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June 2008



This Week on "NOVA Science Now"

Monday, 23 June 2008 11:52 A GMT-08
Wednesday, June 25 at 9 p.m. (Check your local listings as dates and times may vary.) Host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson examines new findings on dark matter, regaining lost memories, the art and science of digital forensics, and how a crow
Lynne Wolters

Friend or Foe? Balancing the Good and Bad of Social-Networking Sites

Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:39 P GMT-08
A Digital Directions online article by Michelle Davis, 06/09/2008http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2008/06/09/01networks.h02.html 
Category: Culture of Education Middle School High School Higher Education Educational Technology Internet Safety
Lynne Wolters

Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?

Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:33 P GMT-08
A Campus Technology online article by Trent Batson, 06/18/2008http://campustechnology.com/articles/64462/ 
Category: Professional Development Culture of Education Teachers & Tech Web 2.0
Lynne Wolters

Cable In The Classroom: e-LECTIONS

Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:15 P GMT-08
eLECTIONS is a powerful online learning experience that demonstrates how broadband technology - with its capacity to deliver video, audio, excellent inter-activity, design and content - can support active, meaningful and memorable learning. Cable i
Category: Tech Tools Social Studies Middle School High School
Lynne Wolters

New YouTube Channel Educates About Aging

Thursday, 19 June 2008 9:23 P GMT-08
UCSF and YouTube Educate the Public about Neurodegenerative Diseases YouTube is home to funny home-videos, TV reruns and sports matches, just to name a few. And now, the online video Web site, partnering with the University of California, San Francis
Category: Research Professional Development Science Health/PE Podcasts Parent Resources
Lynne Wolters

New District Leader's Podcast

Thursday, 19 June 2008 9:18 P GMT-08
Podcast Series Resourceful for Sharing Expertise in Educational Administration District Leader's Podcast is the only national podcast created expressly for district leaders. Each episode features interviews with district leaders from around the c
Category: Professional Development Podcasts Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

Third Graders Using Multi-Media For Digital Presentations

Thursday, 19 June 2008 9:13 P GMT-08
Third Graders Incorporate Voice, Video and Graphics into Digital PresentationsMore than 2,300 primary school students and 100 teachers in Santee are using the School Web Lockers system, allowing them to experiment with the latest digital technologies
Category: Tech Tools Elementary Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

Software For Special Needs Students

Thursday, 19 June 2008 9:10 P GMT-08
Computer Program gives Special Needs Students a Helping Hand There's a new software solution available to teachers who work with special needs students. It's called the Kurzweil 3000, a reading, writing and learning solution for struggling re
Category: Teachers & Tech Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

New Financial Literacy Podcast

Thursday, 19 June 2008 9:07 P GMT-08
A new podcast series, “Talking Financial Literacy,” will be launched at the upcoming NECC conference in San Antonio. This special event will be held in the Hilton Palacio del Rio hotel, adjacent to the conference center on Monday, June 31
Lynne Wolters

WorldWide Telescope Brings The Universe To Students' Desktops

Wednesday, 18 June 2008 11:02 P GMT-08
An eSchool News online article. Microsoft Corp. has launched its answer to Google Sky: a free, web-based program for zooming around the universe from any internet-connected computer. Developed by Microsoft’s research arm, the WorldWide Telescop
Category: Tech Tools Science Web 2.0
Lynne Wolters

Astronaut Explains Space "Bathroom" Technology

Wednesday, 18 June 2008 3:27 A GMT-08
At a certain age, kids are fascinated by bodily functions, noises, etc. Here is a video of Chris Hadfield, a space shuttle astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency, explaining how they have problem-solved going to the bathroom in a zero gravity envir
Category: Science Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Vernier Summer Institutes For Teachers

Sunday, 15 June 2008 9:58 P GMT-08
There are hands-on Vernier workshops coming to your area, and seats are still available. The workshops will be held at the following dates and times: Beaverton, OR August 4, 8:00 AM-3:30 PM Vernier Software & Technology https://store.vernier.com
Category: Professional Development Science
Lynne Wolters

NWREL Summer Mathematics Institutes For Teachers

Sunday, 15 June 2008 9:53 P GMT-08
NWREL is pleased to announce two **Mathematics Summer Institutes** for K-5 teachers focusing on Number Sense and Algebraic Reasoning at ESD 101 in Spokane, Washington, July 21-25, 2008: 1)  Mathematics Summer Institute for Grades K-2 Participan
Category: Professional Development Math
Lynne Wolters

New ISTE/NETS Book Available: Visual Arts Units For All Levels

Sunday, 15 June 2008 9:50 P GMT-08
Available at the ISTE Bookstore http://www.iste.org/source/orders/isteProductDetail.cfm?product_code=netart ISTE, 2007 ISBN 978-1-56484-242-8 includes a CD Audience: Grade K&
Category: The Arts Middle School High School Elementary Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

Help Your Students Become Published Authors

Sunday, 15 June 2008 9:40 P GMT-08
Help celebrate the UN's Declaration of Human Rights We know kids care. Help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights with National G
Category: Social Studies Language Arts
Lynne Wolters

Primer On Public Engagement

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 6:44 P GMT-08
The new Public Engagement Primer from Public Agenda is a valuable resource for those trying to better understand what public engagement is all about, and for those trying to explain it. Public engagement creates conditions for average citizens to e
Category: Teacher Resources Social Studies Middle School High School Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

USA Education Conferences -- June, 2008

Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:33 A GMT-08
une 11-13, 2008 IDC 2008 - Interaction Design and Children Chicago http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=1275626:1093062 June 14-20, 2008 InfoComm 2008 Las Vegas, NV http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=1275627:1093062 June 15-18, 2008 38th Nati
Category: Conferences Professional Development
Lynne Wolters

Students Get Web-based Planning and Time Management Service

Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:29 A GMT-08
Studiolo Systems has gone into beta testing with StudyRails.com, a Web application intended to help students improve their academic performance by optimizing their study habits. StudyRails provides step-by-step, personalized study plans, e-mail and c
Category: Tech Tools Middle School High School Educational Technology
Lynne Wolters

Phoenix Mars Mission Comes to Students via iTunes U

Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:25 A GMT-08
The University of Arizona has brought video and animation relating to the Phoenix Mars Mission onto iTunes U, the education-focused portal hosted on Apple's iTunes. U Arizona is the lead on the mission, the first in a NASA program aimed at launch
Category: Science Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

High School Service Learning Competition $10,000

Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:08 A GMT-08
Project IgnitionDeadline: July 3, 2008 - State Farm Insurance & The National Youth Leadership CouncilProject Ignition is calling for students, grades 9-12, and their teachers to create a service-learning project based on teen driver safety. Proje
Category: Grants High School
Lynne Wolters

Student (Ages 4-18) Photo Contest

Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:06 A GMT-08
Student Photo ContestDeadline: July 1, 2008 - The CVS Pharmacy Charitable Trust Students (ages 4-18) are eligible to submit their favorite photograph online. Photographs will be judged on composition, brilliant color, and creativity. Winners will rec
Category: Grants
Lynne Wolters

Codie Award 2008 "Best Educational Game"

Thursday, 5 June 2008 3:02 A GMT-08
New York, May 28, 2008 –   Tabula Digita today announced that its DimensionM™ immersive educational video game series earned a 2008 CODiE Award in the “Best Education Game or Simulation” category from the Software &a
Lynne Wolters