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Collaboratory 2006-2007: Improving Student Achievement Through Literacy

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:50 P GMT-08
The Adolescent Literacy Collaboratory, a year-long professional development initiative for interdisciplinary teams of middle and high school teachers, is accepting applications for the 2006-2007 school year until MAY 20TH. The Collaboratory is design
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Lynne Wolters

PBS Convenes 'Think Tank' To Help Shape The Future Of Children's Public Service Media

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:44 P GMT-08
PBS KIDS Next Generation Media Advisory Board Includes More Than 40 Leaders in Education, Child Development, Child Care, Entertainment and Media, Technology, Research and Community Engagement CLICK HERE to read the entire news release. Retrieved f
Category: Culture of Education
Lynne Wolters

DiscoverySchool News: Math Solutions

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:30 P GMT-08
  Math SolutionsMath reasoning is essential for solving problems that arise in everyday life. Help your students to discover valuable logic, reasoning and organizational strategies behind the math solutions to real-world problems. Use this
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Free Online Adobe/Macromedia Seminars for Educators in May

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:23 P GMT-08
You won't have to leave your desk to learn about the newest versions of Adobe creative software. Join Adobe Education experts as they conduct free live, online software demonstrations. Learn how gaining proficiencyon Adobe software can help your stud
Category: Professional Development
Lynne Wolters

Intel Teach to the Future Workshops in the Pacific NW

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 5:19 P GMT-08
Check it out! Intel® Teach to the Future offers free, proven professional development for K-12 teachers and college pre-service faculty. Through face-to-face, hands-on instruction, teachers learn effective methods of presenting and enhancing cont
Category: Professional Development
Lynne Wolters

Teachnology Mac Download of the Week

Monday, 24 April 2006 8:55 A GMT-08
  Our Weekly Mac Pick: Chartsmith "Chartsmith is the premier charting and graphing application for Mac OS X. Built from the ground up on Mac OS X
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources
Lynne Wolters

Teachnology PC Download of the Week

Monday, 24 April 2006 8:51 A GMT-08
Our Weekly PC Pick: TheSage's Dictionary and Thesaurus "TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus is a complete dictionary and a multifaceted thesaurus of the English language. It runs locally, and does not use
Category: Teacher Resources
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Congress Readies Broad New Digital Copyright Bill

Monday, 24 April 2006 8:35 A GMT-08
What's new:A new bill in Congress would expand restrictions on software that can bypass copyright protections and would grant federal authorities greater wiretapping and enforcement powers. Bottom line:The 24-page bill is a far-reaching medley of di
Category: Professional Development Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

April 25th Webcasts Connect Kds to Science, Nature

Monday, 24 April 2006 8:25 A GMT-08
Two separate events on April 25 use technology to inform, inspire students By Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News
Category: Teacher Resources Science Middle School High School Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

For Autistic Students, Social Skills From a Handheld Device

Monday, 24 April 2006 8:19 A GMT-08
By Peter Schworm, Boston Globe Staff  |  April 23, 2006 Toggling quickly from screen to screen on his PDA, Jonathan Libby, 18, scrolled through a checklist of conversational tips reminding him to smile, make eye contact, and address peop
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: April 25, 2006

Monday, 24 April 2006 8:11 A GMT-08
From: Jacob Richman <jrichman@jr.co.il>Shalom.Holocaust Remembrance Day is Tuesday, April 25, 2006. I posted on my website 156 links to learn about the Holocaust. Site languages include English, Hebrew, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and
Category: Teacher Resources Social Studies Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Educational Games and Templates Using Microsoft Office

Thursday, 20 April 2006 11:55 P GMT-08
Great Ideas Awards      
Category: Teacher Resources Middle School High School Elementary
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Prizes for Research Papers on Media Literacy Instruction

Tuesday, 18 April 2006 11:44 P GMT-08
Cable in the Classroom, the education foundation of the cable industry, will award up to three prizes of $2,000 each for excellent research papers on media literacy instruction. Papers can be submitted by graduate or undergraduate students at US co
Category: Grants Research Professional Development
Lynne Wolters

