EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS
From the New Hampshire Department of
Education
Office of Educational Technology
Date: February 20, 2002
Volume #: 2002.02.01
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In This Issue:
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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RESEARCH
• GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES
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is sent from the Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire
Department of Education. Please note
that, while ET News is forwarding information about technology related products
and services, we have not conducted a formal evaluation of such
products/services. We encourage you to
let us know if you find a particular item of high quality and value to your
school.
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PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
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NHSTE
Super Thursdays in March
The
following three workshops are offered after-school from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. A
workshop registration form and further workshop descriptions are available on
the NHSTE website at www.nhste.org.
** March
7: Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum – at
Thorntons Ferry School, Merrimack **March 14: Overview of Mac
OSX Server Featuring Mac Manager v. 2.1 – at Epping Elementary School, Epping
**March 14: Creating Online Communities with BlackboardTM –
at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester
NEIRTEC
Upcoming Course
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Designing for Technology Integration ***
This is
an innovative seven-week course combining online learning with a two-day
face-to-face institute. The first week of the course starts March 27 and the
last week of the course ends on May 14.
A two-day face-to-face Institute (part of the course) will take place on
April 4 and 5 in Springfield, MA. For more information on the DTI course and to
register, visit the website at http://www.neirtec.org
and click on Upcoming Activities. NEIRTEC is the Regional Technology in
Education Consortium for the Northeast and serves the six New England States,
New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NEIRTEC is seeking individuals
who have a leadership role (administrator or teacher-leader) and knowledge of
curriculum. Participants must participate in all online and face-to-face
activities. Small teams of leaders (2 – 4) are encouraged to attend.
Registration is $200/person. This fee includes all course materials,
continental breakfast and lunch on both days of the face-to-face institute, and
dinner the first evening of the institute. The cost of lodging and
transportation is the responsibility of the participants or their districts. Three graduate credits will be given for
participation in the online course, the face-to-face institute, and completion
of a unit of practice. The cost of the
graduate credit component is $135 and is in addition to the registration
fee. See the NEIRTEC site for more
details and to register.
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GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES
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Inspiration
Scholarships – It’s Not Too Late to Apply!!! http://www.inspiration.com/prodev/index.cfm?fuseaction=scholarship
Inspiration
Software's fourth annual Inspired Teacher Scholarships for Visual Learning are
designed to encourage educators in their ongoing technology professional
development. On March 29, 2002, Inspiration Software will grant 20 scholarships
in the amount of $500 each to educators who champion visual learning and the
meaningful use of technology in the classroom. Grant recipients are compensated
for attendance at a technology conference, graduate course, or training event
where visual learning is highlighted.
Deadline: March 1, 2002
Alan
Shephard Technology in Education Award
Educators
who demonstrate the effective use technology in the classroom are eligible to
win a laptop computer through this brand-new program from the National
Association of Education Technology Specialists (NAETS). The organization will
grant its first annual Alan Shephard Technology in Education Award to an
educator who has demonstrated innovation, commitment, and excellence in the
teaching and development of technology programs in schools. Submission deadline
is March 31, 2002. For more details, visit their site at http://www.naets.org/national_award.htm
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RESEARCH
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Technically
Speaking: Why All Americans Need To Know More About Technology http://www.nap.edu/books/0309082625/html/
This
report from the National Academy calls for an infusion of technology
integration into the K-12 curriculum. This two year study was conducted by the
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council. One
point of agreement is that we need to broaden the definition of technology as
“using computers.”
ITEA/Gallup
Poll on “What Americans Think about Technology and Education” http://www.iteawww.org/TAA/ITEAGallup.htm
Visit the
International Technology Education Association site to read about this Gallup
poll.
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SOFTWARE
& WEBWARE TOOLS
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Teaching
Is Easy – Web Resources
Maxine
Warner from Teaching Is Easy writes: “Teaching Is Easy (TIE) allows teachers to
input letters, numbers, words and pictures into a variety of fun and
educational activities. There are over 30 activities to choose from with
a variety of fonts, subjects and languages. This makes TIE useful for
elementary teachers as well as special education and foreign language teachers. Visit the web site for more
details.
Vericept
– Filtering Software
Vericept
writes that they have “customized categories to meet the concerns of educators
everywhere. In addition to previously available categories such as pornography,
racism and substance abuse, Vericept Solutions for Education now contain three
new categories to address critical concerns of parents and educators alike: Violent Acts * Weapons * Plagiarism. Buy Vericept for Education before March 31,
2002 and get a 30% discount off the list price!” Visit
Jinfonet
Software – Creating Reports for the Web
Chris
Paik at Jinfonet writes: “Jinfonet has a reporting solution, JReport, to help
you to create reports for vital information, such as customer data, sales
information, and internal operations. JReport is a Java-based reporting tool
that allows you to design and distribute reports in ways that best fit your
infrastructure and business needs. JReport operates on any platform, from
Windows NT, to Linux, to AS/400, and allows you to create all kinds of simple
or sophisticated reports, and deploy them over the Web, across your enterprise
and beyond…. Visit our web site at www.jinfonet.com.”
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Regards,
Cathy
Higgins
for the
staff at the NHDOE Office of Educational Technology
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