T.H.E. SmartClassroom :: October 4, 2007
Focus
Quakertown Animates Students with 3D
By Dian Schaffhauser
The 10th through 12th grade students who take Don Mease's 3D Animation classes at Quakertown High School in Quakertown, PA don't necessarily expect to get jobs on the next Shrek, but, said Mease, they "see a definite correlation between what they're doing and what's out there."...
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Ed Tech News
Florida Virtual School To Study Best Practices for Online Learning
Florida Virtual School has received a $314,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation for a two-year project in which the online institution will "gather best practices and methodologies for developing and delivering high-quality online learning for K-12 students," according to AT&T....
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Blackboard, Wimba Partner for K-12 Collaboration Tools
CMS/LMS developer Blackboard has teamed up with Wimba, a provider of collaboration tools for electronic learning, to bring the Wimba Collaboration Suite Express to K-12 schools and districts using the Blackboard Learning System. The collaboration tools will be delivered to current and new Backboard Learning System (including Basic Edition) clients in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
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Idaho State Ed Board Deploys Reading Intervention
The Idaho State Board of Education will use Reading Prep and Fast ForWord to Reading 1-5 from Scientific Learning's Fast ForWord to Learning Series, a software package designed for reading intervention. The state had already given the software a road test. In a study conducted during the 2005-2006 school year, 282 students from Idaho's Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 used Fast ForWord software....
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Achieve3000 Adds Parent Edition to Online Literacy Tools
Internet-based instruction provider Achieve3000 has added a revised Parent Edition to its KidBiz3000 and TeenBiz3000 online literacy programs. Both programs are designed to improve writing skills, reading comprehension, and vocabulary for students in grades 2 through 12....
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ISI Releases Universal MediaWorks 6.2
Interactive Solutions has released an update to to MediaWorks, a video and multimedia authoring suite targeted toward education. The 6.2 update adds Universal Binary support for native compatibility with Intel-based Mac systems and also includes support for Windows Vista....
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Events Calendar
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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.
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