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This month’s very best web sites for teaching, learning, and leading.
Curriculum Best new instructional resources on the internet “Cells Alive” brings cell biology to life http://www.cellsalive.com CellsAlive.com is a wonderful resource for the biology teacher who wants to provide students…
This month’s best picks for new hardware and software.
Manage library serials with this Sagebrush software Serials Manager, by Sagebrush Corp., is a stand-alone program that streamlines the management of magazines, journals, and other periodicals in all types of…
Upcoming events of interest to eSchools.
July July 27-30 Montreal. The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Summer Leadership Institute. The 2000 AECT Summer Leadership Institute has been designed to help participants develop effective online instruction and…
Key organizations and leading companies that support the eSchool movement.
AbleSoft Inc., of Pennsauken, N.J., is a leading developer and publisher of teacher productivity software and a provider of educational content for school and home use. Visit the AbleSoft web…
Web filters show inconsistency
An experiment conducted during the last few months by the free-speech advocacy group Peacefire suggests that many of the leading internet filtering companies apply their criteria inconsistently when choosing which…
Teens likely to divulge info on ‘net
Here’s a topic for your next school/parent powwow: Teenagers, who know better than to talk to strangers, will divulge almost anything on the internet. They’ll happily blab about themselves, their…
Another virus attacks school PCs
Just when school technology staff members were recovering from the highly destructive “Love Bug” virus, a new virus began eating its way through computers, and this one is smarter and…
Ariz. braces for computer purchases
Browsing at tables displaying laptops and PCs and getting an earful about wireless technology, Arizona educators began a process that will put nearly 50,000 new computers in classrooms across the…
Educators react to Microsoft ruling
Most of the school technology decision makers who talked with eSchool News had unequivocal reactions to a judge’s June 7 decision to break up software giant Microsoft Corp. Trouble is,…
Web helps students find scholarships
Tavia Evans barely knew what the internet was, let alone how to use it, until her junior year of high school. But the honor student decided to try her luck…