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Saturday, February 14, 2004
Ed advocates cheer eRate leadership changes - Cara Branigan, eSchool News
Leadership changes at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC) are likely to have a positive impact on the $2.25 billion-a-year federal eRate program, according to knowledgeable education advocates. (0) comments
Teaching students to surf safely on internet - Kathryn Torney, Belfast Telegraph
A Downpatrick school has been teaching its pupils about the importance of Internet safety. Young people in forms 1 to 3 at Down High recently took part in a week-long series of activities designed to teach them to surf the Internet safely. The annual event is designed to raise pupils' awareness of the potential and possible dangers of using the Internet and to provide them with the skills to 'surf' safely. (0) comments Friday, February 13, 2004
Canby schools look to expand online - TOM QUINN, the Oregonian
The Canby School District is planning a major expansion of its online learning program, including using the technology to transform traditional notions of summer school. The district is interviewing candidates for a newly created position of coordinator for technology and information systems, which pays $77,000 to $82,000 a year. Once the post is filled -- perhaps as early as next week -- a top priority of the job will be to research, develop and support online learning. "We're not at the front end of this curve, and we need to play catch up," Deborah Sommer, Canby's superintendent, said about the growing number of students throughout the country taking some of their classes through the Web. "It's not a panacea, but I think online learning is one more option we need to put in place for kids." (0) comments
Online classes take off for District 279 0 Sarah Bingaman Schwartz, Plymouth Sun
Online classes are beginning to come into their own at Osseo Area School District 279. For the first time, the district is opening enrollment in its online classes to students from other public or private school districts and students who are home-schooled. So far, enrollment has been encouraging. “Within three weeks, we have 14 slots filled by 10 students (from outside the district),” said Lisa Finsness, the district’s director of instructional media and technology. Ten slots are being held by District 279 students. (0) comments Thursday, February 12, 2004
'Digital credentials' aim to keep kids safer online - Corey Murray, eSchool News
i-SAFE America, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to informing children about the dangers that lurk in cyberspace, on Feb. 10 unveiled a new technology meant to dramatically enhance the security of online communications for school-age children. i-SAFE's Digital Credential Program provides a piece of hardware that students would carry around on a keychain and insert into the USB ports on their computers. Every device would be uploaded with a unique digital profile that electronically confirms each child's identity and the identities of others who use the devices online. (0) comments
Multimedia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Malura M. Shady, TechLearning
There is no escaping the challenges set before the educators of today's student. As educators, we once only had to compete against television with its cartoons and MTV. We now have to battle for attention over the latest video or computer game. Each new game becomes more realistic than the last and technology is growing to the point that movies can be made without any humans while the characters still appear to be human, as in Final Fantasy. Teachers can meet and conquer these challenges with multimedia. Teachers must not only be stage performers, they must now be able to devise methods with which to grab and keep the attention of students. Multimedia presentations offer that opportunity and supply both teacher and student with the possibility to be creative and to expand beyond the boundaries that have limited them to this point. (0) comments Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Study Says U.S. Should Replace States' High School Standards - KAREN W. ARENSON, New York Times
A patchwork of state standards is failing to produce high school graduates who are prepared either for college or for work, three education policy organizations say in a new report. The solution, they say, is to adopt rigorous national standards that will turn the high school diploma into a "common national currency." "For too many graduates, the American high school diploma signifies only a broken promise," the groups, which favor standardized testing to improve education, say. (0) comments
Robotic dogs sniff out toxins near schools - eSchool News staff and wire service reports
They sniff, wag their tails, fetch, and run in packs. Inside their plastic and metallic skins, robotic dogs programmed by engineering students at Yale University even have a social conscience. The mechanical canines, equipped with just about everything but a wet nose, are wired to sniff out toxic materials at former landfills and radioactive sites, providing environmental information about parks, school yards, and other public spaces. (0) comments Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Building a Learning Community Online - Chris Waters, techLearning
I have come to believe, as a high school math teacher, that the terms "learning" and "community" are both necessary to successfully guide students to the knowledge that they need. With online learning, I think that one might seek to establish too much of one without enough of the other. Yet, as instructors, we should have our students connect both with what they are learning and with each other. Here are some guidelines to do just that. (0) comments
New web site promises convenient access to school data nationwide - eSchool News staff and wire service reports
Federal, state, and private education leaders launched a web site Jan. 29 that promises unprecedented access to information about public school performance. The site, www.SchoolResults.org, will serve as a clearinghouse for new state report cards on education, including data broken down to the school district and school building level. (0) comments Monday, February 09, 2004
Lansing area students get hand-held computers for school - Associated Press
Six classes of students from across the Lansing area will receive hand-held computers through a pilot program aimed at improving students' science knowledge, organization skills and test scores. Lori Kindsvatter and her biology students at Pewamo-Westphalia High School will head into the woods next spring to learn how trees grow. (0) comments
Greek mythology wings its way to the computer age - Luke Slattery, the Australian
Think of Hermes as the patron deity of all couriers. Dispatched from Olympus by Zeus, Hera and company, the messenger-god would speed to earth on a natty pair of sandals with feathered wings attached. A new ABC-Melbourne University web project which aims to bring the classics to every child of school age – and every curious adult – invokes the memory of Hermes in its title: Winged Sandals. http://www.wingedsandals.com (0) comments Sunday, February 08, 2004
Studies validate laptop programs in U.S., Canada - eSchool News staff and wire service reports
Two recent studies of schoolwide one-to-one computing initiatives--one in the United States and one in Canada--suggest that using laptops in the classroom can help improve students' writing skills and bolster overall academic success. The studies come as an increasing number of states and school districts are rolling out laptop programs of their own. (0) comments
Access, inclusion Bailey's ED legacy - Cara Branigan, eSchool News
John Bailey, the nation's top educational technology administrator, has resigned his post to become deputy policy director for President Bush's reelection campaign. Bailey's tenure ended Jan. 30 after two years as director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Deputy Director Susan Patrick took over as acting director of the office Feb. 2. (0) comments Educational Technology News Blog Archives OTEL - Ray's Home Page - Notebook - UIS Online - U of I Online - UIS Home Fair Use |
