Virtual high school is nothing but net
A publicly funded virtual high school is now operating in the central region of Florida. It may soon offer students in Orange and Alachua counties an opportunity to earn diplomas…
Brain Teasers add up to math success
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain Every Wednesday evening a new math puzzle is posted here for each of three grade levels‹grades 3 to 4, 5 to 6, and 7+‹along with the solutions to last…
NewsKids: Learning Hot Off the Press
This two-video series with activity book for students in grades 4 – 8 is produced by Optical Data School Media in conjunction with the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. The idea…
eSN Special Report: ‘Interactive Curriculum Systems’ Replace ILS
If you think the instructional computer programs we used to refer to as “integrated learning systems” are big, rigid, and focused only on repetitive practice ‹ what critics call “drill…
Human Anatomy Online: a great body of work
http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html This site contains more than 100 detailed illustrations of the human body, grouped by anatomy system. Each system or organ is accompanied by a text description and links to…
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1998
The first multimedia reference tool to link articles to topic-related sites on the internet, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is now available in a 1998 edition. Grolier Interactive, Inc. has released two…
Gore lashes out at eRate foes: America must close schools’ ‘digital divide,’ Veep declares
Vice President Al Gore, attending a technology conference in Washington late in February, lashed out at opponents of the eRate, pledging to defend the program and charging that legislators who…
CAI can’t tell the half of it
Ask 10 people what computer-assisted instruction (CAI) means, and you will get 10 different answers. Many models exist, but few are consistent in the minds of users, reviewers, or educators….
‘Athena’ explores earth and space science for K-12
http://athena.wednet.edu Funded by NASA’s Learning Technologies program, this site includes instructional material and resources for online space, weather, earth, and ocean exploration projects. Your students could track today’s earthquake activity…
Hitachi MutiMedia Vision
27″ monitor/stereo color TV The MultiMedia Vision (MMV) from Hitachi combines the function of a computer monitor with a 27-inch television, without the need for a scan converter. MMV allows…