eSN Tools for Schools: $2M to help teachers improve history education

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October 17, 2007 | Vol.5 No. 41 See Issue Online | Whitelist Us Edit Your eMail Account | RSS
Inside this issue: Grant Alert | Best Practices | Site of the Week | Special Report | Educator's Resource Center
GRANT OF THE WEEK ... $2M to help teachers improve history education http://www.eschoolnews.com/erc/funding/opps.cfm#1871 The Teaching American History Grant Program supports projects that aim to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history. Grant awards assist local educational agencies, in partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise, to develop, implement, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative.....| Full Story Deadline: November 9, 2007 | Full Grants and Funding Alerts | SITE OF THE WEEK ... NGA, Scholastic team up to get kids interested in STEM fields http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/links/showLink.cfm?linkID=370 October 17, 2007—In support of its "Innovation America" initiative, the National Governors Association (NGA) has launched a web site aimed at getting middle school students excited about science, technology, engineering... | Full Story   Sponsored by: BEST PRACTICES ... University's cellular project captures award http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7319 An ambitious project to transform campus communications at the University of Notre Dame has won the school a prestigious award presented by the Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA). Among the project's many successes is a near doubling of campus Wi-Fi access points. | Full Story SPECIAL REPORT ... How to Afford More Digital Content http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStorysr.cfm?ArticleID=7155 Educators want fast, affordable digital content. They want it everywhere, all the time. And they want it within tight budgets. To get all that, tech-savvy educators have discovered the economies of delivering voice, video, and data over a single wireless network. In this Special Report from the editors of eSchool News, you'll find out where and how educators are getting maximum digital content at a minimum costs. Read all about it now: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStorysr.cfm?ArticleID=7155 Educator's Resource Center ... Teaching Effectively with Computers http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/onlinelearning/index.cfm With a growing array of solutions at their disposal, more and more educators are integrating computers, laptops, and other technology into the classroom, and often with great success. Computer-based technologies offer rich new ways to reach students and fulfill curriculum goals, while bringing information to life for diverse kinds of learners. But teaching with computers also poses many challenges. | Full Story Enriching Education Through Digital Sharing http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/onlinelearning/index.cfm Thanks to new technologies, it's now easier than ever for schools and other organizations to create rich, online repositories of learning "objects" that students, teachers, and other users can draw upon at their own convenience to enrich their education. | Full Story Collaboration and Storage http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/collaborative_learning/ With many states and districts moving towards the 1:1 initiative, the question becomes, "How do we make this more cost effective for our school?" Buying personal computers for each student is expensive and difficult to maintain. Creating your own system can bog down your server and cannot be accessed outside of school due to firewall protections. So what is the best solution? | Full Story Professional Development http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/professionaldevelopment/ It's easy for today's educator to feel overwhelmed--in a complex and ever-changing educational environment, teachers are often expected to complete more in one day than they have time for in an entire week. They must, for instance, reach increasingly diverse student bodies, meet standards and assessments, integrate technology into the classroom, and meet certification requirements. | Full Story Minimizing classroom disruptions http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/minimizing_classroom_disruptions/ Computers and the internet have become welcome instructional tools in most schools, ushering a wealth of additional resources into today's classrooms. Unfortunately, they also bring with them the potential for unwanted distractions—such as online content that ranges from off-target, to inappropriate, material. | Full Story Dropout prevention and credit recovery http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/creditrecovery/ Educators nationwide are concerned about stemming the tide of high school dropouts. New data suggest the steep economic impact that dropping out of school can have on individuals, and on the economy as a whole. But whether it's for reasons of economic competitiveness, or simply as a moral imperative, giving students alternative paths to graduation is a top priority for many school leaders —and, fortunately, technology can help. | Full Story Accelerating Technology with eRate Support http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/eratefunding/ Since its inception 10 years ago, the $2.25 billion-a-year eRate has provided some $20 billion in telecommunications discounts to eligible schools and libraries. Through the eRate, qualifying institutions can receive up to 90 percent off the cost of internet and telephone services—quite a boon for cash-strapped schools. Thanks largely to this monumental federal program, the percentage of public school classrooms with internet access jumped from 14 percent in 1996 to 95 percent a decade later. | Full Story SHOW ME HOW, NOW! ... Excel 2007/2004: Formatting the fill of a graphic object in Excel http://www.eschoolnews.com/marc/showme.cfm Need help integrating technology in your classroom? Check out the Atomic Learning Lesson Accelerators. In this week's tutorial learn how easy it is to reorder blocks and activities.create organizational charts. Show me how, NOW Sponsored by:	eSN EDUCATOR POLL Are schools in your area keeping up with new technology or falling behind? - Keeping up - Falling behind - Not sure Vote NOW!     LAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTS ... October Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... Visit us online at http://www.eschoolnews.com every day for the latest news and resources all geared to help you stay on top of school technology. Get a video recap of October's top news with "TechWatch." Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/video Visit the daily updated Educator's Resource Center, where you'll find specific information on Collaboration and Storage, Teaching Effectively with Computers, Professional Development, and more. Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/erc/Challenges Get your own electronic copy of the Grants & Funding ALERT eMail newsletter for less than a dime a day (Now just $35 a year)! Everything you need to win technology grants you're looking for is now as close as your computer, available instantly via eMail. Get all the new grant opportunities just announced from federal, state and local agencies, community and corporate foundations, get up-to-the minute overviews of federal funding resources with deadlines and amounts and get grant-giver profiles complete with names, titles, and contact links. You'll go directly to the funding source, saving you valuable time. Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/ product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id29 Get Free Video News Content for your School. Get great video news content for your school including eSN-TV's critically acclaimed TechWatch newscast and the brand-new Visions of Innovation show and much, much more. eSN-TV programming for educators and education advocates is commercial free and copyright cleared. It's available to schools, school districts, colleges, and universities free of any charge. All schools and colleges are eligible to receive the same service at no charge Call 301-913-0115 ext 110 or email NThrush@eSchoolnews.com to learn more. 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