directors and instructional technologists; and managers of the human and technology - based resources necessary to support education and training with technology.

For instance, if there is a set of classrooms that are using some new piece of educational software, we should be able to go out and find other classrooms that have very similar students, that have students with similar prior achievement, similar demographics and so forth, and then just track them over time and just automatically report the differences in outcomes for the students receiving the software and then the comparison group of students that aren't.

Results of the survey — the most comprehensive analysis to date of teachers» use of educational software and World Wide Web sites — are included in the newspaper's third special report on school technology, Technology Counts» 99: Building the Digital Curriculum.