NEWS ALERT ...
$500M ed-tech grant slated for elimination
President Bush on Feb. 7 released his 2006 budget
proposal, asking Congress to cut
more than $1 billion in total education
spending and eliminate entirely the
$500 million Enhancing Education Through Technology state block-grant
program, the primary source of federal funding for school technology....
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GRANT ALERT ...
WEEK'S TOP NEWS ...
New
resource helps schools write RFPs
With thousands and sometimes millions of dollars
in public money at stake, writing a Request
for Proposals to solicit bids for complex
technology products and services can
be frustrating. Recognizing how difficult
RFPs can be, the nonprofit Software & Information Industry Association
has unveiled a new initiative meant to
make the process simpler for both
schools and vendors....
Network
video market heats up
Library Video Company, a distributor of
educational VHS and DVD programs to U.S.
schools, has announced an agreement with
SAFARI Technologies, a provider of video
networking solutions for education, to
purchase SAFARI's Video Networking Division. The
move gives LVC another method for distributing
its digital content to educators....
New
test gauges ICT literacy
ETS, the nonprofit group that created the SAT
and a number of other standardized tests,
has worked with educators, information
technology experts, and other institutions
to develop a new test designed to
measure what it means to be literate
in the digital age....
Microsoft
issues eight 'critical' fixes
School technology leaders, take note: Microsoft
Corp. on Feb. 8 released eight security
fixes that carry its highest threat
rating of "critical" and said all
the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker
to take complete control of an infected
computer....
TECH-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENTS ... ...
PARTNERS UPDATE ...
Carlisle
Area School District chooses SMART Board interactive
whiteboards
From SMART Technologies Inc., Jan. 26--SMART Technologies
Inc. announces the installation of SMART Board interactive
whiteboards in more than 300 classrooms in the Carlisle
Area School District. A district
standard now, 100 percent of classrooms will use
SMART Board interactive whiteboards by summer of
2005....
Discovery
Education expands
Discovery School product line
From Discovery Education, Jan. 28--Discovery Education
added over 250 new video, DVD, and CD-ROM titles
to the award-winning Discovery
School line of educational products, bringing the total collection
to over 1,000 titles....
Broward
County approves long-term agreement
with Atomic Learning
From Atomic Learning, Jan. 31--Broward County Public
Schools, the largest fully-accredited school district
in the United States, recently extended a partnership
with Atomic Learning to improve technology
integration through online training....
Century
Consultants Star_Student supports thin-client computing
From Century Consultants, Feb. 4--Many school districts
are changing to centralized, thin-client computing
models, a model Century Consultants, with its web
based Star_Base School Suite, is very comfortable
with, states Joseph Shearn, President of Century.
Districts should consider this model more seriously
for all of their computing needs....
ESC
Region VII in Texas picks PowerMediaPlus.com for
397 campuses
From CLEARVUE & SVE Inc., Feb. 10--CLEARVUE & SVE,
along with Education Service Center Region VII, announced
that they are partnering to offer the PowerMediaPlus.com
media-on-demand solution to
96 school districts and 397 campuses in Northeast
Texas....
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SPECIAL REPORT
Across-the-Board Instruction
Forget about archaic overhead projectors. One of the hottest educational technologies
to have found its way into classrooms in recent years: an interactive digital
whiteboard from Canadian company SMART Technologies Inc.
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
Enhancing
Your Curriculum
with Web-Enabled Resources
To help you use the internet to improve instruction, we at eSchool News have compiled a one-stop source for expert advice and key intelligence. This popular online toolkit features an extensive collection of stories and articles from the eSchool News archives, as well as links to outside resources that help you effectively integrate the web into your curriculum.
Assessment and Achievement
Few issues are hotter than assessment—thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act and similar measures—but few are more misunderstood. The editors of eSchool News have assembled a variety of news and information as well as outside resources to help put assessment in clearer perspective and tie it more closely to its primary purpose—namely, better test scores through improved instruction.
Wireless Solutions for Education
Today's wireless technologies open many doors for learning. No longer tied down
to
available ethernet ports, students can work at anytime or anywhere on school
grounds. The editors of eSchool News have assembled a collection of news, information, and resources that will help you connect to the brave, new world of wireless.
Stakeholder
Communications
As technology plays a greater role in education, it can also change the way those
inside school buildings address key stakeholders on the outside. The editors
of eSchool
News have compiled a collection of stories and features about how effective
communication through eMail can
take weight off an educator's shoulders.
MEET THE ED-TECH INSIDERS
eSchool News Online now features eSN Ed-Tech
Insider. If you haven't checked out Ed-Tech Insider yet, here's
a sample of what you've been missing from our ed-tech experts:
From Will Richardson ...
" ...
At a time when it seems technology is making it easier to practice our First
Amendment rights, a large number of students who use those technologies have
little understanding of their importance. As a journalism major, I think the
ability to publish to an audience, regardless of your viewpoint, is an incredibly
empowering development ..."
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