Project-Based Learning + Multimedia: Adding Value to Students' Education

Michael Simkins; William R. Penuel

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 1830

"Does technology really make a difference in student learning?" Definitely, according to the Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project, one of the original Technology Innovation Challenge Grants funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The Project has...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Educational Technology, Multimedia, Teachers, Students

Learning to Teach with Technology: Strategies for Inservice Professional Development

Karen Cole; Michael Simkins; William R. Penuel

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 3 (2002) pp. 431–455

This article describes and reports evaluation results for five key elements of the Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project's inservice professional development program. The five elements are: (a) Technology Learning Coordinators (a mentoring system), (b)...

Classroom Network Technology as a Support for Systemic Mathematics Reform: Examining the Effects of Texas Instruments’ MathForward Program on Student Achievement in a Large, Diverse District

William Penuel; Corinne Singleton; Jeremy Roschelle

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 30, No. 2 (April 2011) pp. 179–202

Low-cost, portable classroom network technologies have shown great promise in recent years for improving teaching and learning in mathematics. This paper explores the impacts on student learning in mathematics when a program to introduce network...

What Happens When the Research Ends? Factors Related to the Sustainability of a Technology-Infused Mathematics Curriculum

Barry Fishman; William R. Penuel; Stephen Hegedus; Jeremy Roschelle

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 30, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 329–353

This study examines factors related to the sustainability of SimCalc Mathworlds (SCMW), a technology-infused mathematics curriculum. We surveyed middle school teachers one year after their participation in a randomized trial where they were...