NEWS ALERT ...
Will virtual
lectures vacate classrooms?
Pay a visit to
any lecture hall on just about any
college campus nationwide; chances are you'll notice
a few empty chairs.
Two years ago, most professors would simply have chalked these
absences
up to illness or, perhaps, just plain sloth. But, according to a
national
survey, more students than ever are opting to get their learning
online....
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GRANT ALERT ...
$51.5
million for more low-income
students to access AP
courses
The API Program awards competitive grants
designed
to increase the successful participation of low-income students in pre-advanced
placement and advanced placement courses and tests. The program aims to provide more opportunities
for low-income students to achieve to high standards in English, mathematics, science, and other
core subjects....
Deadline: December 15,
2004
WEEK'S TOP NEWS ...
Margaret Spellings
for ED Secretary
Margaret Spellings--the person Bush
political strategist Karl Rove called "the most influential woman in Washington that you've never
heard of"--was tapped Nov. 17 to become the next U.S. Secretary of Education. Her nomination by
President Bush came just four days after current ED Secretary Rod Paige's
resignation....
'Podcasting' set
to take off
From his home computer in Berlin, N.J.,
13-year-old computer enthusiast Matthew Bischoff is attracting quite a following. The creator of an
online technology news program for like-minded technology-buffs, Bischoff is among a cadre of young
technophiles experimenting with a just-emerging form of online communication:
podcasting....
Bush II: Paige
out, NCLB to high school
Two weeks after the Nov. 2
elections that granted President George W. Bush an extended tour of duty, school leaders are still
trying to understand what the results will mean for educational
technology....
PLATO Learning
chief resigns
The chief executive of PLATO Learning, one
of the nation's leading educational technology companies, stepped down Nov. 17, leaving ed-tech
insiders to question what his abrupt departure will mean for the company's 20,000-plus school
customers....
NEW eSN ONLINE FEATURE ...
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PARTNERS UPDATE ...
New
York
City Schools earn 'A'
for computer recycling
with Dell
From Dell Public, Nov. 22--In the largest single recycling
project since Dell
first launched its recycling service
in July 2003, the company is removing computer
equipment
from nearly 900 New York City
schools and administrative locations for
recycling
or reuse....
ANGEL
6.2
content templates
revolutionize eLearning
From
CyberLearning Labs Inc., Nov. 16--CyberLearning
Labs Inc., developer of ANGEL, the open,
flexible
enterprise learning management system, unveiled features
in just
released ANGEL 6.2 designed
to set a new standard in eLearning content creation....
Holt's
new
Spanish textbook
immerses students in Spanish
culture
From Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Nov. 12--Holt, Rinehart
and Winston launched a
new Spanish curriculum, �Expr�sate! �2006,
that employs instructional and
multisensory learning
techniques that connect students to
Spanish-speaking
countries, their arts, culture and people,
while teaching them to
converse in Spanish....
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Controlling
Technology Costs
Educators often complain that funding--especially for
technology--is in too short
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But with a sophisticated command of what's genuinely
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more of what
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Voice and Data
Integration
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Call it VoIP or internet telephony or IP
telephony—but call it more than just the latest technology trend: A growing number of school
systems nationwide are tapping into voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) technology to reap what
could add up to substantial long-term savings
on their telecommunications systems.
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