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CAST Endorsed AspireREADER 4.0 Accessibility Software

Wednesday, 30 November 2005 6:56 P GMT-08
Aequus Technologies Corp. (http://www.aequustechnologies.com), in partnership with nonprofit educational research organization CAST (http://www.cast.org), has released AspireREADER 4.0, software that contains accessibility tools for improving learnin
Category: Tech Tools Accessibility
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Lynne Wolters

Fair Use Update: House Debates Copyright, Digital Fair Use

Monday, 28 November 2005 1:55 P GMT-08
Retrieved from ISTE Washington Notes, 11/28/2005 http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Advocacy/Policy/Washington_Notes/20059/November15/November_2005_Washington_Notes.htm#four During a November 16th hearing on digital fair use, the House
Category: Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

Freeware Site Promises No Spyware or Adware

Sunday, 27 November 2005 5:02 P GMT-08
If you frequent freeware sites, you had better know you risk loading up your computer with adware, spyware or worse. Topfreeware.net may be an excellent resource to investigate. CLICK HERE to visit:  http://www.topfreeware.net/
Category: Tech Tools Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

New Resources Posted

Saturday, 26 November 2005 6:16 P GMT-08
I have added the following new resource categories:Digital Still Cameras in Classroom CurriculumFree Blogs for Ed UseFree Blog SoftwareMultiple IntelligencesThere have been link additions added to:Assistive Technologies (Grants for AT)Collaborative O
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

Mashup Maps

Tuesday, 22 November 2005 3:57 P GMT-08
Mashup MapsMashups -- applications that combine content from multiple sources but appear seamless when used -- are emerging as one of the exciting new features of today's web. They have become quite the phenomenon in the arena of digital cartography.
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

World Digital Library Project Announced, Backed By Library Of Congress & Google

Tuesday, 22 November 2005 3:46 P GMT-08
 Search Day Newsletter from SearchEngineWatch.comBy Danny Sullivan and Gary Price and The United States Library of Congress has announced the creation of the World Digital Library today, a project that's also just received its first $3 million in
Category: Research
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Omnipelagos.com

Sunday, 20 November 2005 1:21 A GMT-08
This web site makes associations linking two separate people, places or things. Here are a couple of examples:From Oregon to MarsOregon [Geography] Crater Lake National Park is Oregon's only national park Crater Lake National Park [Geology] began lif
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Leapfrog's Pentop Computer FLY

Saturday, 19 November 2005 2:51 P GMT-08
Watch this well produced online and interactive video of the Fly's features. Teenagers introduce the variety of features this computerized pen offers.Zach introduces Flytones interactive music makerGwen introduces the Fly schedulerJustin introduces t
Category: Tech Tools Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

School District's Virtual Cafeteria Teaches Good Eating Habits

Saturday, 19 November 2005 2:11 P GMT-08
To improve student health and enhance parent understanding, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (ISD) in Carrollton, Texas, has put $95,000 into developing a program to give parents, students, and other community stakeholders a
Category: Culture of Education Health/PE Middle School Elementary
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Students Tackle Math Via Fantasy Football

Saturday, 19 November 2005 2:04 P GMT-08
It's been ten years in the making, but a former California middle-school teacher insists he's found a way to accomplish the unthinkable: getting students to do homework on the weekends--while watching football, on the couch. CLICK HERE to read the fu
Category: Math Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Ed Tech Action Network Announcement

Saturday, 19 November 2005 1:59 P GMT-08
ETAN Members’ Voices are Heard!  House Rejects Cuts in Education Appropriations Bill!   Thank you to the more than 2,500 ETAN members and supporters who sent over 7,300 emails to Congress in the past weeks opposing major education technolo
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Lynne Wolters

Foundation Targets JPEG Patent for Elimination

Saturday, 19 November 2005 1:53 P GMT-08
 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols November 17, 2005 On Wednesday, the Public Patent Foundation filed a formal request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to revoke a data compression patent that Forgent Networks Inc. is asserting against the JPEG
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Point, click... and talk? High-Tech Photos Give New Meaning to 'Talking Pictures'

