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ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Reading Resources for Parents 2. Online Classes for Spring 2004 3. Making Distance Education Accessible AWARDS & CONTESTS 4. Zoom-ed Classroom Contest 2003 5. Team America Rocketry Challenge 6. Summer Workshops CLASSROOM RESOURCES 7. Add an International Dimension to Education 8. Primary Source Documents Online 9. Understanding Government PUBLICATIONS 10. Looking at the Trouble with Collaboration 11. Libraries and Online Learning 12. Planning, Forecasting, and Inventing CONFERENCES 13. NECC 2004 Update 14. Upcoming Conferences NETS RESOURCES 15. Making Plans RTEC RESOURCES 16. The Electronic Emissary ========================================= --------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------- 1. READING RESOURCES FOR PARENTS SEIR*TEC is pleased to announce its new "Parent Pages," a collection of World Wide Web resources to help parents support national and state reading initiatives. Sites include resources for both parents and students, including information about the reading process and literacy, tips for parents who want to help their children become better readers, recommended booklists from authoritative sources, and sites for children and young adults that can help develop the National Reading Panel's five essential components of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. There are resources for parents of children ages birth through high school. The site also provides links to reading initiatives in the six SEIR*TEC states. If you have additional sites you would recommend, please email ucfitrc@orion.itrc.ucf.edu. Related URL: http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/other/seirtec/parentpages/ ---------- 2. ONLINE CLASSES FOR SPRING 2004 Don't delay! Now is the time to sign up for SEIR*TEC's free online professional development courses for spring: The Internet in the Classroom begins February 23 and course topics include ethics, copyright and fair use, protecting your computers from viruses, student safety, evaluating web resources, and classroom management. A new section of Cybertools for Today's Schools will begin March 8. It's designed especially for those who have never taken an online course but want to give it a try. Learn to get the most from your home or classroom Internet connection - for you AND your students. Mathematics and the Internet for Adult Learners begins March 22. Explore ways to use Internet resources to develop meaningful math activities that will engage learners and help them develop mathematical skills and strategies. All courses are free and require approximately 20 seat hours over a five-week period. The courses are facilitated by knowledgeable professionals who are there to help! Registration is open for all courses until one week before the course begins or until the course is full, whichever comes first. Related URL: http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/classes/ ---------- 3. MAKING DISTANCE EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE Access E-Learning (AEL) is a resource for educators who wish to make their distance education accessible for individuals with disabilities. AEL offers information on the most common needs in distance education, and provides instruction in techniques that will enhance the usability of online materials for all students. Module topics include, but are not limited to: Accessibility Issues in Distance Education, Planning for Accessibility in Distance Education, Making Word Documents Accessible, and Making Common HTML Elements Accessible. Registration is free. Access E-Learning is a service of the Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education project (GRADE) in partnership with IDET Communication Inc.(IDET). Related URL: http://www.accesselearning.net/ -------------------- 4. ZOOM-ED CLASSROOM CONTEST Submit your classroom's eZediaMX project today for a chance to win 1 of 3 Apple eMacs from eZedia. Thereís no cost to enter and no limit on the number of entries. Youíll receive cool eZedia Gear just for entering. The contest deadline is May 1, 2004. Related URL: http://www.ezedia.com/education/classroom/contests/classroom_contest_2003.html ---------- 5. TEAM AMERICA ROCKETRY CHALLENGE The Team America Rocketry Challenge is a national model rocket competition for U.S. high school and middle school students. Entrants are challenged to design, build, and fly a model rocket carrying two raw eggs as close as possible to 1250 feet. One hundred of the best teams will compete in a fly-off at Great Meadow, The Plains, Virginia, on May 15, 2004. The top ten student teams will share a total prize pool worth over $50,000! Related URL: http://www.rocketcontest.org ---------- 6. SUMMER WORKSHOPS The Thomas Day Education Project (TDEP), a national education project, is offering expenses-paid five-day residential workshops for teachers and media center educators, with a special recruitment of teams of interdisciplinary educators. Workshops feature presentations by scholars of African American history, Master classroom teachers, and tours to sites rich in 19th century black history and culture. There are four sessions: June 18-23, June 