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May 2006

Exploratorium's Institute for Inquiry Launches New Web Site

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 2:24 A GMT-08

http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/The Exploratorium's Institute for Inquiry is pleased to announce a new Web resource that enables educational professionals--including teachers, professional developers, and district administrators--to reap the benefit

Category: Teacher Resources Professional Development

Fusing Technology, Image, and Literature: Elementary Level Projects

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 1:57 A GMT-08

Bookbinders: Fusing Technology, Image, and Literature [Available Full-Text, Free] In this article, Johanna Riddle offers four elementary-level projects that use technology as the mortar of interdisciplinary and inter-literacy learning. Some of the

Category: Teachers & Tech Language Arts Reading Elementary

Kids in the Creek

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 1:54 A GMT-08

Kids in the Creek Gear up for a day at the creek with help and guidance from the Kids in the Creek Web site. You and your students will soon be testing Ph, water temperature, and dissolved oxygen, as well as collecting aquatic insects. Retrieve

PBS and Discovery Education Partner to Distribute PBS Programs to Schools

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 1:47 A GMT-08

PBS and Discovery Education have announced a major multi-year media partnership through which PBS has licensed hundreds of hours from its series and specials for distribution to schools through Discovery Education's digital learning services. PBS tit

Category: Teacher Resources

Free Resources: Access 330,000 E-books at The World eBook Fair

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 1:41 A GMT-08

The World eBook Library and Project Gutenberg are "giving away" e-books at the World eBook Fair this July. From the World eBook Fair site: Before Johannes Gutenberg the average person had zero books; before Project Gutenberg the averag

Category: Teacher Resources Language Arts Reading

Startup Aims To Help Technology-Challenged Get Connected

Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:35 P GMT-08

By Antone Gonsalves  Startup Presto Services Inc. on Tuesday said it plans to launch in the fall an online service that will deliver pictures and email to family members a

Digital Photography Contest for K-12 Students

Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:24 P GMT-08

Portraits of LearningTechnology & Learning invites K-12 students to participate in the fifth annual digital photography contest. This year's theme, "My Point of View," encourages you to capture and share your own unique vision with our

Category: Grants

Searching For Images By Similarity

Tuesday, 23 May 2006 12:08 P GMT-08

Tiltomo is an experimental search engine that allows you to find similar images in two ways. You can search for images that have similar color and texture characteristics, or you can look for images with similar "themes," which adds an anal

Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources The Arts

New Cricket Toy Melds Science and Art

Tuesday, 23 May 2006 11:30 A GMT-08

MIT researchers helped develop Playful Invention Company's new Cricket kits, a $250 toolbox that allows children to make and program myriad creations that sing, dance and flicker. Experts say the groundbreaking product enables children to explore con

Category: Tech Tools Science The Arts Middle School High School Elementary

See Photos of Apple's Glass Palace NY Store

Friday, 19 May 2006 2:26 P GMT-08

Photos: See Apple's glass palace Apple Computer's latest retail store, located in the heart of New York City, is a glass cube and will be open 24-7. Doors open on Friday.

Web 2.0 Free Tools for Teachers Online Professional Development

Friday, 19 May 2006 2:20 P GMT-08

Each month I offer a free online professional development session in Tapped In, an educators' virtual professional development online learning community. This month's session is May 25th from 6:00 to 7:00 pm (PDT). Come to a live chat session to rece

Category: Tech Tools Professional Development Teachers & Tech

Join Tapped In SIG for GPS in Education Resources Like These

Friday, 19 May 2006 2:14 P GMT-08

Tapped In is a virtual educators' professional development learning community. All services are free and on-going. Please check it out -- you will be glad you did! Lesson Plans IAGT - Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology SUNY Cayu

Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources Teachers & Tech Social Studies Math Science

Student Filmmakers Tackle Thorny Issues

Friday, 19 May 2006 2:03 P GMT-08

The winning documentaries in C-SPAN's recent StudentCam contest explore such contentious issues as video-game violence, evolution and wiretapping. In their grand prize-winning 10-minute film, sophomores Anthony Hernandez and Dustin Gillard took a bal

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Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:59 P GMT-08

The National Weather Association offers $500 grants to K-12 teachers improving their students' meteorology educations; applications are due August 1. For more information, visit www.nwas.org/solhirsch.html.

