T.H.E. SmartClassroom :: June 5, 2008
CASE STUDY
Struggling Readers Perk Up under New Program
"These students just blossomed.... We saw their self-esteem go through the roof." That's Trena Nave, a reading specialist at Carbondale Middle School in Illinois, talking about a group of 12 seventh-graders in self-contained special education who last year benefited from a new, partly computer-based reading program.
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Ed Tech News
Live@edu Integrates Exchange Labs
Microsoft's Live@edu, a suite of online tools focused specifically toward education, has now been expanded to include Exchange Labs, which is similar to a hosted Exchange service but with prototype features that are not yet available to the general public. The move brings expanded e-mail options to campus IT departments, including 10 GB of space per account, as free added features.
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Smart To Update Classroom Response System in July
Education technology developer Smart Technologies this week announced a new version of its Senteo interactive response system, Senteo 2.0. The free upgrade is expected to be available in July.
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Angel LMS To Integrate with Classroom Response System
Angel Learning has teamed up with eInstruction to integrate the Classroom Performance System into Angel's learning management system. The integration will bring real-time gradebook input to Angel LMS, including attendance, assessments, and grade posting.
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Moodle 1.9.1 Gets Performance Improvements, Minor Fixes
Moodle has released Moodle 1.9.1, the first maintenance update to the popular open-source learning management system since the 1.9 launch in March. The new version includes a number of minor fixes, as well as performance improvements and some new functionality.
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Adobe Launches Bundles for Online Learning
Adobe this week launched a new slate of bundles and resources for educators looking to use Acrobat Connect Pro in their online teaching efforts. Adobe just introduced the new version of Acrobat Connect Pro about two weeks ago.
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Events Calendar
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June 1-4, 2008
ASTD International Conference & Exposition 2008
San Diego, CA
http://astd2008.astd.org
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June 3-4, 2008
17th Annual Teaching and Technology Conference
Bismarck, ND
http://www.bismarckstate.edu/cce/tnt/
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June 4-6, 2008
AEP 2008 Educational Publishing Summit
Washington, DC
http://www.aepweb.org/summit
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June 11-13, 2008
IDC 2008 - Interaction Design and Children
Chicago, IL
http://idc08.northwestern.edu
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June 14-20, 2008
InfoComm 2008
Las Vegas, NV
http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/events_5105.htm
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June 15-18, 2008
38th National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment
Orlando, FL
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/National_Conference_on_Large_Scale_Assessment/
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June 17-20, 2008
Alabama Educational Technology Conference 2008
Birmingham, AL
http://www.aetc.cc
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June 19-21, 2008
EduComm Conference '08
Las Vegas, NV
http://www.EduCommConference.com
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June 20, 2008 Deadline: Call for Presenters
FETC 2009
Orlando, FL
http://www.fetc.org/CallForPapers/Application.aspx
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June 23-25, 2008
Texas Assistive Technology Regional Conference
Houston, TX
http://www.texasatconference.net
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June 24-26, 2008
Teaching with Web 2.0 Workshop 2008
Dedham, MA
http://thwt.org/workshops.html
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June 29-July 2, 2008
NECC 2008
San Antonio, TX
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2008/
Find more events and calls for papers and presentations 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 editorial@thejournal.com
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