Saturday, 19 November 2005 1:46 P GMT-08
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how valuable would it be if someone added a sound track? By Michael Singer, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: November 17, 2005, 11:30 AM PTCLICK HERE for the full text of this interesting article: http:/
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Lynne Wolters

Information for K-12 Technology Leaders Web Site

Saturday, 19 November 2005 1:25 P GMT-08
I finally got around to visiting Craig Nansen's web site. What a jewel he is offering us. I highly recommend it to you. The theme of this site is "Technology: Opening Minds With a New Set of Keys". This evocative theme is carried throughout
Category: Professional Development Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

A cool, inexpensive laptop for the world's children

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 1:39 P GMT-08
 A prototype of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's new sturdy, $100 laptop, aimed at giving impoverished children entree to the high-tech world, will shortly be unveiled at a U.N. conference in Africa. Designers are still tweaking features
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Lynne Wolters

Teaching, Learning, and Other Uses for Wikis in Academia: All Users Are Not Necessarily Created Equal

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:56 P GMT-08
<!-- content -->Like many academic technology groups at campuses around the country, the Center for Scholarly Technology (CST) at USC has been wrestling with how to implement various types of social software, such as blogs and wikis, in the cla
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Lynne Wolters

Student Blogs Educate, Engage and Entertain

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 5:04 A GMT-08
Teachers find blogging helps students to hone grammar and creative writing skills. Moreover, Manitoba middle-school teacher Clarence Fisher says his students are learning that even though they live in "a tiny town in the middle of nowhere,"
Category: Teachers & Tech Language Arts Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

Trailblazing Teachers Use Classroom Blogs

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 5:02 A GMT-08
 A small but growing number of innovative teachers nationwide have set up classroom blogs to improve communication with parents and build class cohesiveness. Fifth-grade teacher Fred Roemer's site contains a daily journal where students post picture
Category: Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

Pioneering Teachers Embrace Interactive Technologies

Wednesday, 16 November 2005 4:57 A GMT-08
Tech-savvy educators are pushing their students to develop online blogs and podcasts to refine their reading, writing and research skills. Using headsets and Skype's free Voice over Internet Protocol software, pupils of Texas speech and debate teache
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Wiki News: Of the People, by the People

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 1:43 P GMT-08
Wiki news: Of the people, by the peopleBy Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: November 15, 2005, 7:29 AM PTThe following is a short segment taken from within this online article. This is a good read for those trying to understand
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Vernier Lesson Ideas from Teachers

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 12:49 P GMT-08
1. Measuring Tennis Racket ForcesThomas Haff, physics teacher at Issaquah High School in Issaquah, WA, often gives his students inquiry-based problems to solve.This year, he asked his students to determine the amount of force a tennis racket will exe
Category: Tech Tools Teachers & Tech Science Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

New Assistive Reading Tool Incorporates MP3 Technology

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 12:42 P GMT-08
An assistive tech developer is incorporating MP3 technology in its solution set for people with print-related disabilities. Premiere Assistive Technology is offering what it calls a "universal learning device" which allows people to carry a
Category: Tech Tools Accessibility
Lynne Wolters

"WINDWARD: Outsmart the Weather in a Race around the World"

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 9:58 A GMT-08
Cable in the Classroom has just launched a free online weather simulation/game entitled "WINDWARD: Outsmart the Weather in a Race around the World" at WINDWARD was created in cooperation with Discovery Education, The Weather Channel and the
Category: Science Middle School
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Lynne Wolters

"The Technology Source" Electronic Journal Archives Now Available

Monday, 14 November 2005 12:27 P GMT-08
As you may know, The Technology Source, an electronic journal with the same focus as Innovate, was published first on the Microsoft Web site (1997-1998), then on a UNC-Chapel Hill server (1998-2001), and finally on a Michigan Virtual University serve
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Lynne Wolters

Veteran's Day Memorial: Moving Tributes

Friday, 11 November 2005 2:02 A GMT-08
In honor of our most recently departed Veterans, Legacy.com has provided a beautiful space for families and friends to create a moving tribute to their fallen heroes. This link takes you to a simple index page listing the name of the veteran and the
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