NEWS ALERT ...
Webcast tackles IT gender gap
To engage girls in the study of science and technology,
educators need to convey the right
message about the roles these fields play in society and the skills
they require--and they also need to
provide more hands-on activities
that have some social value. These were the main lessons imparted
during a webcast hosted by
the National Science Foundation's
Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program.
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GRANT ALERT ...
$3,000
to improve math competence
This grant supports professional development to
improve competence in the teaching of mathematics
for one or more full-time classroom teachers.
Grants worth a maximum of $3,000 will be awarded
to person(s) currently teaching at the K-5 level. Proposals should outline
the professional
development plan and address how the proposed
project will improve the teacher(s)' competence and affect students'
learning....
Deadline: Nov. 4, 2005
WEEK'S TOP NEWS ...
'Intelligent design' court battle begins
Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial,
the latest legal chapter in the debate over the teaching of evolution
in public schools opened in a federal court in Harrisburg, Pa., in
a case that could decide if schools should be allowed to introduce 'intelligent design' as an alternative theory to evolution....
Study:
States slowly embracing eTexts
Nearly all states with textbook adoption policies now include software, digital content, and other technology-based media in their definitions of "instructional materials," according
to a recent survey by the Software and Information Industry Association.
But only a third have updated their submission or review processes
to account for unique technology issues not otherwise faced with printed
textbooks....
Games help train kids to pay attention
In what is believed to be the first real evidence to support what is becoming a growing field of inquiry, the use of special computer games to "train" their brains improved the ability of healthy children to pay attention during scientific trials, researchers reported Sept. 26....
$10B gaming field inspires new curricula
Responding to the digital media industry's appetite for skilled workers and the tastes of a new generation of students raised on Game Boy and Xbox, a growing number of schools and universities--including at least one Ivy League institution--now offer courses in video game design....
PLAN ON ATTENDING T+L²?
PARTNERS UPDATE ...
Discovery
Education, APT partner to provide free digital library
to Ala. schools
From Discovery Education, Sept. 14--Discovery Education
and Alabama Public Television have joined forces
to energize education in Alabama classrooms. Discovery
Education's unitedstreaming service is
the new powerhouse for APT's online digital resource
library....
Print
Manager Plus Education Version 6.0 released for schools
and universities
From Software Shelf International Inc., Sept. 26--Software
Shelf International Inc. announced the release of
Print Manager Plus Version 6.0 for Education for
total accounting and cost control of all printing
in schools, universities and libraries. Version 6.0
is a major upgrade to its award winning Print Manager
Plus software and is the first Microsoft
verified and logo certified software to support Hewlett-Packard?
Multifunctional printers' (MFP) walk-up copying or
printing....
Dell
TechKnow program makes the
grade
with students and teachers
From Dell Public, Sept. 28--Dell TechKnow received
high marks for customer satisfaction in its end-of-term
survey of students and teachers. Middle school students
praised the Dell TechKnow program
with 98 percent surveyed citing they "would recommend the program to other
students," and 100 percent of teachers polled saying they would "recommend
the program be repeated in their district and at
another school."...
MPC
Computers receives award
at Midsize Enterprise Summit
From MPC Computers LLC, Sept. 26--MPC Computers announced
it captured a top award at the Midsize Enterprise
Summit held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event brought together solution providers and vendors focused on the mid-size enterprise space. MPC was honored with the "Best Mid-Market Solution Hardware" Midsize Enterprise Innovation(TM) Award for the DataFRAME 420 storage product. IT Executives who were in attendance at last week's event voted on the awards....
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A TECH-SAVVY SUPERINTENDENT?...
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
due by Nov. 23, so submit
your nomination now!
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RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
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.
Multimedia
Creation Tools
To help educators recognize the myriad of multimedia opportunities available
to them, we have put together a vast collection of relevant news and information.
These
articles
show ways schools are using multimedia,
both as a teaching
tool and a vehicle to engage students like never before.
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.
NEW ONLINE FEATURE
Learn about
ed-tech companies' offerings in Product News Update
You might know the names of the big technology companies,
but do you know about the specific products they offer to schools?
Now you can see what more than 100 vendors are doing for just education
by spending
time in the new eSN Product News Update section. It's yet another
way eSN keeps you in touch with the latest news about educational
technology.
Go there now!
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 Tom Hoffman ...
"Let's be clear from the outset that the hard part is not getting the idea
of creating a $100 laptop for students, nor is coming up with a nice design on
paper. Obviously the hard part is getting the thing manufactured and into children's
hands on time and at your projected price point. Nonetheless, we should all be
pleased with the MIT Media Lab's first specs and drawings of the $100 Laptop,
an idea first announced by Nicholas Negroponte in January.
... I'll be much more excited if they actually have a prototype
in November, as they're projecting. I don't know if they can pull this off, and
quite frankly, I'm not counting on it. But if they do, it will be an epochal
development in educational technology...."
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