T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) articles from June 2003

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) archives from June 2003

Calendar.
June 1, 2003... ACUTA 32nd Annual Conference & Exhibition July27-31 Hollywood, FL www.acuta.org/events/annual_conference/sce03.cfm Midwest Internet Institute July 28-29 Lincoln, NE http://mii.lps.org SALT 2003 Interactive...

Professional development. (Editorial).(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... Many opportunities exist for professional development, especially for K-12 educators, corporate employees, government workers and higher education personnel. Let's look at a few examples: K-12. It is recognized that staff development,...

DViT technology powers new SMART 2000i whiteboard. (news).(SMART Technologies)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... SMART Technologies Inc. has released its new mobile, easy-to-use rear-projection SMART Board 2000i interactive whiteboard. Developed with input from educators, the 2000i combines the benefits of a large, shadow-free, touch-sensitive display...

Gateway informs underserved youth about college with 'The Key'. (news).(The Key: An Interactive Guide to Historically Black Colleges and Universities)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Gateway Inc. and Ember Media have partnered to develop "The Key: An Interactive Guide to Historically Black Colleges and Universities," a CD-ROM that aims to provide underserved youth with information about attending one of more than 100 HBCUs...

Start Something launches Part 2 of online program. (news).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Start Something, a free youth program developed by Target stores and the Tiger Woods Foundation, has expanded with the creation of "Start Something Part 2," a new program for children 8 to 17. This new program allows children to reflect on what...

Ztek embraces DVD technology with physics collection. (news).(Physics: CINEMA CLASSICS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Ztek Co. is releasing its "Physics: CINEMA CLASSICS" videodisc collection on DVD for the first time this September. This compilation of more than 200 classic physics experiments will be available as a six-DVD set. In addition, Ztek's physics...

WGU launches online Teachers College. (news).(Western Governors University)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt have launched the Teachers College of Western Governors University (WGU), which offers online competency-based bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as licenses for current...

Conference preview: NECC 2003. (news).
June 1, 2003... The 24th Annual National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) will be held June 29-July 2 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle. Presented by ISTE in cooperation with the Northwest Council for Computer Education,...

Preparing technology-competent teachers: a strategy for multicultural schools.
June 1, 2003... Editors' Note: The research reported in this paper was based on a project being funded by the U.S. Education Department through a [PT.sup.3] grant. NATIONALLY, A LARGE NUMBER of graduates from colleges of education feel ill-prepared to...

VEIL, MOBIlearn work to establish 'm-learning' architecture. (ConnectEd: connectivity * broadband * wireless * infrastructure * networking).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... VEIL Interactive Technologies (www.veilinteractive.com), a provider of content-driven digital solutions for interactive television, has joined with the MOBIlearn Consortium (www.mobilearn.org) to explore new ways to use mobile environments to...

'SchoolMessenger' keeps schools and homes connected. (ConnectEd: connectivity * broadband * wireless * infrastructure * networking).(from Reliance Communications)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Reliance Communications has released SchoolMessenger Enterprise Server, an enhanced two-way communication platform for K-12 schools. The Web-based voice platform meets the needs of school districts by allowing educators to contact parents and...

Wireless Gateways help universities secure, manage Wi-Fi networks. (ConnectEd: connectivity * broadband * wireless * infrastructure * networking).(from Bluesocket Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Bluesocket Inc. (www.bluesocket.com) has announced that its Wireless Gateways are being implemented at large multischool universities with 15,000 to 50,000 wireless users and smaller institutions with less than 10,000 students. Outreach schools...

Imagination Station provides interactive reading instruction, assessment. (EduNet: Internet * Web * online content and services).(from istation.com)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... istation.com recently announced the availability of The Imagination Station (www.istation.com), a proprietary Web-based interactive education network featuring an integrated reading instruction and intervention program designed to teach all...

CIC brings Shakespeare to life with broadband. (EduNet: Internet * Web * online content and services).
June 1, 2003... Shakespeare is coming to life on the Web through Cable in the Classroom's "Shakespeare: Subject to Change" (www.ciconline.org/bdp1), a multimedia online exploration of variations in Shakespeare. This 15-minute slice of learning is the first in...

CollegeNews.org. (F*Y*I).(from the Annapolis Group for liberal arts colleges)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Annapolis Group, a nonprofit organization of leading liberal arts colleges, has launched CollegeNews.org (www.collegenews.org), a comprehensive news portal bringing together current research, news, commentary and information from 112...

E-class. (F*Y*I).(from Competitive Enterprise)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has introduced a new online feature, the e-class quiz. The quiz is a useful tool that students, researchers and others can use to test their knowledge of current environmental issues. The environmental...

Thinkport. (F*Y*I).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Maryland Public Television and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education have pooled their resources to produce Thinkport (www.thinkport.org), a free multimedia resource site for classrooms. It provides teachers with free...

Removing barriers to professional development.
June 1, 2003... PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN education has been described as an organized effort to change teachers with the expected result of improving their teaching practice and student learning (Angelo 2001; Guskey 1986). Unfortunately, professional...

Models of professional development. (seeds of innovation).(Technology Innovation Challenge Grant)
June 1, 2003... It was during the Clinton-Gore administration that education technology began to play an important role in improving student achievement and influencing school improvement. In 1995, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment produced a...

The realities of Web-based training.
June 1, 2003... WEB-BASED TRAINING (WBT)--the use of the World Wide Web for training purposes that can be delivered anytime, anywhere to anyone with access to an Internet-enabled computer--has become a term both loaded with possibilities and mired down in...

Learning to learn: the best strategy for overall student achievement. (industry perspective).
June 1, 2003... Education is at both a crisis and a crossroads. Federal demands for accountability, diminished state and local funding, and declining student academic success have converged to create an education crisis in the United States. Calling education...

Servers. (Product Watch).(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2003... SERVERS Make Dell Hewlett-Packard Model PowerEdge 1600SC ProLiant ML370 G3 Starting Price $2,199 $2,808 Processor Up to two Intel Xeon Up to...

Editors' picks: Corel's WordPerfect Office 11 & Adobe Photoshop Album. (Product Watch).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Users of Corel's WordPerfect Office will be pleased with the features in the program's latest version, Office 11, which combines several applications into one with the capability to produce slide shows, spreadsheets and scrapbook pages, as well...

Canon's LV-X1 projector & DZ-3600U visualizer. (Educator's Evaluation).
June 1, 2003... Many people think of a calculator or computer when they hear the term "technology in the classroom." But, there is more to technology than just the calculator and computer as a math tool. Last year I piloted the use of the Canon DZ-3600U...

Creating a better learning environment through improved communication. (Applications).(Archbishop Mitty High School in California uses Docutek atSchool)
June 1, 2003... What is the homework assignment? Do you have any extra handouts? Is there practice today? When is the next meeting? These are questions that commonly plague high school teachers. So, how do we create a culture where students and parents are...