[Nw-voced] FW: TechLearning News, January 6, 2003 - No. 1
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TechLearning News - Happy New Year!
A bi-monthly update brought to you by the Consortium for School
Networking
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January 6, 2003 - No. 1
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Learning in River City
2. New High School Comes with Student Laptops
3. Students Help State Pinpoint Their Schools
4. $40 Billion Ed Tech Investment at Risk
5. It's Hard To Let Go
6. CoSN News
7. New at TechLEARNING.com
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LEARNING IN RIVER CITY
A current NSF project aims to find an engaging ways to teach science,
drawing on curiosity and play. The twist is that this learning goes on
in
"multi-user virtual environment experiential simulator" (MUVEES),
created
using the same technology used to design popular online fantasy games.
Source: Harvard University's Graduate School of Education
http://www.virtual.gmu.edu/muvees/index.htm
NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMES WITH STUDENT LAPTOPS
Students and teachers at San Jose's new Evergreen Valley High School
each
have their own laptop computer with wireless Internet access. With such
ready one-to-one access, Evergreen Valley is itself a lab where
educators
can learn about the potential of this enriched learning environment.
Source: The Mercury News
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/4662002.htm
STUDENTS HELP STATE PINPOINT THEIR SCHOOLS
Students in Louisiana are contributing information to a state web site
that will help disaster-relief workers find appropriate school shelters
for different kinds of emergencies. Using the site's Smart Map
technology,
students will be able to find and submit their school's exact latitude
and
longitude.
Source: Louisiana Department of Education
http://www.questwithgis.com/
$40 BILLION ED TECH INVESTMENT AT RISK
The Benton Foundation is warning that the $40 billion investment America
has made over the past ten years to equip schools with technology
resources may be at risk in the current economic environment. The new
report, "The Sustainability Challenge: Taking Ed/Tech to the Next
Level,"
details the critical next steps needed to sustain America's ed-tech
infrastructure.
Source: The Benton Foundation
http://www.benton.org/
It's Hard To Let Go
The Segway Human Transporter, the self-self-balancing electronic scooter
invented by Dean Kamen, won't be available to consumers until March. But
people who have managed to buy one early report their only problem with
the scooter is getting people to get off after taking a "sample" ride.
Source: Wired News
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56814,00.html?tw=wn_ascii
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NEWS FROM CoSN
Visit CoSN.org (http://www.cosn.org/) for information on advocacy and
leadership development.
NOMINATE TOPICS FOR THE WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a project of the U.S. Department of
Education's Institute of Education Sciences, was established to provide
educators, policymakers, and the public with a central, independent, and
trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education. The
WWC
is currently developing an agenda for the education topic areas,
interventions, and general approaches it will review in the coming year
as
well as looking ahead for those to review in the future and is seeking
input from the education community about the areas it should consider.
More detailed information about the process for submitting suggestions
can
be found at http://w-w-c.org/topicnom.html. You can also sign up for
e-mail updates about the WWC and its work at http://w-w-c.org/list.html
TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
The U.S. Copyright Office has published the comments it received in
response to its inquiry concerning sections of the 1998 Digital
Millennium
Copyright Act. The agency solicited comments as part of a rulemaking on
exemptions from prohibition on circumvention of technological measures
that control access to copyrighted works. Wired News
(http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56963,00.html) reports that
respondents, overwhelmingly favored carving out exceptions to the DMCA
for
certain uses of music files, text and video technologies. Many based
their
arguments upon the legal principle of fair use, which allows copying of
snippets of copyrighted works for research, teaching or other purposes.
The comments can be found at
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2003/comments/index.html
OFFER COMMENTS ON .KIDS.US DOMAIN
On November 15, Congress approved the Dot-Kids Implementation and
Efficiency Act of 2002 (H.R. 3833) to establish .kids.us, a
child-friendly
space on the Internet for material that is "suitable for minors" under
13
years old. NeuStar, Inc., the registrar of the .us country code domain,
is
responsible for developing written content standards for this domain.
Comments on the initial guidelines, which were released in August, are
posted at http://www.neustar.us/kids/kidsus_guidelines_comments.pdf.
NeuStar is currently soliciting additional comments from children's
advocacy and online safety groups, as well as educators and parents.
Comments may be provided through the .US ccTLD Public Policy Forum at
http://lists.neustar.biz/mailman/listinfo.cgi/policy-forum . To be added
to an e-mail distribution list for public announcements on the kids.us
space, e-mail NeuStar at kids@neustar.us.
COSN CONFERENCE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE
Registration is now open for the 2003 K12 School Networking Conference.
Visit the CoSN website (http://www.k12schoolnetworking.org/index.html)
to
learn the latest on the Conference program and to register online
(http://www.k12schoolnetworking.org/registration_notice.html). The 8th
Annual School Networking Conference, focused on the theme of
Achievement,
Assessment & Accountability, will be held February 25-27, 2003 at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA. CoSN' s K-12 School
Networking Conference is the premier event for education leaders on
learning through the Internet and technology. Plan now to attend.
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* Awards of Excellence 2002 - this year's winning software and Web
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http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/12/awards.html
* Ed Tech Leaders of the Year 2002 - dedicated technology educators
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/12/etloy.html
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