Microsoft reveals answer to Google Scholar

Thursday, 13 April 2006 8:59 A GMT-08
By Candace Lombardi Staff Writer, CNET News.com<!-- April 12, 2006, 7:43 AM PT --> Published: April 12, 2006, 7:43 AM PDT Retrieved April 13, 2006 http://news.com.com/Microsoft+reveals+answer+to+Google+Scholar/2100-10
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Google Calendar Makes an Impressive Debut

Thursday, 13 April 2006 8:39 A GMT-08
  Retrieved from SearchDay #1289 - Google Calendar Makes an Impressive Debut, April 13, 2006By Chris Sherman Google has released its long-rumored calendar service, offering an appealing set of features that makes i
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

Find Funding Fast for K-12 Schools: Grant Wrangler

Wednesday, 12 April 2006 11:38 A GMT-08
Grant Wrangler is a wonderfully helpful site to learn about educational grant opportunities and the service is free. All you need to do is subscribe! National Educators Awards Deadline: May 1, 2006 - P.
Category: Grants
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NASA Kids Club

Sunday, 9 April 2006 4:24 A GMT-08
This flash based interactive web site is the type of program I would like to see parents encourage their children to visit when using the computer at home. It is educational, based upon levels, and the various games and interest items are really FUN!
Category: Science Elementary
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Build Your Own Highly Functional Web Home Page: Pageflakes

Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:55 A GMT-08
Pageflakes is a Web 2.0 online application that allows you to build your own web home page for your browser. There are several tabbed faces to this home page. You can add and delete as needed and your settings will be permanently remembered until you
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Teachnology PC Program of the Week: ComposeEssay

Saturday, 8 April 2006 11:54 P GMT-08
Our Weekly PC Pick: ComposeEssay "ComposeEssay is a program designed to help writing compare and contrast essay. It guides through the process of ideas brainstorming and structuring in an interview-like style, in
Category: Tech Tools Language Arts Middle School High School
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Discovery Education and Google Earth

Saturday, 8 April 2006 1:25 A GMT-08
Wesley Fryer's blog Moving at the Speed of Creativity offers an interesting and informative piece on coming additions to Google Earth that should be of high interest to teachers. Read his blog to learn the detailis. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2
Category: Teacher Resources Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Music Sage Search Engine

Thursday, 6 April 2006 9:07 P GMT-08
What do you get if you cross a search engine with an encyclopedia? Music Sage - a new way to search the web. Other search engines spew out meaningless site-names and mangled phrases.Music Sage offers you real, meaningful sentences that are right on t
Category: The Arts
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Lynne Wolters

Project 2061 Digital Library Work Draws Accolades

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 11:11 P GMT-08
The MERLOT Teacher Education Review recently reviewed the Harvard-Smithsonian Digital Video Library (HSDV), on the 2061 Connections Website and an education review panel has given the Website, co-developed by Project 2061, an impressive 4.9 out of 5,
Category: Science Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Progress on the $100 Laptop

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 3:19 P GMT-08
Quoting from an article at  http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1945967,00.asp Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop Per Child, said in a keynote at LinuxWorld here that OLPC is preparing to deliver its first 5 million to 10 millio
Lynne Wolters

U.K. Survey: Teachers Say Tech Boosts Students' Learning

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:02 P GMT-08
The second annual Dell survey on information and communications technology in education found that 90% of teachers, compared with 68% a year ago, regard ICT as very important to their school. Nearly 74% of educators in this year's poll said technolog
Category: Research Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
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Hacking Google Maps

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 11:56 A GMT-08
Search Engine Watch Newsletter, Search Day #1283By Chris Sherman A new book in the popular O'Reilly "Hacks" series shows you how to find and create your own mashups, overlaying all kinds of interesting information on Google maps. Goo
Category: Teacher Resources Professional Development
Lynne Wolters

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