NEWS ALERT ...
States erratic on IT literacy
Among its other goals, the federal No Child Left Behind Act says that all students should be technology literate by the end of the eighth grade. Yet, nearly four years after the law was first implemented, states appear to be all over the map in terms of ensuring the technology proficiency of their students....
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GRANT ALERT ...
300 free educational licenses for assessment and polling software
LearnStar, which developed SmartTRAX software, will be giving grants of 100 licenses each to one elementary, middle, and high school based on need, enthusiasm, technology integration, innovation, and methodology. SmartTRAX is an interactive educational program offering academic competitions, quizzes, real-time polling, testing, and performance assessment tools....
Deadline: April 21, 2006
WEEK'S TOP NEWS ...
Symposium explores open technologies
At an international symposium on open-source technologies for education, participants agreed that open technologies can boost students' real-world skills by allowing them to collaborate in, and assume more ownership of, the learning process; they can give educators more local control when creating content to suit their own needs; and they can vastly increase the educational opportunities available to students in environments where funding is limited....
Ed-tech advocates hit Capitol Hill
In an information campaign organized by three influential ed-tech organizations, educators and other ed-tech advocates took to Capitol Hill March 9 in hopes of convincing lawmakers to restore funding to the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) block grant program and other endangered technology-specific spending measures....
Spread the word: Campaign is a sham
There's a well-financed effort underway in states around the country to pass legislation that would overhaul school funding. The so-called "65-percent solution" aims to have 65 cents of every school dollar spent directly in the classroom. But as many online news sites and education blogs have exposed, this "solution" is no more than a slick campaign to advance a partisan political agenda during an election year. In this article, eSchool News columnist Nora Carr offers school leaders some savvy advice on how to fight back....
SETDA names new executive director
Following the resignation of former Executive Director Melinda George last week, the State Educational Technology Directors Association has named former Deputy Executive Director Mary Ann Wolf to the lead the advocacy group--which represents the interests of state ed-tech directors in all 50 states--into the future....
Air Force pilots cyber security course
A group of students at Rome Catholic School in Rome, N.Y., are learning how to become the future defenders of cyberspace through a pilot program developed by the U.S. Air Force that officials say is one....
BEST PRACTICE ...
IPTV for ed set to debut March 3
Leaders of the nonprofit Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA) are set to launch Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) for education. With options for free, pay-per-view, and subscription-based programming, the new online educational television network will feature a wide variety of on-demand video choices designed specifically for schools, educators, and students....
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PARTNERS UPDATE ...
School Blogs Impact On Teacher-Student Literacy and Project Collaboration at FETC
ePALS Classroom Exchange--Mar. 21, 2006--ePALS Classroom Exchange (www.epals.com) will be showing off it's newly launched safe, protected and multilingual ePALS SchoolBlog tool at the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando this week March 22-25 at booth #583.
Discovery Communications Launches COSMEO: a Revolutionary Online Homework Help Tool
Discovery Communications--Mar. 13, 2006--Discovery Communications announced the launch of COSMEO, a revolutionary new homework help tool specially engineered for the 21st century family. Designed for a generation that lives online, COSMEO harnesses the power of broadband and media to help kids achieve academic breakthroughs.
Red Hook Integrates Technology Into All Subjects
EarthWalk Communications Inc. --Mar. 14, 2006--The Red Hook Central School District has managed to integrate technology into just about all of their academic classes through the use of wireless mobile laptop labs provided by EarthWalk Communications Inc. These unique labs include built-in power management and battery recharging capabilities enabling teachers and students to use the laptops continuously throughout the school day, without interruption.
Gateway Enters Into Seven-Year Cross License of Intellectual Property With Hewlett-Packard
Gateway, Inc.--March 1, 2006--Gateway, Inc. announced an agreement with the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) to cross-license each other's patent portfolios for a period of seven years. As part of this agreement, the companies also reached a global settlement and mutual release of all claims in litigation against the other company.
NetSupport Announces NetSupport Manager 9.5 Remote Control and Desktop Management Software
NetSupport--March 6, 2006--NetSupport announces NetSupport Manager 9.5 remote control and desktop management software. Designed for educational technology professionals to better manage, monitor and support their IT user base, NSM v9.5 reduces support response times, eliminates travel support costs and efficiently manages disparate systems through one centralized console.
