<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>CU-Online</title><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/</link><description>Educational news and resources blog for PK-12 teachers, student teachers, and teacher educators.</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 cuonline.blog-city.com</copyright><generator>Prof. Lynne Wolters</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>CU-Online</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Motorola Foundation $25,000 Civics Grant</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/motorola_foundation_25000_civics_grant.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/motorola_foundation_25000_civics_grant.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=motorola%5Ffoundation%5F25000%5Fcivics%5Fgrant</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Motorola Lincoln GrantsDeadline: July 30, 2008 - Motorola FoundationThe Motorola Foundation will give up to $25,000 to projects developed by U.S. civic, educational, and cultural organizations that actively engage the public in lessons from Linco]]></description></item><item><title>This Week on &quot;NOVA Science Now&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/this_week_on_nova_science_now.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/this_week_on_nova_science_now.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fweek%5Fon%5Fnova%5Fscience%5Fnow</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>Friend or Foe? Balancing the Good and Bad of Social-Networking Sites</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/friend_or_foe_balancing_the_good_and_bad_of_socialnetworki.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/friend_or_foe_balancing_the_good_and_bad_of_socialnetworki.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friend%5For%5Ffoe%5Fbalancing%5Fthe%5Fgood%5Fand%5Fbad%5Fof%5Fsocialnetworki</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Digital Directions online article by Michelle Davis, 06/09/2008http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2008/06/09/01networks.h02.html&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/learning_in_the_webiverse_how_do_you_grade_a_conversation.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/learning_in_the_webiverse_how_do_you_grade_a_conversation.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=learning%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fwebiverse%5Fhow%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fgrade%5Fa%5Fconversation</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Campus Technology online article by Trent Batson, 06/18/2008http://campustechnology.com/articles/64462/&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Cable In The Classroom: e-LECTIONS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/cable_in_the_classroom_elections.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/cable_in_the_classroom_elections.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cable%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fclassroom%5Felections</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>New YouTube Channel Educates About Aging</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_youtube_channel_educates_about_aging.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_youtube_channel_educates_about_aging.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fyoutube%5Fchannel%5Feducates%5Fabout%5Faging</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>New District Leader&apos;s Podcast</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_district_leaders_podcast.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_district_leaders_podcast.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fdistrict%5Fleaders%5Fpodcast</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Podcast Series Resourceful for Sharing Expertise in Educational Administration District Leader&#39;s Podcast is the only national podcast created expressly for district leaders. Each episode features interviews with district leaders from around the c]]></description></item><item><title>Third Graders Using Multi-Media For Digital Presentations</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/third_graders_using_multimedia_for_digital_presentations.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/third_graders_using_multimedia_for_digital_presentations.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=third%5Fgraders%5Fusing%5Fmultimedia%5Ffor%5Fdigital%5Fpresentations</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>Software For Special Needs Students</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/software_for_special_needs_students.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/software_for_special_needs_students.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=software%5Ffor%5Fspecial%5Fneeds%5Fstudents</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Computer Program gives Special Needs Students a Helping Hand There&#39;s a new software solution available to teachers who work with special needs students. It&#39;s called the Kurzweil 3000, a reading, writing and learning solution for struggling re]]></description></item><item><title>New Financial Literacy Podcast</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_financial_literacy_podcast.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_financial_literacy_podcast.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Ffinancial%5Fliteracy%5Fpodcast</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new podcast series, &ldquo;Talking Financial Literacy,&rdquo; will be launched at the upcoming NECC conference in San Antonio. 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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&rsquo;s research arm, the WorldWide Telescop]]></description></item><item><title>Astronaut Explains Space &quot;Bathroom&quot; Technology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/astronaut_explains_space_bathroom_technology.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/astronaut_explains_space_bathroom_technology.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=astronaut%5Fexplains%5Fspace%5Fbathroom%5Ftechnology</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>Vernier Summer Institutes For Teachers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/vernier_summer_institutes_for_teachers.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/vernier_summer_institutes_for_teachers.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vernier%5Fsummer%5Finstitutes%5Ffor%5Fteachers</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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 &amp; Technology https://store.vernier.com]]></description></item><item><title>NWREL Summer Mathematics Institutes For Teachers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/nwrel_summer_mathematics_institutes_for_teachers.