T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) articles from December 2006

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) archives from December 2006

U r here: as one educator attests, in the world of blogging, it's not only what you say, but how you say it.(Oak Hill High School's teacher David McDivitt's opinion about educational technology)
December 1, 2006... THESE KIDS TODAY, They really give you something to LOL about. That's laugh out loud, for the uninformed--among whom I counted myself until I took a turn through the blogs of Oak Hill High School (IN) teacher David McDivitt's sociology students...

Texas has a few requests: a new long-range technology plan asks state legislators to think big.(commentary)
December 1, 2006... "WHY DON'T YOU BUY a ticket, Fletcher?" As an athlete in high school, I dreaded those words. What they meant in coach-speak was that I was standing around watching; I wasn't making something happen. In football, I was supposed to be blocking...

Can Elmo help kids learn their ABCs? A PBS study indicates the cell phone's potential as an early-literacy learning tool.(Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... IT'S NOT ENOUGH that my 12-year-old wants a cellphone, now I have to get one for my 3-year-old, too? That could well be a common refrain from parents after they learn of the results of a study done by the Public Broadcasting System's PBS Kids...

New students are logging in to virtual schools.(Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Education Sector (www.educationsector.org) has released new information outlining the growth of state virtual schools over the past several years. According to the independent education-policy think tank, enrollment has expanded significantly...

Adobe captivates tech award judges.(Adobe Systems Inc. wins Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards for Adobe Captivate 2.0 and Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Adobe Systems (www.adobe.com) was a double winner at the recent Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards, honored for Adobe Captivate 2 and Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional (formerly Adobe Breeze). The awards, presented by eLearning...

New Jersey schools receive Verizon grants.(Awards and Contests)
December 1, 2006... Broadband and telecommunications provider Verizon Communications (www22.verizon.com) is bestowing $110,000 in grants on 13 New Jersey schools to improve technology in their classrooms. The grant money will be used to provide technology for...

Pearson forms Hispanic Leadership Council.(Wilfredo T. Laboy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Educational publisher Pearson Education (www.pearsoned.com) has formed the Hispanic Leadership Council on Education. The council, whose 17 members include superintendents from several of the nation's leading school districts, addresses the...

Thinkronize goes Canadian.(addition of more than 2,000 Canadian websites to the content of netTrekker)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Thinkronize (www.thinkronize.com) has announced the addition of more than 2,000 Canadian websites to the content of netTrekker (www.nettrekker.com), the company's educational search engine. A team of Canadian educators worked with Thinkronize...

Infocus partners with OETC.(Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum )(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Digital-projector manufacturer InFocus (www.infocus.com) has partnered with the nonprofit Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum (OETC; www.oetc.org) to bring affordable technology and training to educators. The partnership will...

PBS TeacherLine supplies courses in core content.(for preK-12 educators)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... PBS TeacherLine (www.pbs.org/teacherline), which provides online professional development for preK-12 educators, is offering courses covering core content in math, reading, science, instructional strategies, instructional technology, and...

Pokemon introduces online educational program.(Pokemon Learning League, web-based educational suite)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Pokemon Learning League (www.pokemonlearningleague.com), a web-based educational suite of animated, interactive lessons in language arts, mathematics, science, and life skills for grades 3 to 6, aims to help students grasp academic concepts...

Discovery offers access to online teaching resources.(Discovery Education)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Discovery Education (education.discover.com) has launched One Place (www.discoveryoneplace.com), a digital-media management product offering convenient access to online teaching resources through a single entry point. The effort is attracting...

Alabama contracts STI to deliver assessments.(District-Vendor Partnerships)
December 1, 2006... The Alabama Department of Education has contracted Software Technology Incorporated (STI; www.sti-k12.com.), a provider of educational data-management systems, to deliver web-based formative assessments to schools within the state not...

T.H.E Journal innovators.(educational technology)
December 1, 2006... A HISTORY TEACHER uses a computer game to interest students in World War II. A former TV reporter creates a new journalism curriculum that turns high school kids into real on-air broadcasters. An administrator and a technology coordinator team...

