"The Wikimedia Foundation--the group known best for the open-source, freely licensed encyclopedia project Wikipedia, which invites users to write, edit, and expand upon encyclopedia entries to create a collaborative, free-to-use online information resource--has begun a similar initiative for textbooks. If...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
According to a PEW Internet survey, American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities of the internet as they create and share their own media creations. Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the internet could...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
This is a great article on social software, specifcally Flickr. It's informative and gives beginners a good introduction as to the possibilities with social networking....
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
Technology is making it easier for parents to keep in touch with what is happening with their children at school and improving the usefulness of the traditional parent teacher conference. Read the article. [via STLToday.com]...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
"Teachers and library media specialists searching for new and innovative ways to educate their students about effective research practices now have a new online tool at their disposal: S.O.S. (Situations, Outcomes, Strategies) for Information Literacy. Launched Oct. 7 at the...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
Grant Title: Hearlihy/FTE Grant Organization: Hearlihy and Co. and the Foundation for Technology Education (FTE) Eligibility: K-12 teachers who are International Technology Education Association members Value: $2,000 Deadline: December 1, 2005 The purpose of this grant program is to recognize...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
"The Sydney Morning Herald of Australia reports that technology enthusiast and philanthropist Nicholas Negroponte has announced plans to move ahead with the development of his $100 laptop. Within a year, Negroponte, who founded the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
"In what is believed to be the first real evidence to support what is becoming a growing field of inquiry, the use of special computer games to "train" their brains improved the ability of healthy children to pay attention during...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
The Internet Science and Technology Fair, sponsored by the federal Technology Administration and other groups, is designed to provide K-12 science, math and computer teachers with a means to integrate the Internet and research methods into their curriculums. It runs...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
Venice High School in Florida's Sarasota County School District is using a new, Web-based software program that gives parents real-time access to their child's grades and attendance records. By next semester, all district high schools will be using the program....
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
The student-operated help desk at Kentucky's Pike County Central High School has responded to more than 50,000 calls since its launch in 1998. Students resolve simple problems over the phone or by e-mail and refer more complicated issues to the...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
Grant Title: 2006 Inspired Teacher Scholarships for Visual Learning Organization: Inspiration Software Eligibility: K-12 or higher-learning educators Value: $750 per award Deadline: January 30, 2006 Calling all inspired teachers! To support educators with their ongoing professional development and to champion...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
The Madison City (AL) Schools decided to go paperless this year, giving every teacher a CD-ROM that contained all the information they used to receive in huge three-ring binders. Follow the link above to read about teachers' reactions. [Source: The...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
This project sounds very interesting. I wonder if it will start a trend among other districts. I worked with Debbie Tschirgi years ago as one of the teachers in the TELDEC project mentioned in the article. If anyone can make...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
$2,500 Best Buy Gift Cards for integrating tech, teaching Grant Title: te@ch program Organization: Best Buy Eligibility: Teachers Value: Selected schools receive a $2,500 Best Buy Gift Ca Deadline: September 25, 2005 Teachers and schools successfully using interactive technology in...
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:08:04 PST
