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April, May 2002
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Temple University Center for Research
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In
this issue
- Video - Is technology making a difference?
- Articles
describing examples of research into technology
integration and their effectiveness in learning.
- Dot
kids implementation and efficiency act of 2002.
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Pennsylvania's Free Online AP Exam Review Initiative
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New grants and awards.
1.Video - Is Technology Making a Difference?
We've all heard of the wonderful things technology integration can do for the
classroom, but what does it really look like when done well? In this video see
how two fifth-grade teachers have made technology an everyday presence in the
classroom with wireless laptop computers. With a 2:1 student-to-computer ratio,
Nancy Carnevale and Terry Bolick have created an environment where computers are
just another tool to support their curricular objectives and meet the state
standards. Included are observations by parents, teachers' comments about how
computers aid the writing process, examples of math and social studies
activities, the creation of student electronic portfolios, classroom footage,
and data proving that technology really makes a difference.
http://www.temple.edu/martec/videos.html
2.Pennsylvania's Free Online AP Exam Review Initiative
Are on-line
courses in your future? If you are a Pennsylvania student you students now have
access to FREE Online AP Exam Review courses from March 1 through the end of the
exams in May 2002. All 11 courses that are available from Apex are being
offered:
Calculus AB, Chemistry, English Literature and Composition, English Language and
Composition, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Physics B, Spanish Language,
Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, and U.S. History. All Pennsylvania
students, including public school, nonpublic school, and home school students,
are eligible to take these review courses. The normal cost to students is $59,
but because of PDE's (Pennsylvania Department of Education) state purchase,
there is no cost for these online courses!
The Pennsylvania Department of Education encourages all students to utilize
these tools: diagnostic assessments, personalized study plans, multimedia study
materials, questions from actual AP exams, study tips and test-taking
strategies, and online support from AP experts, to build strategies in taking
the College Board 2002 exams.
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/ed_tech/cwp/view.asp?
a=169&Q=75127
If you are considering taking such a course please contact
our MARTEC email and let us know. We will
be interested in following up and finding out what you thought of the courses
and the experience of on-line learning.
3.Dot Kids Implementation And Efficiency Act Of 2002
The Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet met in an open markup
session on Wednesday, March 7, 2002, and approved H.R. 3833, the Dot Kids
Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 without amendment. This bill if signed
into law would facilitate the creation of a new, second-level Internet domain
within the United States country code domain that would be a haven for material
that promotes positive experiences for children and families using the Internet,
provides a safe online environment for children, and helps to prevent children
from being exposed to harmful material on the Internet.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/markups
/03072002Markup504.htm
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