Education

=**General Education Resources** = Use this page to post links to useful online educational resources.

**Educational Research**

 * [|Marzano Study: The ActivClassroom] - Dr. Robert Marzano's research regarding the correlation between interactive white board use and student achievement.
 * [|Marzano.flp] - This flipchart is based upon Marzano's ActivClassroom Study. The Resource Pack has been converted into a flipchart. You can also download the [|Marzano Learning Goals] Resource Pack from Promethean Planet.
 * [|LEARN NC] - K-12 Teaching and Learning from the UNC School of Education.

**Web 2.0 Tools for Educators**

 * [|EtherPad] - Realtime collaborative word processor.

Articles and Professional Blogs

 * **[|Education Week] Magazine Blog of Interest**

**Digital Education**

 * [|Leveraging Ed-Tech for Global Competitiveness] - Panelists from the White House, Department of Education, and private sector groups talk about how the U.S. can use technology to improve schools.
 * [|eLearning Update: New Ga. Virtual School Approved] - The Georgia Charter School Commission approved a new K-12 virtual school and increased per-pupil funding for virtual school students on Thursday.
 * [|Harvard Planning a National Digital Public Library] - The Berkman Center for Internet and Society intends to construct the open, distributed network with funding from the Sloan Foundation.
 * [|Scantron Corporation Continues to Grow] - The Scantron Corporation has recently scooped up the Bellevue, Wash.-based GlobalScholar, an education data management system.
 * [|Survey Analyzes Educators' E-Book Use] - About 92 percent of librarians who purchased e-books for professional purposes received funding from their schools, compared with 30 percent of teachers.