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Up to $8,000 in matching book funds for schools
The Matching Book Grant Program offers Guided Reading and Independent Reading Collections. Guided Reading Collections consist of six copies each of 18 titles. Independent Reading Collections consist of one copy each of 108 titles....
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BEST PRACTICE ...
Ed-tech helps spur U.S.-China exchange
As the Chinese economy continues to boom and China continues to assert itself as a major player in today's global economy, a pair of United States senators have introduced legislation that would encourage U.S. students to get to know their Chinese counterparts by trading stories, discussing cultural differences, and learning each other's languages through online and face-to-face exchanges....
SITE OF THE WEEK ...
Sponsored by:
Explore virtual field trip options through the Prince William Network
Broadcasting from Virginia's Hylton High School, students and staff members operate a state-of-the-art television studio to bring relevant programming including online field trips, professional development courses for teachers, or live performing arts programs directly into classrooms. Topics range from social studies and American history lessons to school safety and responsible driving, among other initiatives....
NEW eSN ONLINE FEATURE ...
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....
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THE FLASH ...
Selected announcements from leading providers of K-20 products & services.
S.D. school uses Enterprise Reporter to keep students safe
From 8e6 Technologies, Aug. 9--8e6 Technologies, a supplier of internet content filtering, monitoring, and reporting appliances, announces its latest success story. In late May 2005 network and security personnel at a high school in the San Diego City School District reportedly were able to prevent a potentially fatal incident from occurring using data provided by 8e6’s Enterprise Reporter....
http://www.8e6.com/
Schools save with thermal storage tech
From Steffes Corp., Aug. 9--No longer
a secret, the word about the successful use of electric thermal storage (ETS)
to reduce heating expenses in the commercial and industrial world has now
spread to the public sector....
http://www.steffes.com/
Pearson launches education weblog
From Pearson Education, Aug. 9--Pearson Progress Assessment Series has launched a weblog, "PASeries Parsed," to offer educators the latest news and tips for getting the most out of PASeries Reading and PASeries Mathematics....
http://www.pearsonpaseries.com/blog/
New Dimension Media forms Content Alliance
From New Dimension Media, Aug. 8--Charles Wilson, executive director of Agency For Instructional Technology (AIT) and Albert Nader, chairman of New Dimension Media (NDM) announced that they have formed an alliance to provide AIT’s award-winning K-12 educational programming for NDM’s streaming video system, Classroom Content Click!....
http://www.ndmquestar.com/
Macromedia announces Studio 8 for K-12
From Macromedia Inc., Aug. 8--Macromedia Inc. announced Macromedia Studio 8, a software suite for educators, students, web designers, developers, video professionals, and graphic artists to design, develop, and maintain interactive online experiences....
http://www.macromedia.com/software/studio/
Texas school selects Gateway as technology partner
From Gateway Inc., Aug. 5--Officials at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced a strategic alliance with Gateway Inc., the nation’s third-largest PC vendor, to be the university-wide provider of notebook and tablet computing products for students, faculty, and staff. UTSA has more than 26,000 students and 3,500 faculty and staff, making the university’s alliance with Gateway one of the largest initiatives of its kind in the country....
http://www.gateway.com/
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Aug. 10, 2005 Vol.3, No.32
LAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTS ...
If you could be ED's tech chief, which of these areas would you focus on most?
1 percent said "Advocacy/NCLB."
16 percent said "District leadership."
9 percent said "Grant programs."
10 percent said "Research/New tech."
64 percent said "Teacher training."
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RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
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.
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.
REVIEW NECC ON VIDEO
Award-winning students
capture
all the action from Philadelphia
The 2005 National Educational Computing
Conference was a huge hit. Whether
you missed
it or just
want to relive
the
action, eSN
has you
covered with
video clips shot
by the top
three high
school teams
in the first
Student Video
Discovery
Awards. See
just how
talented
these future
filmmakers
and broadcast
journalists
really are.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Printing and Storage solutions
From student worksheets, projects, and permission slips, to school board presentations
and agendas, the amount of information to be printed and stored in school systems
can be overwhelming--not to mention quite costly. But recent trends
and technological advancements in printing and storage solutions are making it
possible for schools to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars over the life
of the new equipment, and the maintenance of these devices has become much simpler.
Video Goes to School, Part III
More and more teachers nationwide are using video as an instructional tool to
excite and engage students. From their experience, video assignments motivate
students to go beyond what is expected of them. Plus, the cost of digital video
cameras and editing software keeps dropping, while the technology's capability
and ease of use increases. That means equipping
an entire classroom is now affordable
for nearly every school.
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 ...
"There has been a post brewing in my brain for quite a while now about tags
and tagging and tapping into the social power of folksonomies. Like podcasting,
the whole tagging thing is not something I've been able to fully embrace, partially
because it just leads me to that information overload part of my brain. I've
tried adding Technorati tags on my own blog, but it hasn't caught on. Aside from
the occasional conference tag, I've never felt like what I've subscribed to tag-wise
at Technorati or del.icio.us has been all that helpful. It's either too divergent
or too overwhelming to get through...."
Read all
of Will's posts!
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