eClassroom News: Conference to explore best practices in flipped learning

	April 06 , 2012
Top News Stories http://www.eclassroomnews.com/ Conference to explore best practices in flipped learning This summer, educators will have the chance to delve into some of the finer points of one of the largest and most popular trends to hit classrooms in decades: flipped learning. The 2012 Flipped Class Conference will be ... [Read More] Parents, educators want more from assessment Thanks to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, K-12 educators are spending more time than ever before on testing their students’ skills—but is all this testing doing any good? The results from a new national survey reveal ... [Read More] ‘The Daily Show’ ridicules ban on Mexican American Studies program It’s frightening how uninformed some of the people who are responsible for making education policy in the U.S. appear to be. Take Tucson Unified School District Governing Board member Michael Hicks, who faces criticism following his appearance on ... [Read More] Google Art Project expands, with 32,000 works of art now online Imagine pulling up a stool next to the lonely diners of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” or dipping your fingers in the basin of “The Child’s Bath” by Mary Cassatt. These familiar images, along with the sunbathers of George Seurat’s ... [Read More] Tennessee governor ‘probably’ will sign evolution bill Tennessee, where the nation’s first big legal battle over evolution was fought nearly 90 years ago, is close to enacting a law that critics deride as the “monkey bill” for once again attacking the scientific theory. The measure ... [Read More] National leaders brainstorm for digital learning In a move that could be considered encouraging for advocates of digital learning, leaders from the Education Department (ED), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the textbook and broadband industry met March 29 on Capitol Hill to discuss ... [Read More] ‘Hunger Games’ becomes part of school curricula For some school kids around the country, the odds have been in their favor as they've scored the ultimate field trip—an outing to “The Hunger Games.” Field trips to see the blockbuster movie have dovetailed with the introduction ... [Read More] eClassroom blog!   Be sure to check out our new eClassroom blog, School Beat with Victoria. In School Beat you'll find all the latest news on resources, curriculum, and mobile technologies, and we encourage you to participate in conversation with your peers on these important topics! Call for Submissions eSchool News is looking for articles from the field. If you have an ed-tech success story or advice for fellow educators, click here for details on our submission categories and how you can submit your article for consideration. You can also eMail Managing Editor Laura Devaney at ldevaney@eschoolnews.com for more information. Educator Resource Centers Mobile Learning: Effective Anytime, Anywhere Education Using 21st Century Tools for College Success Virtualized Computing: Saving Time, Money, and Headaches Teacher Collaboration with Digital Tools Doing More with Less: How Informed Assessment Practices Can Help Engaging Your Community with Effective Communication Empowering Education with Video Current Site of the Week Professional development content from ASCD now available on iTunes U The educational leadership organization ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) has made a variety of free professional development content available on Apple’s newly revamped iTunes U service. “We are excited to use this technology to ... [Read More] Past Sites of the Week College Board launches BigFuture, a free new college planning tool Virtual field trip to help teach the history of immigration in America StudyBlue unveils what it calls the ‘world’s largest digital study group’ Online tool helps teachers evaluate open educational resources