Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:00:01 -0700 Subject: TechLearning News, June 3, 2002 - No.11 To: "TechLearning News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "TechLearning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
TechLearning News A bi-monthly update brought to you by Technology & Learning and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). June 3, 2002 - No.11 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Smart Lockers Make Monitoring Easier 2. Wearing Your Computer 3. District Displays Technology Used in Education 4. Idaho Virtual High School 5. Keeping Track of the Kids (and Others) 6. New at TechLEARNING.com 7. CoSN News --------------------------------------------------------- This issue of TechLearning News is sponsored by: Thinking About Online Learning Everything you need to launch an online learning program, in a single package: Quick Start, by Jones Knowledge. Quick Start gets your program up and running in days, not months, and requires no investment in new technology. Call 1.800.453.5663 for all the details or click here: http://www.techlearning.com/redirect/060102_jones.html --------------------------------------------------------- IN THE NEWS Visit TechLEARNING.com for the full story: http://www.techlearning.com/content/ednews SMART LOCKERS MAKE MONITORING EASIER A new invention may eventually eliminate the traditional locker padlock in favor of a "swipe card." The new lockers can be operated from a computer in the central office where they can be opened individually or all at once. Source: Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0507/p02s02-ussc.html WEARING YOUR COMPUTER A wearable computer, originally designed for the military and telecommunications industry, is being used to help children with disabilities enter more fully into the classroom experience. An Ohio teacher reports that the computers have made her students more independent and confident. Source: Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,52148,00.html DISTRICT DISPLAYS TECHNOLOGY USED IN EDUCATION Lawrence Township (IN) schools used the district's first Technology Showcase to display their technology resources and the way they are used to support teaching and learning. Source: Indianapolis Star http://www.indystar.com/article.php?nspot21.html IDAHO VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL June will see the launch of the Idaho Virtual High School (IDVHS), a publicly funded school made possible under Idaho's expanded charter school legislation. Any Idaho student under 21 may enroll at no charge, while students over 21 and out-of-state students will pay tuition to take the classes. Source: Idaho Mountain Express http://www.mtexpress.com/2002/02-05-01/02-05-01virtualhigh.htm KEEPING TRACK OF THE KIDS (AND OTHERS) Two companies plan to launch personal GPS "location devices" this year. One will be an implantable GPS device about two inches in diameter and a half-inch thick. Another device is a bracelet, which parents can lock on their kids' wrists. Source: Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52253,00.html ---------------------------------------------------- NEW AT TECHLEARNING.COM Visit TechLEARNING.com for the latest reader-written articles and Web tours plus features and departments from the new issue of Technology & Learning magazine. http://www.techlearning.com/content/new/new.html http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_current.html READER-WRITTEN ARTICLES * Technology Is Tailor-Made For Teaching Learn how one teacher's life and teaching style changed forever on the day she stepped into her technology filled fourth grade classroom as a part of the state of Missouri's eMINTS program. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/pamlowe.htm * On the Right Track Linking the technology professional development program with improving student achievement provides teachers an effective action plan that teachers can use. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/rttrack.htm * Online Courseware Here are three different options for educators who want to create web pages to supplement and/or teach a course. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/wescours.htm T&L FEATURES * In-Service Choosing a Classroom Digital Camera For the new-to-technology educator, some considerations when buying a digital camera for school use. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/05/inservice.html * Update Web Building Made Easy The latest tools for making schools' online gardens grow. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/05/update.html DAILY FEATURES * Staff development got you puzzled? Check PDQ for the latest ideas in professional development. http://www.techlearning.com/content/outlook/pdq/ * Leadership problems mushrooming lately? Check Leaders' Edge for a new approach. http://www.techlearning.com/content/outlook/edge/ T&L CONTESTS Calling all Teachers, Technology Coordinators, and Administrators! Enter Technology & Learning's 2002 Ed Tech Leaders of the Year contest. http://www.techlearning.com/content/contest/etloy/index.html Technology & Learning invites K-12 students to participate in this year's digital photography contest. http://www.techlearning.com/content/contest/photos/index.html ---------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM COSN Visit CoSN.org (http://www.cosn.org) for information on advocacy and leadership development. COSN DEBUTS WEB TELECAST SERIES CoSN is launching a new member service called the Internet & Education Web Telecast Series! These Internet & Education Web Telecasts will be a bi-monthly, 60-minute interactive presentations conducted over the Internet combined with an audio conference call discussing key issues. Participants can join from their home or office and will have the ability to submit text questions to the presenters. The first web telecast will be June 5th from 1:00-2:00 pm (EST) on "Copyright & Distance Education." For information on the telecasts, please visit www.cosn.org/events/telecasts. Future topics include: * Changes in the eRate program * Scientifically based research * Federal funding for education technology * Internet safety/information literacy * Emerging technologies, such as wireless and broadband * Total cost of ownership MINORITY LEADERSHIP WEB SITE LAUNCHED Alumni of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Minority Leadership Symposium have launched an interactive Web community designed to help meet the challenges of bridging the digital divide. Organizers hope that the Web site, at http://www.iste.org/minority-leadership/ , will play a key role in developing a large group of educational leaders in the minority community to address the issues of incorporating technology in the classroom. The ISTE Minority Leadership Project includes a directory of leading professionals within the minority community, including contact information, area of expertise, and biographies. Other resources are available to ISTE members and MLS alumni, including live chats, a community calendar, and an article share. The Web site project is supported by a grant from the National Educational Computing Association Special and Collaborative Projects Grants Program. SURVEY OF K-12 TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS CoSN, the North Central Regional Education Lab (NCREL), and the University of Minnesota have mailed a survey to a sample of K-12 technology directors from around the country. The purpose of the study is to obtain comprehensive information about district technology support staffing patterns and school-level technology support personnel. CoSN hopes that the survey will contribute useful, nationwide information about the complexity of tech support staffing patterns in schools and information about those who fill these important jobs. If you receive a survey, please take just a few minutes of your valuable time to complete the short questionnaire. More information about the findings will be available later in the year. SUPPORTING CREATIVITY AND COPYRIGHT Creative Commons (http://www.creativecommons.org/) wants to make it easier for people to find works that are in the public domain or licensed on generous terms. The organization is developing a web-based application that will help scholars, artists, and others make their works available for copying, modification, and redistribution. Authors and artists who use the tool may choose to dedicate their works to the public domain or choose to retain their copyright while allowing creative reuses subject to custom combinations of conditions. Creative Commons will translate authors' intentions into "metadata" associated with their creative works. This will enable people to use the Internet to find, for example, photographs that are free to be altered or reused, or texts that may be copied, distributed, or sampled with no restrictions whatsoever - all by their authors' permission, expressed in code as well as plain, straightforward language. Creative Commons expects to launch these applications for general public use this fall. ATTEND THE CTO LEADERSHIP FORUM AT NECC The School District CTO Leadership Forum on " Broadband Applications: What Do Educators Want? What Will The Market Deliver?" will be held at the upcoming National Education Computing Conference (NECC) on Tuesday, June 18th, 2002, from 7:00 am-9:30 am at the Marriott Rivercenter's Salon M. This interactive forum will focus on broadband applications within the K-12 arena. Participants will learn where schools are headed with broadband capacity and which broadband applications school district CTO's say they want. In addition, the corporate community will share their vision on applications that make use of broadband. This event is LIMITED TO school district members of CoSN and the National School Boards Association's Technology Leadership Network and CoSN Corporate Members. To register for this event, please contact Michelle Shirley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------- PASS THIS ON If you like this newsletter, please forward it to a colleague. 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