Call for Proposals to support dissertation research investigating the impact of “supported electronic text” on middle or high school students’ comprehension of content area reading materials.
Teachers’ Domain
Teachers’ Domain site provides supported learning modules and resources for the K-12 classroom.
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Missouri College adopts eTextbooks
Missouri College makes the switch to electronic textbooks.
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NCSeT on NYC Channel 13
Dr. Carol Kennedy presented at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in NYC.
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2008 Update for the Educational Development Center
Education Development Center in Newton, MA is continuing its work in the coming year with a research study to investigate the impact on the social studies content knowledge of middle school students using online reference tools (Visual Thesaurus and Merriam-Webster Online) in conjunction with research-based reading strategy instruction. Continue reading “2008 Update for the Educational Development Center”
2008-9 Research Update for the University of Kentucky
During the 2008-9 school year, the research group at the University of Kentucky will conduct a new study of the use of Read & Write Gold in two Kentucky school districts. The study will look at how to increase student access to the general curriculum through increased availability and use of ETEXT technology with the anticipated outcome of gains in reading comprehension and student achievement. Continue reading “2008-9 Research Update for the University of Kentucky”
2007-8 Read & Write Gold Study in Kentucky
The NCSeT Kentucky ETEXT Study was designed to collect and analyze student usage data across a broad range of Kentucky Schools to identify patterns of student use of electronic reading supports and the relationship of these patterns to individual learner characteristics and performance as those students used the program Read & Write Gold (RWG). Continue reading “2007-8 Read & Write Gold Study in Kentucky”
iSpeech beta
A web-based tool for instant text to speech. Converts any text, blog, website. RSS or document into audio. Continue reading “iSpeech beta”
UDL Book Builder
Create your own digital books, learn how to incorporate the principals of Universial Design for Learning (UDL), and read digital books created by others. Continue reading “UDL Book Builder”
NCSeT TRB Meetings
Meetings of the NCSeT Technical Review Board were held at the 2009 CEC and AERA Conferences.