eSchool News gives educators a look at a ‘virtual workspace’

Nov. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Bethesda, Md. – eSchool News released a new Educator Resource Center (ERC) offering key tools and information for maximizing online learning and collaboration in classrooms today.  

Sponsored by ePals, “Engaging Students through Online Collaboration” is a collection of resources and articles aimed at helping educators learn how the power of technology is transforming and improving the way students learn.

With the help of technology, students in a growing number of classrooms are collaborating with their peers—both in their own schools and around the world—to solve problems and complete projects. This trend has important implications for schools, which are under enormous pressure to engage students in academically challenging ways that are relevant to their lives.

Online collaboration addresses a key 21st-century skill that many companies say they’re looking for in their employees: the ability to work with others to solve common challenges. And there’s evidence to suggest that students are more motivated to do high-quality work when they’re working in groups with (and being judged by) their peers.

Topics in the ERC include online collaboration across the globe, education in a social world, sowing the seeds of creativity and empowering the iGeneration.

To access “Engaging Students through Online Collaboration”, visit http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/11/21/engaging-students-t....

About eSchool News
First published in March of 1998, eSchool News is a monthly print newspaper providing the news and information necessary to help K-20 decision-makers successfully use technology and the internet to transform North America’s schools and colleges and achieve educational goals.

The print newspaper has a circulation of more than 103,000 school leaders. A companion web site – eSchool News Online (http://www.eschoolnews.com) – is visited by more than 500,000 unique daily visitors per month, including more than 253,000 registered members. The eSchool News Network also includes email newsletters and eSN.TV, which offers video programming such as the critically acclaimed series of student newscasts of its Student Video Network.

The eSchool News Network covers educational technology in all its aspects – from breaking news to reports on legislation and litigation to case studies, research findings, new product announcements, and procurement practices.

Visit us at http://www.eschoolnews.com.