NEWS ALERT ...
NSBA T+L² theme: Embrace change
Using technology as a tool to prepare students for the challenges of the global economy was the focus as more than 2,000 educational technology stakeholders met Oct. 26 to 28 in Denver for the National School Boards Association's 2005 T+L² (Technology, Leadership, and Learning) conference....
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GRANT ALERT ...
$10K
for reading-related service projects
Youth Leaders for Literacy is an initiative of the
NEA and YSA to help youth direct enthusiasm
and creativity into reading-related service projects.
Organizers hope to create a groundswell
of literacy service in communities across the
country....
Deadline: Nov. 21, 2005
WEEK'S TOP NEWS ...
UMass
is Microsoft IT Showcase School
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has
been designated Microsoft Corp.'s first-ever "Information Technology
Showcase School," under a new Microsoft program that aims to highlight
IT excellence in higher education....
Wikibooks
to offer free eTexts
The Wikimedia Foundation--the
group known best for the open-source, freely licensed
encyclopedia project Wikipedia, which
invites users to write, edit, and expand
upon encyclopedia entries to create
a collaborative, free-to-use online information
resource--has begun a similar initiative for textbooks....
Online
phys ed catches on in schools
A seemingly incongruous concept that began in
Minneapolis public schools is starting
to catch on in other school systems,
too: taking gym class online. Minneapolis
school officials said they're hearing
from school districts around the country that are interested in the
program. In Minneapolis, student waiting lists are filling up fast....
Students,
teachers invited to 'speak up'
Students and teachers across the United States
are invited to voice their opinions on
how technology affects their teaching
and learning. The means of being heard
is Speak Up Day 2005, an online survey
that gives K-12 education's primary stakeholders
the chance to suggest how technology
should be used in their schools....
GET THE BIG ED-TECH PICTURE
...
Visit
the new and improved
K-20 Technology
Solutions Center
For over four years, the School Technology
Buyer’s Guide
provided educators with over 4,000 detailed company profiles
of vendors in the education technology marketplace.
But readers
wanted more! Now you can find the latest product showcases,
white papers,
and grant opportunities as well as key vendor
information
inside this
new and updated center. Visit today!
Go to: http://www.eschoolnews.com/tsc
PARTNERS UPDATE ...
Discovery
Education announces major Discovery Health Connection
updates
From Discovery Education, Oct. 26--Discovery Education
has unveiled a complete update and redesign of Discovery
Health Connection-the only digital health and prevention
education resource to incorporate complete
K-12 classroom curriculum programs covering nine
critical topics of youth health and prevention
education....
Extron
releases free application for collecting facility-wide
A/V usage data
From Extron Electronics, Oct. 26--Extron Electronics
has introduced Data Logger, a free asset management
tool for collecting critical A/V system statistics
for data analysis. Data Logger is a customized
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application that lets
administrators automatically gather up-to-date
lamp hour and usage statistics for A/V
equipment located facility-wide....
RM
Educational Software announces launch of Easiteach
Scholarship Award
From RM Educational Software, Oct. 27--RM Educational
Software Inc., a subsidiary of RM PLC UK, is pleased
to announce the launch of the Easiteach Scholarship
Award in recognition of teaching excellence
in the use of award-winning RM Easiteach interactive
whiteboard software....
MPC
Computers adds
DataFRAME 140 iSCSI SAN to family of storage
products
From MPC computers LLC, Nov. 1--MPC Computers announced
the new DataFRAME 140 iSCSI SAN, which adds a lower-priced
small form factor solution to its family of storage
products. The DataFRAME 140 is
housed in a 1U form factor and supports 1TB of storage
with four redundant and hot-swappable 250GB SATA
hard drives....
Print
Manager Plus is first MS partner solution for Learning
Network Manager
From Software Shelf International, Nov. 2--Software
Shelf International announced that its new Print
Manager Plus software is now available. the new Print
Manager Plus integrates with Microsoft's
newly released Learning Network Manager for educational
institutions in Europe, Middle East and Africa.... Atomic
Learning's Partnership with netTrekker expands with
new tutorials
From Atomic Learning, Nov. 1--Atomic Learning, a provider
of web-based software training and tutorials,
released eight new tutorial series, including
31 tutorials for netTrekker classic
and 20 tutorials for netTrekker d.i. Through a partnership
arrangement with netTrekker, the 20 tutorials on
netTrekker d.i. will be made available
free to anyone who visits the Atomic Learning website....
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The sixth annual installment of our "eSchool News Tech-Savvy
Superintendent Awards" is approaching, and we need you to nominate deserving
individuals. These awards recognize top K-12 executives for
leadership and vision in the area of educational
technology. Nominations are
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RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
Community Relations
New forms of technology are giving those
inside school buildings easier and more effective ways to address key stakeholders
on the outside. The editors
of eSchool
News have compiled a collection of stories and features about how technology
can strengthen
school ties to the community, thereby taking weight off educators' shoulders.
Presentation Technology
From digital video and data projectors to interactive whiteboards, high-end
document cameras and projectors, and even virtual reality equipment, schools
are faced with a dazzling array of powerful presentation tools. Never before
have educators had a greater opportunity to bring lessons to life for their
students.
Whole-Class
Learning
While the importance of whole-class learning is hardly new, it
is more significant than ever. Today, an
educator failing to reach one student can hurt a school's reputation a much
as one who fails to reach the entire class.
We have put together a collection
of articles, web links, and other resources related to how technology can
facilitate whole-class learning.
Network Administration
The hardware in your server rooms might never be seen by most students and
teachers, but it could make all the difference when it comes to showing a video
in a classroom or keeping students safe when they go online for research. we
have gone through years' worth of eSN content to document in one convenient
location the many approaches schools are taking in network administration.
Emerging
Technologies
in the Education Field
Many of tomorrow's hottest technologies are already
finding a home in education today, which is why eSchool News has compiled
a remarkably informative
collection of news articles and links related to the cutting edge of educational
technology.
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 that help you effectively integrate
the web 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 Tim Lauer ...
"SuprGlu is a service that allows you to gather content from many
sites and compile it into
one web page. It can gather
your content from popular webservices and publish them in one
convenient place.
For example I have created
a SuprGlu page that takes
the content I create from my weblog, from the Lewis Elementary
page, from
my various Flickr and del.icio.us
accounts. The result is
a chronologically organized web page of my various posts. I was thinking this would be an interesting way to create a multi-author web
site or aggregate classroom
project site...."
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