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August 2006



Free Online Professional Development Opportunities

Sunday, 20 August 2006 5:38 P GMT-08
Innovate-Live Webcasts offer an opportunity to synchronously interact with authors of selected articles in the August/September 2006 issue of Innovate ( All times are New York time. You may use the world clock at August 24, 2006, 1:00 PM ET 
Category: Professional Development Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

TeachNology Teacher Resource of the Week: Calculators

Sunday, 20 August 2006 3:59 P GMT-08
There are many different online calculators. TeachNology has pulled together a listing that will save lots of searching time. CLICK HERE to take a look.
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources Math Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Announcing EdTechReview.com

Sunday, 13 August 2006 3:06 P GMT-08
Welcome to EdTechReview.com This is your source for reviews of education technology hardware, software and services. Have you ever needed to buy a new piece of technology, but didn't have a clue which one was right for your school or district? Have
Category: Tech Tools Teachers & Tech
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Lynne Wolters

What's the Future of Desktop Software - and How Will it Affect Your Privacy?

Sunday, 13 August 2006 3:02 P GMT-08
Twenty years ago, the personal computer began to revolutionize the way we work and play. In recent years, though, the Internet has been the primary source of technological innovation, offering us everything from online auctions to networked research
Category: Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

The Etiquette of E-Rejection

Sunday, 13 August 2006 2:45 P GMT-08
The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/08/2006081001c/careers.html  August 10, 2006 A graduate program misuses e-mail to reject program applicants.
Category: Culture of Education Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

7 Things You Should Know About Mapping Mashups

Sunday, 13 August 2006 2:39 P GMT-08
Educause offers this high quality .pdf document. CLICK HERE for your own copy.
Category: Professional Development Teachers & Tech Social Studies
Lynne Wolters

Berkman Center White Paper Released

Sunday, 13 August 2006 2:26 P GMT-08
Announcing the release of the foundational white paper about education and copyright restrictions, entitled "The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age." The white p
Category: Professional Development Teachers & Tech Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

Poll: Parents Unsure How To Teach Kids Online Safety

Sunday, 13 August 2006 2:11 P GMT-08
Parents of children ages 8 to 18 feel they bear the most responsibility in protecting children when they surf the Web, but they want help from schools and the government, a new Harris Interactive poll released this week finds. As many as 94% of paren
Category: Culture of Education
Lynne Wolters

New AOL Site Aims To Be Tops In Homework Help

Sunday, 13 August 2006 2:09 P GMT-08
Youngsters who visit AOL's newly launched StudyBuddy search-engine site can access information culled from a database of 350,000 teacher-approved journals, encyclopedias and Web sites. The new initiative represents AOL's latest attempt to offer free
Category: Teacher Resources Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

New Wiki Software Focuses on Gender Training

Sunday, 13 August 2006 1:58 P GMT-08
The United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) has developed the Gender Training Wiki, a tool aimed at increased capacity building and knowledge sharing within the gender community. It is th
Category: Teacher Resources Culture of Education
Lynne Wolters

Survey Shows Online Learning Growing

Sunday, 13 August 2006 1:55 P GMT-08
A new national survey of the top 2,500 U.S. school districts predicts that more than half of all student-computing devices will be mobile by the year 2011, and online learning will grow at a compound annual rate of 26 percent over the next five years
Category: Research Culture of Education
Lynne Wolters

Department of Education Grant Opportunities

Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:59 P GMT-08
RECENT "NOTICES INVITING APPLICATIONS" (grant opportunities) from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) include those related to: * Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities -- CFDA# 84.327A * Preparation of L
Category: Grants
Lynne Wolters

Adopt-A-Classroom Program

Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:00 A GMT-08
Adopt-A-Classroom invites the community into the classroom in support of teachers and their students. By adopting a classroom, donors form partnerships with specific classrooms providing financial and moral support. The result is a meaningful contrib
Category: Grants Teacher Resources Early Childhood Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Program Offers Free CAD Software to Educational Institutions

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 3:30 P GMT-08
ProgeSOFT.US is offering free copies of its progeCAD 2006 Professional software to any North American educational institution through its new "Free for Schools" program. Schools can include progeCAD 2006 Professional within their CAD curric
Category: Tech Tools Teacher Resources
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Lynne Wolters

Field Trip Grants Provided By Target Stores

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 3:23 P GMT-08
Education professionals throughout the United States may be eligible for one of Target's 800 grants of up to $1,000 to fund school trips. Applications for the Target Field Trip Grants Program will be available online September 1-November 1. For more
Category: Grants Teacher Resources
Lynne Wolters

Online Technologies Bring Award-Winning Authors to the Classroom

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 3:06 P GMT-08
TeachingBooks.net is committed to bringing books to life through thousands of author programs, book readings, book guides, and other K-12 multimedia resources that reveal the spirit and personality within books. Via online technologies, any classroom
Category: Teacher Resources Reading Early Childhood Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Children Less Likely to Encounter Online Predators

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 2:55 P GMT-08
From: Nancy Willard nwillard@csriu.org Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org http://cyberbully.org nwillard@csriu.org Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Cr
Category: Middle School High School Elementary
Lynne Wolters

Dorm Package at BestBuy.com

Wednesday, 9 August 2006 2:42 P GMT-08
Dorm Package $199.99, Aug 7, 2006 BestBuy.com has a Dorm Package with 1.6 Cu. Ft. Compact Microwave, 1.7 Cu. Ft. Compact Fridge and the 20" Flat-Tube TV for $199.99. You don't have to be a new college student to appreciate a good deal!
Category: Tech Tools
Lynne Wolters

Free Tool Guides School Hiring, Personnel Decisions

Thursday, 3 August 2006 2:29 P GMT-08
The Education Competency Wheel, a Microsoft-developed tool now available free to schools online, lists six core qualities and 37 specific skills an individual should have to help a school succeed. A human resources official with the Philadelphia scho
Category: Professional Development Culture of Education Teachers & Tech
Lynne Wolters

The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases

Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:00 A GMT-08
This web exhibition from The Getty takes you on a guided tour of the various ways in which Athenian vase painters decorated clay vessels between 550 and 340 B.C. Eight styles and techniques are explored: Bilingual, Coral Red, Six's Technique, Added C
Category: Teacher Resources The Arts Middle School High School Elementary Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

The Reading Matrix

Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:00 A GMT-08
The Reading Matrix, was designed to create a place where both teachers and other interested persons could come together to find resources about reading and writing. Most of the resources are geared towards the language needs of ESL and international
Category: Teacher Resources Reading Middle School High School Elementary Higher Education
Lynne Wolters

ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Tuesday, 1 August 2006 12:00 A GMT-08
This website provides a multimedia experience for those seeking to learn the English language. The focus on the site is most definitely on developing users' listening skills, and it provides dozens of helpful audio features that quizzes students on t
Category: Middle School High School Elementary Higher Education
Lynne Wolters