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volume 1 number 4
January 2008
Dear Subscriber to ETC,
Please forward this newsletter and invite others to join this informative newsletter filled with upcoming events and current news!
Are you looking for a resource for great video and audio materials to complement your classroom lectures? Did you need it to be free, and easy to access? Wanna pique your students' interest with new and unique presentations? Then tune in to iTunesU! (more)...
Teachers from across Indiana are using interactive whiteboards, available in many styles and brands to engage learners from pre-school to high school. These whiteboards work with a computer and LCD projector to create interactive learning environments for students of all ages. Click here to learn more.
Looking for more ready-made lessons for your interactive whiteboard? RM Easiteach is a family of content-focused software for use with any interactive white board. The company offers toolbars for basic interaction such as drawing and text tools, but also complete lesson plans and special tools to support learning among all major content areas for grades K-12. Read more about it at this web site.
FreeRice.com is a free Internet site that combines English vocabulary drills and an international rice distribution program. Each time a participant plays the vocabulary game and gets a correct answer, a donation of rice is made to the United Nations World Food Program. The site appeals especially to students aiming to improve their vocabulary and to new language learners. Words are selected based on an individual player's vocabulary level, so it is appropriate for any age.
Time is running out to register for the Indiana Computer Educators (ICE) 2008 conference held in Indianapolis at the Indiana Convention Center, January 23-25, 2008. Some workshops still have seats available. Plan to attend Friday for a dynamic keynote speaker, David Pogue, as well as many interesting concurrent sessions, hands-on mini-lab sessions, the new Success Showcase and lots of exhibits. There will be "treasures" galore for everyone. Register for the conference online until January 20, 2008 or onsite the day of the conference.
With the bicentennial celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birth coming in February, 2009, Dr. Suellen Reed is encouraging parents and students to take this opportunity to learn more about him. Read more about this unveiling on this web site.
Not much money but a little bit of time for professional development? Or maybe you have the software but don't know how to use it. The Buddy Teaching and Learning Center offers these, and many more, half and full day workshops! The BTLC is open for business at a new location, hosted by MSD Decatur Township, just south of I-465 on State Road 67. Visit BTLC's website (http://www.btlc.org/) to to see our new offerings, with several new workshops added to the mix. Join the hundreds of BTLC's satisfied customers who say, 'there is no better place for high quality, affordable professional development for technology-related topics."
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Educational Computer
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Indiana Computer Educators (ICE),
the Indiana Department of
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Send your ideas for stories, school project write-ups, and/or suggestions to Rex Church, et cetera editor, Rex Church.
Multimedia means that multiple forms of information, such as text, audio, and video, are combined to deliver information. Today's movies are multimedia, combining pictures with sound to tell a story. Turn on subtitles and you add yet another medium to the experience, each reinforcing the others to make meaning clear.
Hypermedia adds another dimension in delivery style, incorporating a way for the user to choose how to explore a topic. Multimedia pieces are combined using "hyperlinks" (buttons or other controls) to allow movement among elements of the presentation. Hypermedia engages the user with a "sense of control" over his/her learning destiny.
