@Concord - Spring 2011
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Receive @CONCORD by postal subscription or get notified by email for the online edition.Perspective: Distributing Innovation
It's time to create an app store-like distribution channel for educational technology applications.
Looking at the Evidence: What we know. How certain are we?
Students in the High-Adventure Science project investigate the same current unanswered questions scientists are tackling.
Monday's Lesson: Digital Inquiry in the One-Computer Classrooms
Learn strategies for using computer simulations with your whole class.
Inspiring Young Scientists with Innovative Tools
The Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry Scale-Up project is creating 50 new activities for elementary students that use models, probes, and a digital microscope.
SmartGraphs Software Helps Students Learn Using Graphs
SmartGraphs software scaffolds student learning by offering personalized hints as students interact with graphs.
Connecting Energy Across the Curriculum
Students make connections about energy relationships using the MySystem diagramming tool and writing associated Energy Stories.
Blogging About Breeding Evidence
Students develop scientific argumentation skills while doing genetics research on virtual dragons.
Innovator Interview: Dewi Win
Meet a member of the Concord Consortium whose lifelong love of math and technology inspires her work on the SmartGraphs project.
News at the Concord Consortium
New Energy3D software, NSTA conference information, our SproutCore work, and more.
@Concord
Editor: Chad Dorsey
Managing Editor: Cynthia McIntyre
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@Concord is published two times a year by The Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational research and development organization dedicated to educational innovation through creative technologies.
Copyright © 2011 by The Concord Consortium, Inc. All rights reserved. Noncommercial reproduction is encouraged, provided permission is obtained and credit is given. For permission to reproduce any part of this publication, contact cynthia@concord.org.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under several grants (DRL-0918449, DRL-0929774, DRL-0918642, DRL-0929540, DRL-0918522, ESI-0737649, and DRL-0822388). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or any other funding agency.
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