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Four Key Trends Emerging In Education Technology
Technology & Learning, September 1998, p. 42 Senior editor Susan McLester of Technology & Learning tells education technology leaders to keep an eye on four…
Good Posture And Other Simple Steps Can Reduce Students’ Risk Of Repetitive Stress Injuries
T.H.E. Journal, August 1998, p. 26 Expensive ergonomic chairs and fancy workstations are not the cure-all solution to staying injury-free while you sit in front…
Teen hackers plead guilty
Two California teenagers pleaded guilty on July 29 to charges that they hacked into several U.S. government computers earlier this year and installed sophisticated programs to intercept passwords on the…
“Banned Books Online” takes a hard line on censorship
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/banned-books.html In a tribute to freedom of thought and speech, “Banned Books Online” offers a representation of texts that have been–or still are–kept from readers…
ISTE unveils national standards for technology literacy
Wondering how your students’ computer skills compare with those across the country? The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) recently published a set of technology standards for K-12 students…
A close up look at classroom videoconferencing
http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/videocon.html Created by elementary school teacher Hazel Jobe, this site offers an introduction to videoconferencing in schools. Here you’ll find all the information you need…
“Search Engine Watch” might be just what you’ve been searching for
http://searchenginewatch.com This useful site from internet consultant Danny Sullivan looks at search engines from a number of perspectives. Web site publishers will like “Webmaster’s Guide…
“Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators” continues to delight
http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide Technology coordinator Kathy Schrock first published this site in 1995, and it just keeps getting better. Besides links to curriculum resources in all subject…
‘Ed Web’ captures the issue of school reform
http://edweb.gsn.org Written and produced by Andy Carvin, new media program officer for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, this site explores technology’s role in the school…
Information Underload: The real culprit behind America’s TIMSS performance
Education leaders across the country were devestated when a Feb. 24 study ranked U.S. students among the industrial world’s worst in math and science. In physics and advanced mathematics, not…