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Many school districts in the area offer Web sites to keep the community informed, as well as internal systems to provide teacher resources, display student work projects and furnish school policies and forms. Read the Full Article http://www.indystar.com/article.php?nweb12.html
About 1,300 teachers are participating in the 22nd annual Microcomputers in Education Conference, which runs through Wednesday at Arizona State University. Read the Full Article http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0312conference12.html
Even so, the 7,000-some teachers and administrators who reportedly did take part this year seemed generally enthusiastic, in spite of pervasive talk of budget cuts and travel woes. And the attendees, by and large, seemed diligent about attending sessions and visiting with vendors. Read the Full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3587
Sagemont Virtual School, the online arm of Florida’s Sagemont School, has created a groundbreaking online course in volunteerism for secondary schools, “Volunteer School/ Community Service” (VCS). Sagemont selected Jones Knowledge™, Inc. to license the course to other U.S. schools, and Jones is making it available through Knowledge Store®, Inc., its comprehensive collection of high-quality, online […]
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) the premier online high school educational choice of Florida’s students announces Summer 2002 Registration beginning April 3rd and continuing until April 16th, or until all courses are fully enrolled. Courses ranging from Chemistry, to FCAT Preparation, to Personal Fitness will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Students interested in registering […]
A new professional development book aimed at helping school and university leaders train K-12 teachers how to integrate technology into their instruction. It is now available from the International Society for Technology In Education (ISTE). Read The Full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3539
Students at a Sendai primary school have established virtual companies on the Internet, helping to revive a historic art while also gaining valuable business experience Read the Full Story http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20020219wo31.htm
The chairman of K12 Inc. is William Bennett, the former secretary of education under Ronald Reagan who has been described as a conservative icon. Read the Full Story http://www.gazetteextra.com/virtualskul-k12021402.html
The Internet’s Impact on School Project (IISP) is seeking stories from middle and high school students on how they use the Internet for school. IISP is a national study that seeks to describe the rich and varied ways that middle and high school students use the Internet for school and learning, their attitudes toward the […]
In the latest controversy over virtual schooling, the North Carolina Board of Education left the fate of a proposed online charter school hanging Feb. 7 when it agreed to allow three other charter schools to open in the fall instead. Read the Full Article http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3516