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“Ad*Access” is an easy sell
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess Duke University’s Ad*Access is a pilot project to make a selection of historical advertisements available for study and research over the web. The project, which includes more than…
Excerpts from ISTE’s Connecting Curriculum and Technology
Profiles for technology-literate students In 1998, ISTE released a set of technology standards for K-12 students—performance indicators that could be used as benchmarks to define “technology-literate” students at each…
“Day of 6 Billion” can draw a crowd
http://www.dayof6billion.org According to the United Nations, the world’s population reached six billion people on October 12, 1999. To mark this mind-boggling milestone, Population Action International (PAI), one of the…
ISTE creates curriculum tools to support its tech standards:
Educators who are struggling to integrate required curriculum standards with the new technology their schools are installing at breakneck speeds found a comprehensive resource at their fingertips the first of…
Take a crack at “Cyphers and Codebreakers”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding Speaking of NOVA, this web offering is the companion site to an episode of the series called “Decoding Nazi Secrets,” a two-hour special that chronicled how the Allies…
New software could help administrators recognize warning signs of violence
School administrators who are concerned about tracking and predicting potentially violent behavior in their students soon will have access to a new software program…
High school educators screen teens for signs of depression
For a student, it’s in some ways the ideal test: no studying needed; no correct answers; not even a name required. The results, however, …
Link2Learn Helps Teachers Incorporate Technology Into the Classroom
Developed by Pennsylvania State University to help the state’s teachers integrate technology into their classrooms, the Link2Learn CD-ROM (http://www.l2l.org/pd) has proven to …
JASON Project Teaches Science Through Adventure
For more than a decade, The JASON Project has been taking science education to new heights—and depths—by engaging students in web-based adventures with real…
Portals Helping Teachers Find Their Way on the Web
A range of internet portal sites are helping teachers safely navigate the web and are being hailed as valuable time-saving resources. Several portals have…