Monthly Archives: May 2003

USA Today has a profile of a 15-year-old student in Pennsylvania that just finished high school through an online academy based in Yakima. He’s also class valedictorian. It’s a brief read (this is USA Today, after all), but the student’s … Continue reading →

If you’re a health or biology teacher (or just dieting yourself), this USDA-created database looks quite useful. It lists calories, carbohydrates, fats, fiber and more for over 6,000 different foods. You can download to your Windows PC, or install it … Continue reading →

Those busy folks at eSchool News have posted a new online report on handhelds at http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/hhc/. This looks like one of the fastest-growing areas of educational technology right now, with lots of new education solutions being developed. Rather than a … Continue reading →

The History Channel has assembled an online archive of historic speeches from the collections of the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress. You can access the archive at http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/, complete with teachers guides and other educator resources.

ESD 112 in Vancouver has selected and put out to bid a variety of multimedia equipment, including projectors, digital cameras, camcorders, and document cameras. The prices on the projectors are particularly good. You can read about the products and download … Continue reading →

TERC has published a study comparing the results of two classes on science education. One took place on campus, the other online. You can read about it at their website at http://www.terc.edu/TEMPLATE/publications/item.cfm?PublicationID=92. I just took a quick spin through the … Continue reading →

Education Week has published a set of articles on states that are exploring (or already trying) to replace paper standardized testing with computer-based systems. The results so far are mixed, but that’s what makes it so interesting to read about! … Continue reading →

EDUCATION WEB SITES NOMINATED FOR WEBBY AWARDS The list below reflects the five best education Web sites for 2003 as selected by members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. These nominees exemplify the very best that the … Continue reading →

eSchool News has a new report on the potential educational applications of Tablet PCs. It focuses on a large private school that has adopted the devices as standard student equipment. You can read the article at http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/TabletSpec403/index.cfm. It all sounds … Continue reading →

One of several companies seeking to develop cheap, flexible computer displays has shown a prototype of a rollable plastic screen. You can see a picture and read the details here. Pretty cool!