Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

Stanford, UC-Santa Barbara to create digital repository for Library of Congress

The Stanford/UCSB team will form a National Geospatial Federated Digital Repository to design an infrastructure and collect materials across the spectrum of geographic formats. Read the Full Story

PBS Offers Students, Teachers And Parents Election: Resources To Help Demonstrate The Importance Of Voting

PBS’ By The People: Election 2004 initiative provides freely available state-of-the-art materials to guide students, teachers and parents through the upcoming presidential election, as well as convey the importance of civic involvement at the local, state and national levels. Read the Full Story

FreeMind – free mind mapping software

So you want to write a completely new metaphysics? Why don’t you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to refactor your essays in a similar way you […]

On-line Resources for Teachers

The U.S. Department of Education sponsors the Web site www.teacherquality.us. It includes links to information on improving teaching and learning from many successful state and district initiatives around the Nation, along with other information specifically designed for classroom teachers.

$2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas

The grant will support the creation of a virtual zebrafish microanatomy atlas for the international research community.Read the Full Story

AIDS Prevention Programs Can Go the Distance

They tested the concept using a program that utilizes popular community leaders to educate others about how to avoid contracting HIV (news – web sites).Read the Full Story

Museum of the American Indian

After all, some of Ms. Whelan’s students—51 5th graders from the James F. Oyster Bilingual Elementary School in Washington—were invited along with her to receive a tour of the museum on opening day, Sept. 21, and to attend the opening ceremony.Read the Full Story

La Familia Technology Week, October 3-9th, to Extend Reach With International Webcast and Public Education Initiative

ARMONK, NY — Sep 22, 2004 — Hundreds of middle-school students in Guadalajara, Mexico and four cities across the U.S. will collaborate on environmental issues via a webcast to experience the most exciting possibilities that technology presents during La Familia Technology Week (“La Familia”), sponsored by IBM and Career Communications Group.Now in its fourth year, […]

ASU [Arizona State University] film crew documents ‘Fourteen Days in America’

The crew of professional staff and student interns are from ASU’s Technology Based Learning and Research (TBLR) group, part of ASU’s College of Education.Read the Full Story

SpaceTEC and RWD Technologies Unveil National Online Aerospace Technician Certification Examinations

SpaceTEC is the focal point for aerospace-related technical education resources and provides professional development services for faculty, students, and aerospace employees. Read the Full Story