This message has been posted to the Business and Computer Technology Teachers Discussion List. -----Original Message----- From: TechLearning [mailto:tlearning@cmp.com] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 6:14 PM To: TechLearning News Subject: TechLearning News, November 15, 2001 - No. 26 TechLearning News A bi-monthly update brought to you by Technology & Learning and the Consortium for School Networking. November 15, 2001 - No. 26 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friendship Through Education 2. NJ Addresses the Digital Divide 3. Distance Learning in South Dakota 4. Maryland Plans Statewide Online High School 5. Web Snapshots in Time 6. New at TechLEARNING.com 7. CoSN News --------------------------------------------------------- This issue of TechLearning News is sponsored by The George Lucas Educational Foundation: Kids learn from expert entomologists via a simple Internet connection, and prospective teachers experience the benefits of hand-held computers. The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) documents innovative models of K-12 teaching and learning already successful in today's schools. Browse hundreds of articles, video clips, resources, and interviews on topics such as technology integration, project-based learning, assessment, school leadership, and more. http://www.glef.org --------------------------------------------------------- IN THE NEWS Visit TechLEARNING.com for the full story: http://www.techlearning.com/content/ednews FRIENDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION Friendship Through Education is a consortium of non-governmental organizations and private groups committed to connecting children from different nations in an effort to bridge cultures and broaden understanding. As the first stage in this initiative, three schools in the US communities most directly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks will be linked with schools in Islamic nations. Source: Friendship Through Education http://www.FriendshipThroughEducation.org NJ ADDRESSES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE The New Jersey Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology administers 39 ACE Centers located in economically disadvantaged school districts. The centers are designed to help students achieve New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards through instructional activities available to students beyond school hours. Source: New Jersey Department of Education http://www.state.nj.us/njded/techno/ace/ DISTANCE LEARNING IN SOUTH DAKOTA The number of South Dakota schools offering courses using the state's Distance Learning Network (DLN) has more than doubled in just one year - from 46 schools in 2000 to 96 schools this year. Source: Distance-Educator.com http://www.distance-educator.com/dn2.phtml?id=5332 MARYLAND PLANS STATEWIDE ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL Next year, Maryland hopes to put a statewide high school online, expanding a program already used in 10 of the state's 24 counties. About 350 students would be able to sign up for classes in the sciences, math, literature and even macroeconomics -- topics that might lack sufficient appeal in a traditional school to justify the space and expense such courses would require. Source: CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/09/10/online.schools/index.html WEB SNAPSHOTS IN TIME The Wayback Machine is a free service that makes old Web pages available to anyone who can log onto the Internet. At last count, more than 10 billion pages were archived. Source: the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/29/technology/ebusiness/29NECO.html ---------------------------------------------------- NEW AT TECHLEARNING.COM Visit TechLEARNING.com for the latest features and departments from the new issue of Technology & Learning magazine plus reader-written articles and Web tours. http://www.techlearning.com/content/new/new.html http://www.techlearning.com/content/about/tl_current.html NEW T&L FEATURES * Top 10 Technology Breakthroughs for Schools With input from our advisory board and regular contributors, we chose the top technologies that make us think in new and innovative ways about the concept of school. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/200111/toptech.html * Into the Digital Lab with Physics Software >From exploring the laws of gravity to testing out a new space-time theory, high school students can do a little bit of everything with these physics programs. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/200111/physics.html * Tech Support: More for Less Here's how three districts are providing and maintaining the most advanced technology for the least amount of money. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/200111/whatworks.html MORE@TECHLEARNING * Online News for Kids and Teachers Read All About It - This tour takes you to exemplary newspaper sites for students and teachers, as well as to online news magazines, news sites sponsored by television networks, and some interesting sites students can use to increase their knowledge about current events throughout the world. