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The Concord Consortium is a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Concord, Massachusetts. We create interactive materials that exploit the power of information technologies. Our primary goal in all our work is digital equity — improving learning opportunities for all students.
News from CC
- The Spring 2008 @Concord Newsletter is here!
The new issue of @Concord includes articles about combining science and technology, performance and alternative assessments, an atomic look at
why things break, and more. Become a member to receive the print edition of our biannual newsletter.
- New Book – Transforming Schools with Technology
Harvard Education Press has published a new book by the Concord Consortium’s Andy Zucker, Transforming Schools with Technology: How Smart Use of Digital Tools Helps Achieve Six Key Education Goals. The book states that the value of technology rests on whether computers and other digital tools help meet six key goals. Andy argues that digital technology has begun to transform schools into the more modern, effective, responsive institutions that our society needs. - Employment Opportunity: President
The Concord Consortium is searching for a President who will be responsible for the fiscal, operational, and intellectual integrity of the organization. Click the above link for more information.
Spotlight
Because the atoms and molecules are central to much of physics, chemistry, and biology, they provide unifying, but currently missing, content for these subjects. The new “Science of Atoms and Molecules: Enabling the New Secondary Science Curriculum” project, funded by NSF, will develop four strands of materials that unify the secondary curriculum by focusing on atoms, molecules, and their interactions.
The project will provide materials and professional development resources that allow high schools to implement a successful sequence of physics, chemistry, and biology as a unified and consistent progression. Curriculum materials will provide a progressive understanding of the importance of atomic scale phenomena from fundamental atoms to complex biology. This approach is designed to guarantee better pedagogy, deeper learning, and longer retention.
To learn more, please visit the Science of Atoms and Molecules Project Web site.
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