T.H.E. SmartClassroom :: April 17, 2008
Focus
Robots Rock at California High School
When Carnegie-Mellon took the $2 million DARPA prize in November for the Defense Department's Urban Challenge, in which vehicles maneuvered along 60 miles of road without a human driver behind the wheel, the school 's Tartan Racing team was showing off the value of robotics. That's the same lesson being taught in a Monte Vista, CA ROP high school class....
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Ed Tech News
Renaissance To Roll Out Laptops to Africa
Education technology developer Renaissance Learning and non-profit Generation for Change and Growth will deploy some 5,000 refurbished AlphaSmart laptop computers in Northern Kenya in an effort to reach students in areas with high rates of illiteracy....
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Qwest Awards Technology Grants to 4 Schools
The Qwest Foundation this week has awarded grants to teachers in three schools through its Teachers and Technology program. The program is designed to fund technologies geared specifically toward improving student achievement, including interactive classroom technologies, online tools, and gear to support scientific work, in preK-12 schools....
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Sony Launches Compact LCD Projector Line
Sony last week debuted a new line of front LCD projectors, including the company's first compact widescreen model. The VPL-E series includes four new models, three of which are shipping this month, with the forth slated for a May launch....
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Christie Debuts 6,000-Lumen Widescreen Projector
At the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) this week, Christie launched a new 3LCD projector boasting a brightness of 6,000 ANSI lumens and a contrast ratio of 2,000:1. The new widescreen (17:10) model, the LW600, is targeted toward auditoriums and large conference rooms....
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Spotlight: Free Social Media Tools for Educators
While most districts are still tackling Web-based collaboration tools from pedagogical and security perspectives, a large number of teachers are already out there using these tools to supplement instruction, engage learners, and encourage their students to become producers of information, as well as consumers of it. In other words, they're experimenting. And here are some of the free tools they're using to do it....
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Events Calendar
May 4-5, 2008
Security Professionals Conference 2008
Arlington, VA
http://www.educause.edu/SecurityConference
May 4-6, 2008
Leading Learning Conference '08
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
http://www.leadinglearning.org/
May 4-6, 2008
CMMA 2008 Professional Development Conference
Baltimore, MD
http://www.cmma.net/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3502
May 5-6, 2008
AALF 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning Institute
Lambertville, NJ
http://http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,78a07057-86d6-460c-be10-f86fef877f0c
May 7-8, 2008
Educause Policy Conference 2008
Arlington, VA
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=1477&bhcp=1
May 9, 2008
DLA 2008 Annual Conference
Dover, DE
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/dla/conf/index.htm
May 13-15, 2008
18th Annual CardTech/SecurTech Conference & Exhibition
Orlando, FL
http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/CTST08/
May 16, 2008
Tech Forum West 2008
Long Beach, CA
http://techlearning.com/events/techforum/west08/
May 18-20, 2008
Ed Tech Industry Summit 2008
San Francisco, CA
http://siia.net/etis
May 19-23, 2008
TechMentor 2008
Orlando, FL
http://www.techmentorevents.com/
May 20-23, 2008
18th Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy
New Haven, CT
http://www.cfp2008.org/
May 22-23, 2008
Designing the 21st Century Classroom 2008
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/los_angeles.htm
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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