T.H.E. SmartClassroom :: September 27, 2007
Focus
Test Prep and Math Realities
By Patricia Deubel, Ph.D.
As another school year is getting well under way, educators are faced with starting the process all over again for preparing students for standardized testing. It's not something that can be put off until the last moment. Failure to pass "the test" sometimes prevents high school students from receiving their graduation diplomas. Elementary students might be retained in a grade. There is the usual dilemma of teaching to the test versus incorporating activities that help students develop 21st century skills valued in the real world....
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Ed Tech News
Hacienda La Puente USD Expands Online Language Arts Program
California's Hacienda La Puente Unified School District is expanding its implementation of the MY Access! language arts program from Vantage Learning. This district is now making the online writing tool available to more than 13,000 high school, middle school, and fifth-grade students through an expanded, $486,000 license, Vantage reported....
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San Francisco and Tampa Districts Deploying Hundreds of Whiteboards
San Francisco's Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD), Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District (FSUSD, Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD), and several other Bay Area districts, along with Tampa, FL's Alachua County Public Schools, have deployed several hundred Smart Technologies Smart Board interactive whiteboards in classrooms....
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NACOL Releases Online Education Quality Standards
The North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) has released National Standards of Quality for Online Courses, a publication detailing quality standards for judging the effectiveness of online education....
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Skype, Annick Press Connect Students with Authors
VoIP chat provider Skype Technologies and book publisher Annick Press are jointly presenting LIVEbrary, a series of online classroom programs that will connect middle and junior high schoolers and their teachers with various authors over a five-week program starting Oct. 15....
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Adobe Launches Digital School Collection
Adobe has launched a brand new version of its Digital School Collection, incorporating two new digital media tools released Sept. 24: Premiere Elements 4 and Photoshop Elements 6, along with Acrobat 8 Professional and Contribute CS3....
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Web Notes
Jason Project Charts Course Through Monster Storms
The Jason Project, a subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, has come out with new science curriculum called Operation: Monster Storms. The first in Jason's new line of curricula, Operation: Monster Storms was developed over a two-year period in cooperation with NOAA, NASA, and the National Geographic Society and is targeted toward fifth- through eighth-grade classes....
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Events Calendar
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Sept. 24-28, 2007
Open Education 2007
Logan, Utah
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Sept. 29, 2007
2nd annual Promising Curriculum and Technology Practices Conference
Modesto, CA
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Oct. 2, 2007
School Safety and Security
Framingham, MA
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Oct. 3-5, 2007
9th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
San Sebastian, Spain
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Oct. 3-7, 2007
7th Annual Lilly Teaching and Learning Conference
Tranverse City, MI
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Oct. 7-9, 2007
The K-12 Facilities Summit 2007
Phoenix, AZ
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Oct. 7-9, 2007
The K-12 Business & Technology Summit 2007
Phoenix, AZ
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Oct. 8-10, 2007
The 10th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education
Beijing, China
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Oct. 9-11, 2007
K-12 Open Minds Conference Open Source / Open Systems / Open Minds
Indianapolis, IN
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Oct. 11-13, 2007
NASBE Annual Conference 2007
Philadelphia
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Oct. 13, 2007
11th annual Innovations in Education
Visalia, CA
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Oct. 16-19, 2007
mLearn 2007 - 6th World conference on Mobile Learning and Emerging Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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Oct. 17-19, 2007
OELMA 2007 Conference
Dayton, OH
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Oct. 17-19, 2007
NSBA's 21st Annual T+L Conference
Nashville, TN
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Oct. 18-20, 2007
25th Annual Closing The Gap Conference
Minneapolis, MN
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Oct. 19-21, 2007
ASCD Conference on Teaching and Learning 2007
Atlanta, GA
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Oct. 21-23, 2007
NASDSE 70th Annual Conference
Scottsdale, AZ
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Oct. 22-23, 2007
NACSA Annual Conference 2007
Savannah, GA
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Oct. 25-28, 2007
2007 California Science Education Conference
Long Beach, CA
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Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2007
TDWI World Conference (Fall 2007)
Orlando, FL
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JAN. 22-25, 2008
F.E.T.C. 2008
The K-12 Conference You Can't Afford to Miss
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
Find more events at THE Journal's online Conference Calendar.
THE Journal Opportunities
Share Your Best Practices
T.H.E. Journal is currently looking for the following types of articles for future issues and for our eNewsletter, T.H.E. SmartClassroom:
- School Perspectives - discuss a specific topic, trend, or concern about education technology.
- Case Studies - have you implemented technology and learned a lot from the experience? If so, share your efforts about what worked -- and what didn't.
If you have a potential article, or questions about the above topics, please e-mail [email protected]
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