News

Mission US Wins Kudos from Game Reviewer
Friday, November 19, 2010

The first-person American-history adventure gets a positive review from Play This Thing, which calls it fun and entertaining.

NBC News Asks About Toddlers with iPhones
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

CCT director Shelley Pasnik was interviewed for an NBC News story on iPhone use by toddlers.

New Funding Means Ready to Learn Work Will Continue
Friday, October 15, 2010

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has announced a $72 million grant from the US Dept. of Education for the next phase of Ready to Learn.

Possible Worlds Featured in IES Newsletter
Thursday, September 30, 2010

An article in Education Research News asks if games can teach academic content and still be fun. The answer? Possible Worlds.

CCT Researcher in the Spotlight
Friday, September 24, 2010

Jim Diamond is featured in this month's EDC Staff Spotlight for his work with educational technology and video games.

Daniel Light Quoted in Report on Digital Teaching Tools
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

In an article in Education Week, Daniel Light discussed some of his research findings about the uses of wikis and blogs in the classroom.

CCT at Maker Faire Workshop
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Naomi Hupert and Terri Meade will attend an invitational workshop "Innovation, Education, and the Maker Movement" at World Maker Faire 9/26-27.

Online Teacher PD Assessed and Recommended
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

EDC online PD projects, including a tech-integration program evaluated by CCT researchers Naomi Hupert and Wendy Martin, are recommended by Edutopia.

Today and Tomorrow in a Land of Contrasts
Friday, July 16, 2010

EDC Update profiled CCT's Shelley Pasnik on her return from Jaipur, where she spoke about emerging technology trends at an ICT conference.

Transforming a Toy Into a Teaching Tool
Monday, April 5, 2010

CCT Director Shelley Pasnik is interviewed about our new work in the latest issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Research to Focus on Handheld Games for Middle-School Literacy
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The new project will build on work already underway on a suite of Nintendo games for science and literacy learning.

RTL Evaluation Findings Reach a Wide Audience
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Ready to Learn study continues to be mentioned in the media, most recently in the March issue of Southwest Airlines' Spirit magazine.