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WHAT’S
                                        new
                      Now Debate This has announced its                                              Funds For Learn-
                            2009 Great Debate topic: How Can                                         ing has launched a
                             America Achieve Energy Indepen-                                         free online E-rate
                             dence? High school seniors will                                         Calendar to keep
                             compete for $250,000 in scholar-                                        applicants abreast
                       ships in this national debate contest.                                        of E-rate events and
                    Participating students will gain a thorough                                      deadlines. In 2004,
                    understanding of how America came to this                                        funding applicants forfeited $25 million due to missed
       point by researching innovators such as Benjamin Frank-                                       program deadlines. The Funds For Learning E-rate Calendar
       lin, Thomas Alva Edison, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford,                                     can be integrated into Windows, Mac, and Google calendars
       and Albert Einstein. Video entries need to be posted to                                       or bookmarked for quick reference.
       YouTube.com by February 28, 2009.
                                                                                                     MORE INFO: www.fundsforlearning.com/content/view/1161/89/
       MORE INFO: www.nowdebatethis.com




        Educators wanting
        ideas and feedback
        on how to help stu-
        dents become better
                                                                                                      Ninth grade students can now work through pre-algebra
        writers can now visit
                                                                                                      and algebra problems while watching motorcycle racing
        The Writing Teach-
                                                                                                      videos. HotChalk.com has created Off-Road Algebra, a
        er, a forum created
                                                                                                      free 30-segment video series that can be viewed at home
        by LearningExpress.
                                                                                                      or in the classroom. The videotaped motorcycle exploits
        This blog features
                                                                                                      provide students with real-world problems and step-by-step
        advice from industry experts as well as daily practi-
                                                                                                      solutions with examples of processes such as how to con-
        tioners such as Steven Graham, the Currey Ingram
                                                                                                      vert gallons to liters, a necessary process with the popular-
        Professor of Special Education and Literacy at Vanderbilt
                                                                                                      ity of metric-based Japanese motorcycles.
        Peabody College; Barbara Friedlander, an academic
        achievement specialist with Montgomery County Public
                                                                                                      MORE INFO: HotChalk, 1.888.468.2336 (option 1)
        Schools in Maryland; and Jane S. Hancock, co-director
                                                                                                      www.hotchalk.com/mydesk/index.php/math-matters
        of the UCLA Writing Project.

        MORE INFO: www.thewritingteacher.org




     This information is compiled by L&L’s editorial team from press releases that come into the ISTE editorial office. The products and resources are
     not reviewed by the L&L staff and are offered here without recommendation. Send press releases and suggestions for entries to products@iste.org.

Copyright © 2009, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 1.800.336.5191 (U.S. & Canada) or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved.

44     Learning & Leading with Technology |                          February 2009
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                                                                                                                             APTE has developed a new software
                                 Four new educational book/CD sets                                                           program aimed at ’tween girls. My
                                     are available from Tool Factory.                                                        Crazy Life is a multimedia diary that
                                     Tool Factory’s Simple Guide                                                             allows users to download videos,
                                     to Podcasting leads teachers                                                            pictures, and music. The multimedia
                                       step by step through the pro-                                                         journal entries are stored on the girls’
                                        cess of podcasting. Adven-                                                           hard drives, providing an offline, secure
                                        tures in Podcasting includes                                                         format. Entries are password protected
                                       related lesson plans for teach-                                 and organized by date for simplified browsing. My Crazy
                                  ers. Tool Factory’s Educators                                        Life is available for up to 10 users and can be installed on
       Guide to Digital Cameras details how to take a professional                                     both a Mac and PC. The program is available on APTE’s
     picture, and Tool Factory’s Educators Guide to Fundraising                                        Web site or at any Apple store for $29.95.
     helps instructors find funding and write grant proposals. Each
     book/CD set is $19.99.                                                                            MORE INFO: APTE, 1.847.866.1872
                                                                                                       www.apte.com/products/mclife/index.cfm
     MORE INFO: Tool Factory, 1.800.220.8386, www.toolfactory.com