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/newskids.htm Professional Development: Got an implementation problem? Someone may have a solution. Check out PDQ (Professional Development Quicktips) for new ideas every day and an archive of great strategies. http://www.techlearning.com/content/outlook/pdq/ The IT Guy: Need a hot tip for a cold network? Or a cool idea for a hot system? Check out The IT Guy's daily tips for keeping your technology humming smoothly. Here you'll find service with a smile. http://www.techlearning.com/content/outlook/itguy/ Shopping Ideas: Need product information? Search the Product Reviews database for software and products that meet your needs. http://www.techlearning.com/review.html ---------------------------------------------------- NEWS FROM COSN Visit CoSN.org (http://www.cosn.org) for information on advocacy and leadership development. YEAR FIVE ERATE WINDOW NOW OPEN The application window to file Form 471 for Year Five of the eRate program opened Monday, Nov. 5. Schools have 74 calendar days to submit Form 471, the form that applicants use to state what services and providers they have selected. The window officially closes Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002 at 11:59 p.m. EST. All Form 471 applications received during the window will be considered as having arrived simultaneously and will have greater priority than forms received after Jan. 17. Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) President George McDonald is urging schools to "file early and file online" using a new electronic certification feature. Applicants should use the new Eligible Services List (http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/eligible.asp) as they prepare Form 471, which indicates changes and clarifications in the eligibility of some products and services. Internet2, wireless networks, and voice over IP are now eligible for eRate discounts in Year Five. SCHOOLS INVESTING IN NETWORKS U.S. public school districts are projected to increase server spending to $153 million in the 2001/2002 school year, up 8.5% over the previous year. Research from International Data Corp. indicates that almost half of the nation's 14,000 school districts plan to purchase at least one new server in the 2001/2002 time frame, with many upgrading entire networks. IDC, all three networking areas -- LANs, WANs, and enterprise applications -- are driving server expansion in schools. IDC research found LAN penetration at individual schools surpassed 90% in the 2000/2001 school year. WAN adoption is also strong -- penetrating nearly 51% of all U.S. school districts, according to IDC research THE DIGITAL DIVIDE DEBATE - PHASE 2 The Nov 9 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education carries an interesting story on the digital divide. The article reports that some researchers are expressing concern that a narrow focus on the digital divide may be doing more harm than good. Focusing on lack of access among minority groups, these scholars say, could discourage businesses or academics from creating content or services tailored for minority communities, ultimately making the digital divide a self-fulfilling prophecy. Too often, these scholars say, discussions about the digital divide focus on installing computer hardware rather than on helping develop online content for underrepresented communities or on trying to use computers to solve problems. The article, which can be found at http://www.distance-educator.com/dn2.phtml?id=5559, goes on to detail several efforts to create a more nuanced dialogue on the issue. HIJACKING DEFUNCT EDUCATION SITES In what is becoming a familiar pattern, the former website of the 21st Century Teachers Network is now a porn site. The original site expired when 21st Century Teachers shut down, but the domain was bought by a company that runs adult sites. The problem is that many educational websites feature a link to the site and individual teachers may have bookmarked the original site. For example, Yahoo still links to "21st Century Teachers" as if it were an educational site. Brokers are "mining" lapsed domain names on the Internet and then buying the domain names and reselling them. Porn sites, in turn, are looking for names that have many links to increase their chance of unintended visits. Often, it is possible for the former sire owner to buy back the domain name, though at a premium price. Former owners can also file a grievance with ICANN, the international body that regulates registrars and domain name registrations on the Internet, to reclaim the old name. TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP TOWN HALL MEETINGS CoSN is co-sponsoring a series of free teleconferences on important policy and leadership issues. November's satellite Town Hall meeting will be on Smart Budgeting for Technology. Topics include Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models, planning for future technology purchases, and budgeting processes that include the TOTAL costs of owning and integrating technology. The broadcast is scheduled for November 15, 4:30-6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Register online at http://www.serc.org ---------------------------------------------------- PASS THIS ON If you like this newsletter, please forward it to a colleague. Subscribe to this newsletter by sending a blank message to: join-techlearning-news@lyris.mfi.com --- You are currently subscribed to techlearning-news as: psa1@ra.msstate.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techlearning-news-1680536Q@lyris.mfi.com To unsubscribe to this list, send an email to majordomo@lists.msstate.edu with no subject. Place "unsubscribe bct-l" (without quotes) in the message text area. Delete signature files before sending messages.
[List Management]
[List Archives]
[bct-l Archives]
For information about this page, contact
owner-bct-l@lists.msstate.edu.
For information about Mississippi State University, contact
msuinfo@ur.msstate.edu.
Last modified: 01-09-2002.
Mississippi State
University is an equal opportunity institution.