T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) articles from January 2009

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) archives from January 2009

Adobe Foundation to launch technology programs for students, teachers.
January 1, 2009... For 2009, the Adobe Foundation is expanding the efforts of Adobe Youth Voices, its program aimed at giving disadvantaged youths an opportunity to learn and use multimedia tools. The expansion includes initiatives to train teachers and students...

Smart debuts updated whiteboard lineup.(Smart Technologies)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Smart Technologies recently unveiled updates to its Smart Board 600i interactive whiteboard system. The new lineup includes both a standard 4:3 and a widescreen 16:10 model, each featuring new boom-mounted, short-throw projectors,...

At-risk students ACE technical training in Colorado.(CASE STUDY)
January 1, 2009... Educator Kristy Baumgartner discusses an innovative, technology-infused program she introduced for at-risk students at Chaparral High School in Colorado. www.the journal.com/ articles/23628

Survey finds basic cyber security education absent.(RESEARCH)
January 1, 2009... Only 25 percent of educators feel comfortable teaching students how to protect themselves from online cyber predators, cyber bullies, and identity theft, according to a recent study by the National Cyber Security Alliance and Educational...

FETC to offer gaming for grown-ups: Tabula Digita will test educators' math skills when it holds its game-based algebra tournament at the 2009 conference.(Florida Educational Technology Conference)
January 1, 2009... THANKS TO TABULA DIGITA (www.tabuladigita.com), educators at this month's Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC; www.fetc. org) will have a chance to put their algebra and gaming skills to the test. For the second year in a row, the...

ABC-CLIO launches history research competion.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... ABC-CLIO has announced a new annual research competition for middle and high school students called History Uncovered (www.abc-clio.com/historyuncovered). For the inaugural competition, student teams must work with their teachers or school...

Inspiration introduces awards program.(Inspiration Software )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Inspiration Software (www.inspiration.com) recently announced the launch of the Inspired Visual Learning Awards, a new awards program that will recognize 15 educators and their students for their creative use of visual learning in the...

IBM develops new web 2.0 tool.(Industry News)
January 1, 2009... IBM (www.ibm.com) recently introduced a new Web 2.0 peer-to-peer learning tool that aims to make knowledge sharing more user-friendly and collaborative. The tool, called Pass It Along, integrates knowledge management, social networking, and Web...

Urban tech expands wellness Program.(National Urban Technology Center )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The National Urban Technology Center (Urban Tech; www. urbantech.org) has announced that it will expand its holistic wellness program, Get Healthy Harlem (www. gethealthyharlem.org), to include about 40 schools and 6,000 students in central...

Marshal and 8e6 merge.(Marshal Software)(8e6 Technologies Corp.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Marshal, a provider of e-mail and web content security software, and 8e6 Technologies, a provider of web filtering technologies, have merged to form the new Marshal8e6 (wwm.marshal8e6.com). The new company will provide technologies in the form...

All hands on tech: a district finds integrating handheld devices is the way to an effective and cost-effective expansion of its 1-to-1 computing program.
January 1, 2009... WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY managers at Windsor C-1 School District in Missouri began looking for a viable way to expand their district's 1-to-1 computing program to every student in the district, their first idea proved to be their best. "The...

Robert Parks: after 40 years of serving Broward County schools, the educator turned politician remains a force for technology integration.
January 1, 2009... IN A LANGUID, COMFORTABLE drawl that he says has notes of Virginia and Biloxi, MS, but is native to Key West, FL, Robert Parks is recounting how he landed his first job. A statewide strike had left Florida's Broward County desperate for...

STEM picks up speed: the use of authentic scenarios to teach abstract concepts such as constant velocity is helping educators spark student interest in math and science.
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SCOTT ANDERSON WANTS TO send your fifth-graders to the moon. As the instructional technology coordinator for the NASA Digital Learning Network at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, Anderson...

A 'second life' for educators: lauded as a learning tool, the popular virtual world is now being used by teachers for their own enrichment, providing them with a wealth of opportunities for collaboration, peer interaction, and sharing of resources.(MUVEs)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ELIZABETH KNITTLE, technology integration specialist for the Barnstable Public School District in Massachusetts, took her first tentative steps in the 3D online virtual world known as Second Life about two years ago....

A world of hurt: massive socioeconomic problems have left Latin American education in a dire condition, and decades behind the rest of the globe in integrating technology into teaching and learning. But a few spots in the region offer signs of hope.
January 1, 2009... MICHAEL GARCIA IS THE KIND OF academic sucCeSS story that is all too rare in Latin America. The 21-year-old Colombian native is a computer engineering major at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, maintains a 4.0 grade-point average, and is a...

Small Dog Electronics.(introduces Chill Pill)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... SMALL DOG ELECTRONICS has come out with the Chill Pill, a set of ultraportable speakers that's ideal for educators on the go. When not in use, the two speakers are held together by built-in magnetic locks and stored as a sleek capsule that...

Smart Technologies.(introduces Smart Table)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SMART TECHNOLOGIES introduces the Smart Table, an interactive learning center designed for students from preschool to sixth grade. The Smart Table has a touch-sensitive surface on which groups of students can...

Ablenet.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... ABLENET now offers Flourish software to help teachers and administrators collect and analyze data for tracking and managing the progress of special education students. The software captures data related to state standards and goals put forth in...

Does your classroom have game?
January 1, 2009... Does Your Classroom Have Game? (Survey respondents: K-12 teachers nationwide) HIGHLIGHTS: * Only 11 percent of respondents currently integrate gaming technologies into their classrooms * About two-thirds of respondents think...