25-30, July 16-21, and July 23-28. Participants will receive a stipend. This opportunity is made possible through a Landmarks of American History grant to the North Carolina Museum of History (NCMH) from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The application deadline is March 15. Related URL: http://www.thomasday.net (click on Workshops & Presentations) -------------------- 7. ADD AN INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION TO EDUCATION The Global Gateway is a new international website enabling those involved in education across the world to engage in creative partnerships. It is a one-stop-shop, providing quick access to comprehensive information on how to develop an international dimension to education. Teachers can access quality teaching materials or just find out what the global dimension is all about. Related URL: http://www.globalgateway.org.uk/ ---------- 8. PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS ONLINE This site includes links to 100 important US documents in their original, hand-written form. The site also includes suggestions for use of these items in the curriculum and links to more information about the history and contents of the documents. The Our Documents initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps. Related URL: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ ---------- 9. UNDERSTANDING GOVERNMENT CongressLink provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. The Classroom Resources section features Lesson plans, online historical materials, information to assist teachers in using CongressLink in their classrooms, and annotated links to the best Websites about Congress. The Dirksen Congressional Center, a non-profit, nonpartisan research and educational organization, designed the site as a service for teachers of American government, history, and civics. Related URL: http://www.congresslink.org/ -------------------- 10. LOOKING AT THE TROUBLE WITH COLLABORATION A new study from Lawrence Leonard and Pauline Leonard of Louisiana Tech University suggests that while some schools and school districts are characterized by elements of the "learning community," others remain "largely mired in customary practices that are counterproductive to realizing the newer collaborative standards." Participating teachers report that, despite the rhetoric, major impediments to joint professional work remain and they make suggestions for better meeting the continuing collaborative challenge. This interpretative study, published in the online research journal "Current Issues in Education," involved teachers in 45 North Louisiana schools. Related URL: http://cie.ed.asu.edu/volume6/number15/ Net Choices, Net Gains: Supplementing the High School Curriculum with Online Courses Drawing from a review of the research literature, interviews with national experts in online learning, and the authorsí evaluation of a statewide online learning program in California, this Knowledge Brief identifies key issues that schools should investigate when considering the online learning option. PDF Available ---------- 11. LIBRARIES AND ONLINE LEARNING The Sophist is a free, online quarterly publication that focuses on learning technologies and trends in the nonprofit sector. The current issue focuses on libraries and their growing connection to online learning and collaboration. Related URL: http://www.isophinstitute.com/sophist.aspx ---------- 12. PLANNING, FORECASTING, AND INVENTING Dave Moursundís latest book is intended for preservice and inservice educators and their teachers. It is designed for use in a first or second ìComputers in Educationî course for preservice and inservice teachers at the K-12 levels. This resources is available online, free of charge. Related URL: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/InventingFutures/index.htm -------------------- 13. NECC 2004 UPDATE NECC has announced that Malcolm Gladwell, author of ìThe Tipping Point,î will give the opening keynote. Mr. Gladwell has worked as a reporter and science writer for the Washington Post and, since 1996, as a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. His book "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" was published in early 2000 and stayed on Business Week's bestseller list for more than two years. Other keynote addresses are being presented by: Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel Corporation Preparing Students for the 21st Century: Redefining the Boundaries of Learning Communities Jennifer Corriero & Michael Furdyk, TakingITGlobal.org YouthEngagement.com: Effective, Engaging Learning Using Online Communities National Educational Technology Plan Development Team Register now and take advantage of Super Early-Bird Rates--only $105 for ISTE and LACUE members, or $150 for the general public. Registration includes the world's largest Ed Tech exhibit; Keynote & Spotlight speakers; over 500 concurrent, research paper, poster, and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions; the Opening Reception & Fais Do-Do (Cajun dance party); and much more! Related URLs: http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2004/ ---------- 14. 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