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Health & safety “BAM!” is a new e-zine for kids (ages 9-13) that answers their questions on health issues & recommends ways to make their bodies & minds healthier & stronger. For teachers, BAM! offers fun, interactive learning activities related to middle school health & science. Published quarterly, this first issue focuses on physical activity […]
Britannica Student Encyclopedia Available on The Lightspan Network SAN DIEGO, June 27 /PRNewswire/ — Lightspan, Inc., a leading provider of high-quality educational products and services used in schools and homes to help increase academic achievement and enhance teacher professional development, announced today that it has teamed up with Encyclopedia Britannica to make the Britannica Student […]
The second article takes up this thread of ‘low threshold applications’ (things that are extremely easy to learn and simple to do) and asks what sorts of assessment might guide such faculty learning, within courses and across institutions. Here’s the issue
The new Britannica Concise Encyclopedia packs basic information from the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica into two thousand pages that deliver facts quickly. The book’s 28,000 entries provide overviews, key dates, statistics and other essential facts on everything from art to zoology. A full complement of maps, flags and charts is also included, making it ideal for […]
Joining SAG Foundation Executive Director Marcia Smith at Storyline’s inauguration will be SAG President Melissa Gilbert, SAG Foundation President Mitch Ryan (Dharma & Greg), Storyline reader Sean Astin, SAG National Recording Secretary Elliott Gould (Ocean’s Eleven) and Verizon Pacific Region president Tim McCallion. Author Nina Laden, whose book “The Night I Followed The Dog” is […]
Young’s lecture serves as the keynote address for Seton Hall University’s annual Summer Institute, which provides hands-on training for teachers to harness technology to improve teaching and learning. An interdisciplinary panel discussion moderated by Mary Balkun, Ph.D., associate professor of English and assistant chairperson, College of Arts and Sciences, will follow the lecture. Seton Hall’s […]
Learn to use Macromedia Flash MX to design, develop, and share Learning Object files, movie clips, and other components with this whitepaper and its
Although the study indicates that technology is still underused and the Internet is still viewed primarily as a research tool, district leaders interviewed believe that use of the Internet is growing and that students will soon receive a substantial part of their instruction online. The study emphasizes the growing importance of the Internet in teaching […]
Renaissance Education Group today opened its doors to a new subscription-based education learning community for home school math and science students and regularly enrolled students in need of enrichment and tutoring. PersonalProfessors.com is an online education community where students attend 15 minute lectures, work through the material in moderated discussions, and receive one-on-one live tutoring […]
“The new release of Virtual U accomplishes two great things,” said Jesse Ausubel, Program Director for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (www.sloan.org), which sponsored the original and updated development of Virtual U. “Users get a dramatically enhanced program and they get it free. The power of Virtual U is now available to anyone with an […]