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volume 2 number 2
September 2008
Dear Subscriber to ETC,
Please forward this newsletter and invite others to join this informative newsletter filled with upcoming events and current news!
The late Senator David Ford was recognized for his contributions in promoting the use of technology in schools throughout the State of Indiana. A newly developed training room at the Buddy Teaching and Learning Center was named in his honor.
Video recording can be a valuable classroom resource, but the video camera is an expensive tool for schools to purchase, and a pricey instrument to place in the hands of a student. Enter: "The Flip."
Change is the key word in the newest edition of the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers recently released by ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). The emphasis is no longer on keeping up with technology, but moving past its use into modeling its effectiveness.
When students in Shannon Hudson's 7th grade science classes at Tuttle Middle School of Crawfordsville Community Schools indicated that they were not aware of the water pollution in their community's Sugar Creek, Ms. Hudson recognized an opportunity for students to learn about their community while educating others.
Proposal forms for exciting opportunities to present at the "Innovate, Collaborate, Educate" - ICE 2009 conference, January 27, 28 & 29 are now (or will be soon) available at the ICE conference website. Opportunities include:
Compensation or % discount on registration is provided depending on type of presentation.
Many schools are cutting back on their transportation funds because of soaring fuel costs. However, teachers do not have to scuttle valuable and informative field trips. Target now offers field trip grants up to $800 for teachers in grades k-12. Further information and applications, due by November 1, 2008, are available online at Target's web site.
Recently, the quarterly Write Connections newsletter was published, and the theme for this newsletter was elections.This publication is written for K-2, 3-5, & 6-12 grades. Download these election themed newsletters now, or sign-up to receive notification when our next newsletter, Memories of Lincoln, is ready to download in print-friendly format.
Visit our partner web site, Buddy Teaching & Learning Center, to sign up for professional development and technology integration workshops. ALL Indiana educators and administrators can take advantage of professional development sessions at the Buddy2 Teaching & Learning Center (BTLC). The sessions focus on a variety of educational topics and utilize various technologies.
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention ratified the United States Constitution. Visit our partner web site, Buddy Project, and discover how you can capture the moment by using authentic documents to explore our rich American heritage.
Articles appearing in the ETC...and More! newsletter are published by the Buddy
Project
(Corporation for Educational Technology), in
collaboration with the Hoosier
Educational Computer
Coordinators (HECC),
Indiana Computer Educators (ICE),
the Indiana Department of
Education, and Promoting Achievement through Technology and INstruction for all Students (PATINS).
Send your ideas for stories, school project write-ups, and/or suggestions to Rex Church, et cetera editor, Rex Church.
Mobile communication has been defined for decades by these terms that stand for first generation, second generation and third generation in wireless communications. First generation was prevalent in the 1970's through 1980's and featured analog voice signals. Second generation used digital voice encoding and improved over the years to include better speed and even multimedia features. The majority of cell phones currently in use today are 2G devices. 3G devices, recently introduced in mainstream mobile computing and cell phones, offer considerably faster speeds for information transfer, but more importantly, the potential to keep people connected wherever they may be on planet earth.
