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December 2008



Cell Phone Modded To Detect Diseases

Monday, 22 December 2008 3:10 P GMT-08
If you’re a member of Generation Y, chances are you can do a lot of different things with your cell phone:  text, email, surf the web, pay for merchandise, take pictures and movies — oh, and even talk to people in real time!  Bu
Category: Tech Tools Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

Discovery Offers Video Archives To Schools

Monday, 22 December 2008 2:57 P GMT-08
More than 4,000 full-length videos and 40,000 educational clips from 25 years of the Discovery, Animal Planet and TLC channels are being used in nearly 1 million U.S. classrooms. Schools pay $2,000 annually for access to some 100,000 hours of Discove
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources Videos
Lynne Wolters

School Cyberbullying Law Takes Effect Jan. 1, 2009

Monday, 22 December 2008 2:26 P GMT-08
A new law aimed at deterring the proliferation of cyberbullying at public schools goes into effect Jan. 1, bolstering educators' ability to tackle the problem head-on. The law gives school administrators the leverage to suspend or expel students
Lynne Wolters

Audio Aquarium Gives People With Visual Disabilities Sense of Sea Life

Friday, 19 December 2008 1:15 P GMT-08
Pairing fish and their movements with music via visual-recognition software creates a symphony of sounds that scientists hope will allow people with visual impairments to experience sea life. "Many of the things we do help them solve basic probl
Lynne Wolters

Win Technology For Visual Learning in the Classroom

Friday, 19 December 2008 12:04 P GMT-08
Inspiration software announces the 2008-2009 Inspired Visual Learning Awards Hurry! The deadline approaches for the 2008-2009 Visual Learning Awards! This year, more than $22,000 in cash and technology prizes will be awarded to 15 educators and the
Category: Grants Teacher Resources Teachers & Tech Visual Literacy
Lynne Wolters

GREEN EDUCATION: Students Showcase Their Projects on Energy Conservation

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 4:07 P GMT-08
Students Showcase Their Projects on Energy Conservation    Any K-12 student from the U.S. and Canada, excluding Quebec, can participate in the Igniting Creative Energy Competition , where they can present their brightest solutions
Category: Math Science Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Students Win Grand Prize for Lifesaving Research

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 3:57 P GMT-08
Students Win Grand Prize for Lifesaving Research in Chemistry and GeneticsThree high school seniors won a $100,000 grand prize for their groundbreaking research in the 2008 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology at New York University.&n
Lynne Wolters

Holiday Gift Guide For Geeks II

Monday, 15 December 2008 6:36 P GMT-08
Please visit my Amazon.com store for really interesting geek gift ideas.
Lynne Wolters

Norad Santa Tracker 2008

Monday, 15 December 2008 6:04 P GMT-08
It is nearly time to track Santa on his famous travels around the world. This year there are several new features to the Norad Santa Tracker web site. Count down the days (including an iGoogle widget you can download), the YouTube video linked here,
Category: Teacher Resources Early Childhood Middle School Elementary Web 2.0
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Lynne Wolters

Career Exploration: Free Microsoft Online Course

Monday, 15 December 2008 3:43 P GMT-08
CareerForward, a free online Microsoft course, allows middle- and high-school students to explore career options and learn what they'll need to do to prepare. Students can explore the program on their own or do so as part of a class
Category: Teacher Resources Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Science Resources At The Library of Congress

Monday, 8 December 2008 2:56 P GMT-08
Science Reference ResourcesReference staff from the Science Reading room have created a variety of reference resources that will lead you to books and online resources of interest. Learn more about Podcasts, Webcasts and other Digital Media Files, Ae
Category: Teacher Resources Science
Lynne Wolters

Four Trends That Could Change Everything

Monday, 1 December 2008 1:55 P GMT-08
Several trends, already firmly established, now seem poised to exert a significant impact on international relations and human interaction. As a result, educators might do well to take heed of four of the more ubiquitous of these trends, which I'
Category: Culture of Education Educational Technology
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Lynne Wolters

ING Unsung Heroes Awards of $25,000 For Innovative Educators

Monday, 1 December 2008 1:51 P GMT-08
Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000. | Full StoryRetrieved from eSchool News This Week,
Category: Grants
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Lynne Wolters

Lifebook4Life Fujitsu Laptop Program

Monday, 1 December 2008 1:33 P GMT-08
PC Pro reports that Fujitsu Siemens is offering a new program called Lifebook4Life, which allows customers to upgrade their Lifebook laptop every three years after purchase for free. Sound too good to be true?  Well, there are a few restrictions
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control

Monday, 1 December 2008 12:51 P GMT-08
This is another one of Lifehacker's Top Ten -- always worth checking out. There are several low cost, no cost ideas in this list that are especially great for teachers. 
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

Online, teacher-written chapters aim to modernize science textbooks

Monday, 1 December 2008 12:47 P GMT-08
Online, teacher-written chapters aim to modernize science textbooks Most Virginia high-school physics textbooks ignore most of the past century of advances in string theory, nanotechnology and particle physics. Rather than waiting for more modern sta
Category: Culture of Education Teachers & Tech Science
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Lynne Wolters