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The NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP) is a national program of five competitions that links students in grades 3 -12 directly with NASA’s diverse and exciting mission of exploration, research, and discovery. NSIP provides educators with instructional material and classroom-ready resources that support an inquiry-based approach to science, math, technology and geography education. In preparing […]
FOR 15 years, there has been one mantra at the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: “Demo or die.”
What amazing history we have witnessed this year. On October 5, we could watch on television as Yugoslav citizens stormed their parliament and demanded that their voices be heard. In a popular vote that favored Vojislav Kostunica over the despotic ruler Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslavs demanded the will of the people reign over the political […]
Creativity in education should not be confined to arts classes, but should be used as a teaching tool throughout the curriculum to better prepare students for modern society, according to organisers of a major education conference this month.
ATLANTA, Nov 9, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) — adam.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADAM), a leading originator and integrator of health information, today announced a new alliance with Brooks/Cole, a leading science textbook publisher for higher education. Under the agreement, Brooks/Cole will link adam online anatomy (AOA) to biology and anatomy & physiology texts, helping educators reinforce learning […]
HE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement calling for cooperation and the exchange of experts and students between higher-education institutions, including collaboration on distance education.
ATLANTA, Nov 9, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The $30 billion child care market now has a powerful new player. Today, QualKids (qualkids.com) will stake its claim as “communications central” for the child care industry. QualKids is the most comprehensive interactive online network linking child care professionals, families and healthcare professionals to each other.
GOLDEN, Colo.-November 2, 2000-Generation21 Learning Systems, a Renaissance Learning, Inc. company (Nasdaq:ALSI), announced the release of its Total Knowledge Management (TKM) system version 3.0 featuring a Web-based Learning Management System (LMS), Oracle database capabilities, instant information updates to users, universal capability to launch and manage 3rd party Web-based courseware, and several other enhancements.
Last fall Harvard Law School professor Arthur Miller taped a series of 11 lectures and sold them to the Concord University School of Law, a virtual university founded by Kaplan Inc., the test-preparation company. Miller was stunned when Harvard administrators told him he had violated university policy by providing course material to another school without […]
“2D or Not 2D,” a solo exhibition by Australian ceramist and digital artist Stephen Goldate, will be on display at the ASU Step Gallery, in Tempe Center, Nov. 13 – 22. A reception with the artist will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., Nov. 13.