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In an interview with James Morrison, Carol Twigg describes her vision for integrating information technology into higher education. As executive director of the Center for Academic Transformation, Twigg oversees a course redesign project, sponsors symposia on learning and technology, and publishes a newsletter on the issues and challenges of using information technology to enhance teaching […]
HowStuffWorks.com is an amazing, award-winning online destination for anyone who wants to know how anything works! Originally started by author and entrepreneur Marshall Brain as an entertaining and fascinating place for people to learn about the world we live in, the site has grown to be one of the top 500 Web sites in the […]
The Digital Divide Database, accessible via the Get Connected! search tool on the DDN home page, is a powerful new resource that allows users to search for community technology activities across the US. Andy Carvin gives an overview of the database’s development and its various features, including information on how to get listed in the […]
HARRISBURG, PA — FP2kLab in a partnership with Terrasite Web Hosting Services (www.terrasite.com) and other partners has launched FP2kLab web site offering free hosting and related services to FrontPage students. FP2kLab offers full FrontPage support including ODBC/DSN database, ASP, free e-mail, virtual student and teacher lounge community centers. All free to student webmasters. While the […]
IONA®, the leading e-business platform provider for Total Business Integration™ (NASDAQ: IONA), today launched XMLBus.com, an interactive web site where developers can learn, test and work with live Web services and download free copies of IONA’s iPortal XMLBus Technology Preview. XMLBus.com is dedicated entirely to Web services and organized into 3 sections: Learn, Play, and […]
The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for […]
“To be slim… attractive…the perfect shape. It’s what just about everybody desires, but most of us are missing the mark,” says Alan Alda in this episode. In “Fat and Happy?” to be aired on PBS at 8 p.m on Tuesday May, 1, (check local listing) we confront America’s looming health crisis: obesity. The program gives […]
In a special Web event from Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Thursday, April 26, CNNfyi.com will take students and their teachers on a virtual trip through the Space Shuttle and discuss current and future Mars exploration. Additionally, classes will learn about astronaut training, physiological effects of space travel and careers in the space program. […]
The Independent Television Service (ITVS.org) debuts the companion website to the documentary RISING WATERS, www.itvs.org/risingwaters, where Pacific Islander students, fishermen, elders, scientists and farmers put a human face on the international climate change debate. The television program will be broadcast nationally on public television stations beginning this April. (Check local broadcast listings at www.itvs.org). To […]
Arts “Explore Themes in American Art” looks at 10 genres of American art: abstraction, the figure, historical subjects, landscape painting, marine painting, portraiture, narrative art, scenes from everyday life, still life, & topographical views. Illustrated essays, images, featured artists, & references are offered for each genre. (NGA) http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm “The Italian Cabinet Galleries” contain paintings & […]