CoSN Announces New Board of Directors
CoSN--March 15, 2006--The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced its new Board of Directors, whose members consist of educators and private sector technology experts from across the country. CoSN's membership elected five new members to the board and reelected six members
The Southeast Kansas Education Service Center and Six New York BOCES Choose PowerMediaPlus.com as Their Digital Delivery Solution
PowerMediaPlus.com--March 16, 2006--PowerMediaPlus.com has teamed up with the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center (Greenbush) and six New York BOCES systems to bring digital media to school districts across the regions, CLEARVUE & SVE announced. These partnerships link schools and classrooms with the extensive media library and curriculum integration tools that have made PowerMediaPlus.com the industry innovator.
Clicker Tutorials Now Available on Atomic Learning's Website
Atomic Learning--Feb. 20, 2006--Crick Software, creator of the award winning Clicker software, has partnered with Atomic Learning, the premier provider of web-based software training, to provide Clicker 5 tutorials.
Mitel No. 1 with Growing Businesses According to InfoTech
Mitel®--Mar. 15, 2006--Mitel® has emerged as the early IP Telephony (IPT) market leader in the small and medium business (SMB) segment, according to a new research report by InfoTech, a firm that specializes in global information and professional services for the telecommunications and data networking industries. The report, InfoTrack for Converged Communications: SMB Market Analysis and Forecast found that Mitel surpassed Avaya to claim top spot in the fast growing segment.
Extron's New, Larger Matrix Switchers Offer Exceptional High Performance and Value
Extron Electronics--Mar. 16, 2006--Extron Electronics announces the addition of 48 larger, fixed I/O matrix switchers to our popular CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Series lines. With the simplicity of single part number ordering, the CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Series offer exceptional high performance and value. The new switchers are suitable for most common video, ultra-wideband, and audio switching applications, including auditoriums, arenas, command and control centers, college and university campuses, and retail environments.
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RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
GIS and Geographic Inquiry
"Geospatial" technologies—which include geographic information system (GIS),
global positioning system (GPS), and remote sensing (RS) tools--are becoming
increasingly important in our everyday lives. The editors of eSchool
News have designed this collection of news and best practices to
help you integrate
GIS and other geospatial technologies into your classrooms
and
district
offices.
Tech Tutoring for Teachers & Students
At eSchool News, we understand that bringing
technology to the students in the classroom is a three-tiered process:
first, the educators themselves have to learn the technology. Then, this
technology has to be integrated in a seamless manner. Then finally, the
technology has be brought to the classroom. We hope you will find this package
a useful tool
as you integrate technology into the classroom.
Integrating Digital Content into the Classroom
Despite the availability of the latest digital content resources and the
promise they hold for education, teachers and students still are not using
them to their full potential. A number of barriers exist that prevent the
more widespread use of digital
materials to supplement instruction. The good news is, eSchool
News has
proposed some solutions to these challenges in this resource center.
Electronic Records Management
At eSchool News, we cover all aspects of the ed-tech landscape, including how new technologies are improving electronic records managment, from simplifying the data-entry process, refining records search to protecting your databanks.
Enhancing Your Curriculum
eSchool News, in an effort to help you use the internet to improve instruction, has assembled this toolkit to help you effectively integrate the web into your curriculum.
21st Century Learning
Just as educators were often accused of teaching with 19th-century methods
in the 20th century, many are still not changing with the times. For some schools,
the biggest challenge is understanding the true nature of 21st-century learning. eSchool
News has packaged a collection of features, news and online resources to
help you effectively integrate technology into your curriculum.
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 Susan Brooks-Young....
"Civic Enterprises and Peter D. Hart Research Associates (with funding from the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation) recently released a report that all educators need to read.
It's called The Silent Epidemic. Why is this survey noteworthy? Because the participants
were high school dropouts. Some of their responses aren't that surprising. The
former students do agree that they sometimes hung out with the wrong crowd and
didn't apply themselves to schoolwork. However, there are other responses that
fly in the face of conventional wisdom about who drops out. For example, two-thirds
of the respondents said they had GPAs of 2.0 or better when they left school.
This report could make for some very interesting faculty meeting discussions...."
Read all
of Susan's posts!
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