                                                                                                     Supporting Content Area Literacy
                                                                                                     with Technology: Meeting the
        SpellQuizzer,
                                                                                                     Needs of Diverse Learners
        a new product
                                                                                                     is a new book by William G. Brozo
        from TedCo
                                                                                                     and Kathleen Puckett. This instruc-
        Software, is
                                                                                                     tional book, published by Allyn & Ba-
        designed to help students gain a better grasp of the
                                                                                                     con, demonstrates how instructional
        words on their spelling lists. A parent or teacher inputs
                                                                                                     technology can become the media for
        the desired words into the program and then records a
                                                                                                     teaching and learning literacy strate-
        vocal equivalent. The child clicks on the list, listens to
                                                                                                     gies in all subject areas. It guides teachers in developing
        the recorded word, and types it in. As students enter
                                                                                                     skills in both content area teaching and effective use
        the word, the software checks spelling and corrects
                                                                                                     of instructional and assistive technology and presents
        errors. The built-in spell checker recognizes both Brit-
                                                                                                     classroom examples of content literacy and technology
        ish and American words and can be set up in any lan-
                                                                                                     within a content area. The book is priced at $39.99.
        guage. The software comes with custom sound effects
        and a free 30-day trial for $29.95.                                                          MORE INFO: www.allynbaconmerrill.com/store/product.
                                                                                                     aspx?isbn=0205511856
        MORE INFO: www.spellquizzer.com




     SANAKO has launched a new version of SANAKO Lab 100 and SANAKO Lab 300 that includes podcasting capabilities. Now teachers
     can upload digitized MP3 learning materials for students to access online. By making classroom and home study materials available on
     the Internet, teachers can integrate classroom learning with independent study.
     MORE INFO: Sanako, 1.518.698.3968, www.sanako.com



Copyright © 2009, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 1.800.336.5191 (U.S. & Canada) or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved.

                                                                                                                   | Learning & Leading with Technology 45
                                                                                         February 2009
producTs & services |




                                                                                                       HipChicas.com
                                                                                                       is offering ’tween
                                                                                                       Latina girls a
     The Bata Shoe Museum has unveiled the second phase of its
                                                                                                       new interactive
     online project, All About Shoes. Located in Toronto, Canada,
                                                                                                       game that com-
     the Bata Shoe Museum provides visitors with four new virtual
                                                                                                       bines geography,
     exhibits: The Perfect Pair, Tradition and Innovation, Chronicles
                                                                                                       language, music,
     of Riches, and Our Boots. These stories detail the diver-
                                                                                                       and activities
     sity in human footwear from around the world and
                                                                                                       promoting en-
     throughout time. Teachers will find both English
                                                                                                       vironmental awareness. Kids can travel to real-world
     and French education resources on the Web site.
                                                                                                       places such as Miami Beach and the Amazon by using
     MORE INFO: www.allaboutshoes.ca                                                                   an interactive map. They can choose between an open
                                                                                                       chat format and a canned version that provides the op-
                                                                                                       tions of chatting in Spanish, French, English, or Portu-
                                                                                                       guese. The first 100,000 people to sign up will receive
                                                                                                       a Hip V.I.P. membership along with a badge displaying
                                                                                                       their pioneer status.

                                                                                                       MORE INFO: www.hipchicas.com




                                                Glogster.com
                                                                                                       Discovery Education has introduced a free Web site, New
                                                has created an
                                                                                                       Teacher Survival Central. Educators can view classroom
                                                education program
                                                                                                       tools and practi-
                                                that will enable
                                                                                                       cal suggestions
                                                teachers to use
                                                                                                       to help support
                                                Glogster’s Web
                                                                                                       teachers dur-
                                                2.0 learning tools
                                                                                                       ing their first
                                                in the classroom.
                                                                                                       few years in the
     Glogster allows users to create a “poster” that mixes graph-
                                                                                                       profession. Sec-
     ics, photos, videos, music, and text. Teachers can use these
                                                                                                       tions such as
     posters to combine Web 2.0 concepts with course curricu-
                                                                                                       Technology 101,
     lum under privacy settings that keep students' content safe
                                                                                                       Tech Tools for Students, and Survival Tool Kit: Best of the
     within the classroom or school.
                                                                                                       Web contain tips, tricks, tools, and practical suggestions for
                                                                                                       easing entry into the teaching field such as lesson plans,
     MORE INFO: www.glogster.com/edu
                                                                                                       classroom activities, and networking resources.

