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The Computing, Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Program Office at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., recognized the need to inspire more students to enter careers in math and science. To fulfill this need, CICT is collaborating with the Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, W.Va., to offer a Web-based course, Future Computing and Communications Technology […]
The ministerial declaration, which was made during the symposium ‘Towards an inclusive Information Society in Europe’, refers in particular to an e-inclusion objective which seeks to devise policies to overcome traditional and new forms of social exclusion, while ensuring that all citizens fully participate and benefit from the information society.Read the Full Article
The swiftness of the World Wide Web’s ascension from obscure experiment to cultural icon has been truly remarkable. In the space of less than a decade, the Web has extended into nearly every facet of society, from commerce to education; it is employed in a variety of uses, from scholarly research to casual browsing. Like […]
The May 2001 agreement—in which the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based company promised to deliver IT services in human resources, financial and budget operations, student information services, and special education—reportedly marked the first time a major city school district had enlisted the help of a private company to manage every aspect of its IT department.Read the Full […]
The students — Billy Hoffman, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Virgil Griffith, of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa — received the order on Saturday as they were preparing to talk about the system at an Interz0ne computer conference, in Atlanta. Read the Full Article
The penalties have not been disclosed publicly, but they stopped short of expulsion or court-martial.Read the Full Article
Chair Mark Frasier introduced Suzanna Spears, dean of arts and sciences and instructional development, who said distance learning meets a need for the smaller high schools, “Parents recognize the value of students starting their college career while in high school.” Read the Full Article
Region VII science consultant Donna Wise has been conducting a series of science experiments from the service center’s distance learning classroom in Kilgore. Fifth graders from Wells and five other districts participate in science experiments and ask and answer questions about density, mass, states of matter and other class topics.Read the Full Article
Lisa Greeves, until recently a teacher in Fairfax County, says the story of the looting of thousands of artifacts from Iraq’s National Museum has great potential for generating classroom discussion. Lara Maupin, another former teacher, is also enthusiastic. Read the Full Article
The day was Mar. 20, the time 4 a.m., and DePaul University marketing professor Roger Baran’s MBA class was nowhere to be found. Chicago-based Baran double-checked his clock. Read the Full Article