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/nwrel_summer_mathematics_institutes_for_teachers.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nwrel%5Fsummer%5Fmathematics%5Finstitutes%5Ffor%5Fteachers</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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)&nbsp; Mathematics Summer Institute for Grades K-2 Participan]]></description></item><item><title>New ISTE/NETS Book Available: Visual Arts Units For All Levels</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_istenets_book_available_visual_arts_units_for_all_leve.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/new_istenets_book_available_visual_arts_units_for_all_leve.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fistenets%5Fbook%5Favailable%5Fvisual%5Farts%5Funits%5Ffor%5Fall%5Fleve</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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&]]></description></item><item><title>Help Your Students Become Published Authors</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/help_your_students_become_published_authors.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/help_your_students_become_published_authors.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=help%5Fyour%5Fstudents%5Fbecome%5Fpublished%5Fauthors</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Help celebrate the UN's Declaration of Human Rights				 						 					 					 						 						 							 								 									 									  									We know kids care. Help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UN&#39;s Declaration of Human Rights with National G]]></description></item><item><title>Primer On Public Engagement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/primer_on_public_engagement.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/primer_on_public_engagement.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=primer%5Fon%5Fpublic%5Fengagement</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>USA Education Conferences -- June, 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/usa_education_conferences__june_2008.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/usa_education_conferences__june_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=usa%5Feducation%5Fconferences%5F%5Fjune%5F2008</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>Students Get Web-based Planning and Time Management Service</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/students_get_webbased_planning_and_time_management_service.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/students_get_webbased_planning_and_time_management_service.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=students%5Fget%5Fwebbased%5Fplanning%5Fand%5Ftime%5Fmanagement%5Fservice</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>Phoenix Mars Mission Comes to Students via iTunes U</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/phoenix_mars_mission_comes_to_students_via_itunes_u.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/phoenix_mars_mission_comes_to_students_via_itunes_u.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=phoenix%5Fmars%5Fmission%5Fcomes%5Fto%5Fstudents%5Fvia%5Fitunes%5Fu</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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&#39;s iTunes. U Arizona is the lead on the mission, the first in a NASA program aimed at launch]]></description></item><item><title>High School Service Learning Competition $10,000</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/high_school_service_learning_competition_10000.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/high_school_service_learning_competition_10000.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=high%5Fschool%5Fservice%5Flearning%5Fcompetition%5F10000</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Project IgnitionDeadline: July 3, 2008 - State Farm Insurance &amp; 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]]></description></item><item><title>Student (Ages 4-18) Photo Contest</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/student_ages_418_photo_contest.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/student_ages_418_photo_contest.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=student%5Fages%5F418%5Fphoto%5Fcontest</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[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]]></description></item><item><title>Codie Award 2008 &quot;Best Educational Game&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/codie_award_2008_best_educational_game.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/codie_award_2008_best_educational_game.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=codie%5Faward%5F2008%5Fbest%5Feducational%5Fgame</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New York, May 28, 2008 &ndash;&nbsp; &nbsp;Tabula Digita today announced that its DimensionM&trade; immersive educational video game series earned a 2008 CODiE Award in the &ldquo;Best Education Game or Simulation&rdquo; category from the Software &a]]></description></item><item><title>Free Video Game Meant To Engage Students In Sciences</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/free_video_game_meant_to_engage_students_in_sciences.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/free_video_game_meant_to_engage_students_in_sciences.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 00:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=free%5Fvideo%5Fgame%5Fmeant%5Fto%5Fengage%5Fstudents%5Fin%5Fsciences</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Free video game meant to engage students in sciences A new educational computer game called &quot;Immune Attack&quot; from the Federation of American Scientists is meant to develop students&#39; interest in science. Players direct a nanobot through 3]]></description></item><item><title>Free text reader to help print-disabled students</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://cuonline.blog-city.com/free_text_reader_to_help_printdisabled_studen.htm</guid><link>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/free_text_reader_to_help_printdisabled_studen.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://cuonline.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=free%5Ftext%5Freader%5Fto%5Fhelp%5Fprintdisabled%5Fstuden</comments><dc:creator>Lynne Wolters</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students with print or reading disabilities will have a new resource to help them access thousands of books, magazines, and other texts                   electronically: Bookshare, a nonprofit online community, and]]></description></item></channel></rss>