It prints! It faxes! It scans! And it even gathers data and scores tests. A state-of-the-art multifunction publishing system combines the work of several devices into a single unit, creating dramatic savings in paper use and personnel time.(document management)
December 1, 2006... In printing, scanning, copying, and publishing, the new buzzword is combo: combination systems that take the strengths of several pieces of hardware--and sometimes software--and combine them into one. Advances in these technologies can save...

Machines that multitask: these new publishing systems from leading K-12 vendors can do it all.(product WATCH)
December 1, 2006... COMPANY AIG TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS Document management software URL www.aigtechnology.com COMMENTS Targets the K-12 market with document management products such as Doc e Serve (can customize output for...

No Child Left Behind, version 2.0: the incoming Congress will take up the reauthorization of NCLB. Here are a few ideas that deserve consideration if the law gets updated.(policy & advocacy)
December 1, 2006... AS THE LAME-DUCK 109th Congress struggles with trying to pass legislation before time runs out in this session, the newly elected members of the House and Senate are wrestling with trying to find their parking places and learn about franking...

The 'power' of a student information system: neither distance nor war was any match for technology in one mother's effort to help turn around her son's sliding math performance.(kids on technology)
December 1, 2006... DURING MY SIXTH-GRADE year at Hillside Elementary School in Omaha, NE, I was introduced to a student information system. My teachers explained that the new system, called PowerSchool (www.powerschool.com), would allow us to check our test and...

Hand it over! Districts are turning to the latest in mobile technology to crack down on age-old campus crime problems such as graffiti and theft.(security)
December 1, 2006... WHETHER VANDALISM, inappropriate dress, a drug deal, or a fight, an incident at a high school in Ysleta Independent School District in El Paso, TX, used to trigger the same result: Security officials marched the offenders to a central office to...

Customized learning: a search engine that adapts to individual student abilities has proven to be an ideal addition to one district's effort to differentiate instruction.(assistive technology)
December 1, 2006... ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING and most diverse K-12 school districts in South Carolina, Richland School District Two, is committed to integrating new teaching methods and modern technologies into its daily academic life. One area that Richland...

Multitasking teachers.
December 1, 2006... MULTITASKING TEACHERS will appreciate Xerox's WorkCentre 4150, a multifunction printer. The WorkCentre 4150 is available in four configurations, from a basic copy-only version to an advanced version that prints at speeds of up to 45 pages per...

Toshiba.(introducing a sleek new multimedia DVD projector)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... TOSHIBA is introducing a sleek new multimedia DVD projector to the marketplace. The TDP-ET20U can display a 100-inch diagonal image from less than four feet away. Teachers can incorporate the projector's built-in DVD player and multiple ports...

GTCO Calcomp.
December 1, 2006... GTCO CALCOMP has released two new wide-format interactive whiteboards, InterWrite SchoolBoard 1071 and 1085, both with a 16:9 aspect ratio for the high-tech classroom. These new units incorporate precision electromagnetic technology while...

Knowledge Adventure.
December 1, 2006... KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURE'S Books by You software is designed for students in grades 3 through 5, and allows them to create, edit, illustrate, and publish books they write themselves. Paperback or hardcover copies of the books can then be ordered and...

Smart Technologies.
December 1, 2006... SMART TECHNOLOGIES' Smart Board 600i interactive whiteboard system, which includes a Smart Board interactive whiteboard, the new Unifi projector, and a built-in 20-watt audio system, streamlines the classroom and simplifies the effort teachers...

Administrators.
December 1, 2006... ADMINISTRATORS attempting to synchronize a school's student data should consider ClassLink's ClassSync, a tool that can synchronize a full Windows Active Directory schema with data from a student information system. ClassSync identifies bad...

Event calendar.
December 1, 2006... January 2007 JAN 11-14 National High School Association/ California League of High Schools CLHS Annual Conference Best Practices in Learning Communities: Improving High Schools From Within Monterey, CA www.clhs.net JAN 24-26 ...

Extracurricular: for technologists who do their homework.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The appeal of online learning as an educational alternative is increasing. Its presence will continue to grow, say curriculum directors, who expect that by 2011 nearly a fifth of students will be taking some of their coursework virtually. ...