Spring 2006 @Concord Newsletter

In this issue…

• Perspective: Where Are the Educational Innovations?
  Education cannot thrive without innovation, but true innovations require serious funding that is not forthcoming.

• How Important is the Online Facilitator?
  Seeing Math offers Moderator-Lite Professional Development.
• Are Online Courses Effective for Professional Development?
  Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation: Successes with the Concord e-Learning Model.
• Teachscape and PBS TeacherLine Offer Seeing Math Courses
  Our partners provide video case-based teacher professional development.
• Lights, Camera, Action: Videotaping Teachers for Professional Development
  VideoPapers help teachers reflect on local classroom practices.
• Interaction and Interactivity
  Applets bring math to life for teachers and students.
• Seeing Math Research: Promising Gains
  Courses improve teacher pedagogy and content knowledge.
• Building an Online Community after the Hurricanes
  Louisiana teachers create virtual community as they prepare to teach online.
• How Do Innovations Travel from the Lab to the Classroom?
  Good ideas move in unexpected ways from research to the classroom.
• News at Concord Consortium
  CC's Open Source Contributions and Performance Assessment Project.

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