May 2004 — Exclusive Series: SBR
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Making the Case: Research Efforts on Educational Technology
Remarkable Reading Machine: A Video/Electronic Media Training Program of Evidence-Based Interventions to Strengthen Emergent Literacy Skills of At-Risk Children from Low-Income Families in Any Child Care Setting.
Project focus: Create a highly motivational video/electronic media-training program on emergent literacy interventions for at-risk preschoolers and their parents and/or caregivers that can be used in any child care setting.
18. USteach Inc.
Synchronized Multimedia E-Book Development for Reading Fluency and Comprehension.
Project focus: Demonstrate improvement in second- and third-graders' reading fluency and comprehension through sustained interaction with e-books. Their reading performance will be compared to students without computer support or with another computer-based program.
19. Quantum Simulations Inc.
Phase II: Artificial Intelligence Software for Student Assessment in Chemistry.
Project focus: Advance the state of the art in chemistry education software through the development of meaningful interactive tutoring and assessment capabilities for chemistry problem solving.
20. The NeuronFarm LLC
Training the Tutors: Literacy e-courses.
Project focus: Develop a set of eight e-courses based on empirically verified principles of learning and effective literacy instruction to improve tutor training.
John Bailey is the former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education.
Therese Mageau is guest editor for T.H.E. Journal's "A Closer Look at SBR" series.
SETDA's Evaluation Grant Consortia
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has partnered with nine of the Evaluating State Education Technology Programs (ESETP) grantees to provide dissemination and networking services through their Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) Program.
"This program is an example of the emerging trend of states looking more aggressively at partnerships with the corporate community and departments within their agency, as well as pooling their resources among states to provide stronger and more effective programs," says Melinda George, SETDA Executive Director. By teaming up, the TAP program encourages collaboration during the program development phase and provides states with a powerful, high-quality distribution channel to communicate interim and final progress about each of the grants.
Throughout the grants' three year duration, SETDA will:
1. Provide networking and collaboration tools and opportunities for TAP participants.
2. Provide interim information and success stories regarding scientifically based research via a Web site and presentations at national conferences.
3. Develop a comprehensive handbook outlining participants' work throughout the course of the grant process.
Later this month, SETDA will launch a Web site to highlight the methodologies, strategies and interventions addressed by the evaluation grants. At the conclusion of the three-year grant period, SETDA will develop a handbook, which will include a section from each of the TAP members to highlight results, methodologies and best practices.
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