Excerpts from ISTE’s Connecting Curriculum and Technology
Profiles for technology-literate students In 1998, ISTE released a set of technology standards for K-12 students—performance indicators that could be ... Read more
Teaching & Learning
South Carolina launches teacher recruitment site
South Carolina has created a one-stop, confidential web site for prospective teachers looking for jobs within the state. Two Winthrop ... Read more
Talking Martian
I dreamt the Martians shot down our polar lander last month, and the government and news media immediately tried to ... Read more
New program aims to help teachers learn ‘computerized modeling’:
With a click of a computer mouse, scientists can look at a single molecule of the pain-killer ibuprofen. Then, about ... Read more
By The Numbers:
Could there ever be enough computer equipment in schools? A recent report by Quality Education Data (QED) suggests that, after ... Read more
PowerUP to provide $10 million for after-school programs:
Aiming to help children who can’t afford computers, internet giant America Online (AOL), computer maker Gateway, and several other groups ... Read more
Philadelphia group pitches online charter school
A proposed new Philadelphia charter school promises to drastically cut down on maintenance expenses, if approved: The school will not ... Read more
Take a crack at “Cyphers and Codebreakers”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding Speaking of NOVA, this web offering is the companion site to an episode of the series called “Decoding Nazi ... Read more
New internet site nabs term paper cheaters:
A new internet site that checks material for originality is catching term paper cheaters in a web of deceit. The ... Read more
“Electricity Online” is one super-charged site
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/28032.shtml One look at this entry from the 1999 ThinkQuest competition and it’s easy to see why the judges named ... Read more