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Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education

This new journal (http://ejite.isu.edu/) will feature research findings, practical articles on technology integration, book and software reviews, and commentary on technology topics of interest to educators (PK-16). The refereed journal will be produced by a team of graduate students in the Educational Leadership program as a part of their Instructional Technology doctoral classes. Students will […]

Tracking Africa’s Fast-Growing Indigenous Churches on DVD

Julian Kunnie, acting director and professor of Africana studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has completed a DVD about South African indigenous churches. “Umoya: The Spirit in Africa” draws on interviews conducted during field research trips to South Africa that span the past fifteen years.

Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage Video Series

This video series, for students and teachers in Missouri’s elementary and secondary schools, was funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Historical Preservation Section of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

The September 11 Digital Archive

The September 11 Digital Archive uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses to them.

UCLA and Adelphia Communications Create New World Affairs Television Program

UCLA and Adelphia Communications have teamed to create a television series that brings a West Coast voice to the key issues in global affairs that have emerged since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Titled “World in Focus,” each program in the four-part series first airs at 8 p.m. on Thursdays beginning Jan. 10 on the […]

NASA Launches New Web Site to Increase Internship Opportunities in Science and Engineering Fields

The Web site, provides a free, Web-based, informational resource that includes technical research and internship opportunities available in over 200 private companies, non-profit organizations and government-sponsored research centers and laboratories.

Independent Television Service (ITVS) Presents Six Films in The at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival

(San Francisco, California) -The Independent Television Service (ITVS) weighs in at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival with a whopping five out of the 16 documentaries in competition and a lyrical short. These five documentaries reflect the diversity of American life in a global village, tackling issues ranging from gay fathers adopting kids; transracial adoption and […]

JASON XIV: From Shore to Sea

JASON XIV: From Shore to Sea, during school year 2002-03. The JASON team will explore the terrestrial and marine ecosystems that extend from California’s coast to the Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary to learn how such systems affect life on our planet.

Emerging Needs Program

The Ohio Learning Network seeks proposals for its 2002 Emerging Needs program. Focus areas for content development are engineering, including information technology, and health care. A total of $4,500,000 is available for the biennium to fund the creation and enhancement of distance-learning content. A minimum of $500,000 will be set aside for planning funds in […]

Ghosts of kaftans, kipper ties and flares

To commemorate 30 years of Open University science television programmes, Mike Bullivant of the university’s Science Faculty will be giving a light-hearted presentation about the developments of OU broadcasting over the past three decades, on Thursday December 13. When the Open University and the BBC joined forces, more than 30 years ago, to make teaching […]