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  • iPod Touch and writing support software for winning student
    Wed, Sep 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    To help students find inspiration in reading and writing, Cambium Learning Technologies and The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum is inviting middle school students in grades five through eight to take part in the "Courage in My Community" writing contest. Students are to write a descriptive, personal essay about witnessing courage in their community or family, or about personal acts of courage they have faced, and how that courage has made an impact in their lives. The winning student will receive a Kurzweil 3000 USB Professional Color software and an Apple iPod Touch. Their school will receive half-day training on The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum, a Kurzweil 3000 Web License Learning Lab Pack with one Professional Color license and four LearnStation licenses (valued at over $3000, and two seats in Cambium Learning Technologies' Kurzweil 3000 online training course. [ Read More ]

  • Grants power research on gaming for education
    Wed, Sep 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants , Research , Campus-based
    A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has won $4.5 million in National Science Foundation grants to study the use of computer games for learning. Key words: research grants, University of Wisconsin Madison, education technology, school technology [ Read More ]

  • Low 'net capacity stymies students
    Mon, Sep 28, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    Colorado lags far behind the national average in terms of high-speed internet connectivity at its schools. A solution is in the works, but it hinges on a nonprofit consortium landing $178.5 million in competitive federal stimulus grants to increase broadband speeds at every K-12 school district in the state, reports the Denver Post. [ Read More ]

  • e-Rate wants to be user friendly
    Thu, Sep 24, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  eRate
    When the filing window opens later this fall, applicants will find no major changes to next year's e-Rate, the $2.25 billion-a-year federal program that provides discounts on telecommunications services to eligible schools and libraries. What they will find instead is a program that is more dedicated to helping e-Rate newcomers--as many as half of all applicants are in their first year of experience with the program--understand how to apply for their share of funding assistance quickly and efficiently. Key words: e-Rate, educational technology, technology funding, school technology, erate, technology grants [ Read More ]

  • Training is key to schools' digital media use
    Thu, Sep 24, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Funding , Professional development
    Educators need to embrace Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but they should be given adequate professional development to ensure they learn the proper ways to engage their students through digital media, said experts at a Sept. 21 Capitol Hill briefing. Key words: digital media, MacArthur Foundation, Common Sense Media, professional development, educational technology [ Read More ]

  • University funds report steep investment losses
    Wed, Sep 23, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Endowment
    Steep investment losses have caused painful cutbacks at some of the nation's best-known universities over the most recent fiscal year and have prompted questions about whether their endowments are taking too much risk, reports the New York Times. [ Read More ]

  • $2,000 to a teacher who implements technology with curriculum
    Tue, Sep 15, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The Foundation for Technology Education in cooperation with Pitsco/Hearlihy and Co. has announced a $2,000 Pitsco/Hearlihy/FTE Grant in honor of Tom and Mary Hearlihy. The grant is for a K-12 technology teacher as a way to recognize and encourage the integration of a quality technology education program within the school curriculum. Teachers must provide evidence of an effective quality technology education program, show documented success in the integration of technology education with other academic subjects, and provide plans for professional development via the anticipated grant. [ Read More ]

  • $2,000 to schools that practice character education
    Tue, Sep 15, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    The National and State Schools of Character awards aims to identify, honor, and showcase exemplars in character education and facilitate their leadership in mentoring others. The goal of the national program is to provide a variety of models of comprehensive, quality character education, representing America's diverse educational system. School that have been engaged in character education for a minimum of three full years, starting no later than December 2006, are encouraged to apply. Districts need to have been engaged in character education for a minimum of four full years, starting no later than December 2005. [ Read More ]

  • Free access to SAS online curriculum resources
    Tue, Sep 15, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Grants
    SAS Curriculum Pathways, which is used by thousands of teachers in more than 30 states, is now available for free to every educator in America. SAS Curriculum Pathways provides content in the core disciplines of English, mathematics, social studies, science and Spanish. Aligned with state standards, it has more than 200 InterActivities and 855 ready-to-use lessons that enable technology-rich instruction and engage higher-order thinking skills. It is primarily for use in grades 8-12, though middle school content is in development. [ Read More ]

 

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