Category: Grants Science

GLEF: Project-Based Learning "This Old School"

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:56 P GMT-08

THIS OLD SCHOOL By Don Lipper and Elizabeth Sagehorn Every year, third-grade teachers at Woodstock Elementary School, in Woodstock, Connecticut, take their students back in time to the 1800s.

Travel Grants for Educators

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:53 P GMT-08

Grants allow educators from any country to attend International Reading Association-sponsored meetings held outside the educators own continent; applications are due June 1. For more information, visit www.reading.org/association/awards/travel_educat

Category: Grants Teacher Resources Professional Development

Blythe Bennett's Recommended Site of the Week May 21-27, 2006

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:46 P GMT-08

Guide to Baseball Fiction Profdev>Middle / High SchoolAn English professor has created a list of books about baseball that is sure to have something for any baseball lover. The list covers adult novels, short stories, juvenile fiction, plays, film

Category: Language Arts Middle School High School

PBS Kids Are Ready To Learn

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:44 P GMT-08

Arthur "Don't Wake Kate" PBSOL>Preschool / Elementary SchoolBe one of the first to play PBS' first accessible online game -- "Don't Wake Kate!" This game is designed for children who are blind or visually impaired. Developed in

Category: Early Childhood Accessibility Elementary

PBS Teacher Source: Social Studies May 21-27, 2006

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:42 P GMT-08

P.O.V.'s Borders "American ID" PBSOL> Middle / High SchoolP.O.V. launches "P.O.V.'s Borders -- American ID," a new installment of PBS' first Web-only documentary series. The interactive, multipart series looks at American ident

Category: Social Studies Middle School High School

PBS Teacher Source: Math May 21-27, 2006

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:37 P GMT-08

Cyberchase Online Game: "Send in the Trolls" PBSOL> Elementary SchoolUnderstand the concept of "middle" and averages, arrange several trolls of different heights and identify the troll who has the middle height. http://pbskids.

Category: Math Middle School High School Elementary

PBS Teacher Source: Health and Fitness May 21-27, 2006

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:35 P GMT-08

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly Lesson: "Bioethics: Where the Future May Take Us" PBSOL> Middle SchoolExplore bioethical dilemmas in several areas. Reflect on these issues in relation to the overarching theme of the rapid advance of techn

Category: Health/PE Early Childhood Middle School High School Elementary

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PBS Teacher Source: Arts and Literature May 21-27, 2006

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:32 P GMT-08

American Masters "Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul" TV> PBSOL> Middle / High SchoolJoin us for this program that traces the meteoric rise to fame of the world-famous "Queen of Soul." The film focuses on Aretha's musical de

Category: Language Arts The Arts Middle School High School

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PBS Teacher Source: Science and Technology May 21-27, 2006

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:30 P GMT-08

Nature "The Dolphin Defender" TV> PBSOL> Elementary / Middle / High SchoolTuesday, May 23, 20062:00 - 3:00 AMThis is the story of filmmaker Hardy Jones' personal journey into the world of dolphins, the sometimes dangerous waters into

Category: Science Middle School High School Elementary

Edutopia: Reality Bytes

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:25 P GMT-08

In a fresh new program that combines writing, art, and technology in a handful of lively San Francisco Bay Area classrooms, digi-savvy twelve-year-olds work with seasoned filmmakers to produce brief but poignant stories drawn from their lives. (www.e

Category: Language Arts The Arts Middle School

Teens and Parents and Online Blogging

Friday, 19 May 2006 1:22 P GMT-08

By Janet Kornblum, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-05-17-teen-communications_x.htm?POE=TECISVA Spencer Burja usually tells it like it is on his blog. But when it comes to his mom not so much. There was the time Burja, an 18-year