                                                                                                       MORE INFO: Discovery Education,1.800.323.9084
                                                                                                       www.discoveryeducation.com/newteacher
     Coming Next Issue in

     Transforming Education                                                                                                 Growing Your Professional
                                                                Designing Effective Online Courses
     Through Online Learning                                                                                                Learning Networks
                                                                Online courses are flexible and convenient for
     Online learning is creating new opportunities for                                                                      David Warlick describes how tools such as Skype,
                                                                students, but creating them takes time and care-
     thousands of students across the globe. Educators                                                                      Google Reader, Second Life, Diigo, Ning, del.
                                                                ful planning. Educators need to reflect on how
     who embrace these reforms see this trend as a                                                                          icio.us, Google Talk, wikis, and blogs enable
                                                                the goals of a course change when transitioning
     way to strengthen schools and meet the individual                                                                      educators to find information for lesson plans,
                                                                from a classroom setting to a virtual environment.
     needs of students.                                                                                                     resources, and solutions.



Copyright © 2009, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 1.800.336.5191 (U.S. & Canada) or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved.

46     Learning & Leading with Technology |                          February 2009

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  • 1. WHAT’S new Now Debate This has announced its Funds For Learn- 2009 Great Debate topic: How Can ing has launched a America Achieve Energy Indepen- free online E-rate dence? High school seniors will Calendar to keep compete for $250,000 in scholar- applicants abreast ships in this national debate contest. of E-rate events and Participating students will gain a thorough deadlines. In 2004, understanding of how America came to this funding applicants forfeited $25 million due to missed point by researching innovators such as Benjamin Frank- program deadlines. The Funds For Learning E-rate Calendar lin, Thomas Alva Edison, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, can be integrated into Windows, Mac, and Google calendars and Albert Einstein. Video entries need to be posted to or bookmarked for quick reference. YouTube.com by February 28, 2009. MORE INFO: www.fundsforlearning.com/content/view/1161/89/ MORE INFO: www.nowdebatethis.com Educators wanting ideas and feedback on how to help stu- dents become better Ninth grade students can now work through pre-algebra writers can now visit and algebra problems while watching motorcycle racing The Writing Teach- videos. HotChalk.com has created Off-Road Algebra, a er, a forum created free 30-segment video series that can be viewed at home by LearningExpress. or in the classroom. The videotaped motorcycle exploits This blog features provide students with real-world problems and step-by-step advice from industry experts as well as daily practi- solutions with examples of processes such as how to con- tioners such as Steven Graham, the Currey Ingram vert gallons to liters, a necessary process with the popular- Professor of Special Education and Literacy at Vanderbilt ity of metric-based Japanese motorcycles. Peabody College; Barbara Friedlander, an academic achievement specialist with Montgomery County Public MORE INFO: HotChalk, 1.888.468.2336 (option 1) Schools in Maryland; and Jane S. Hancock, co-director www.hotchalk.com/mydesk/index.php/math-matters of the UCLA Writing Project. MORE INFO: www.thewritingteacher.org This information is compiled by L&L’s editorial team from press releases that come into the ISTE editorial office. The products and resources are not reviewed by the L&L staff and are offered here without recommendation. Send press releases and suggestions for entries to products@iste.org. Copyright © 2009, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 1.800.336.5191 (U.S. & Canada) or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved. 44 Learning & Leading with Technology | February 2009
  • 2. producTs & services | APTE has developed a new software Four new educational book/CD sets program aimed at ’tween girls. My are available from Tool Factory. Crazy Life is a multimedia diary that Tool Factory’s Simple Guide allows users to download videos, to Podcasting leads teachers pictures, and music. The multimedia step by step through the pro- journal entries are stored on the girls’ cess of podcasting. Adven- hard drives, providing an offline, secure tures in Podcasting includes format. Entries are password protected related lesson plans for teach- and organized by date for simplified browsing. My Crazy ers. Tool Factory’s Educators Life is available for up to 10 users and can be installed on Guide to Digital Cameras details how to take a professional both a Mac and PC. The program is available on APTE’s picture, and Tool Factory’s Educators Guide to Fundraising Web site or at any Apple store for $29.95. helps instructors find funding and write grant proposals. Each book/CD set is $19.99. MORE INFO: APTE, 1.847.866.1872 www.apte.com/products/mclife/index.cfm MORE INFO: Tool Factory, 1.800.220.8386, www.toolfactory.com Supporting Content Area Literacy with Technology: Meeting the SpellQuizzer, Needs of Diverse Learners a new product is a new book by William G. Brozo from TedCo and Kathleen Puckett. This instruc- Software, is tional book, published by Allyn & Ba- designed to help students gain a better grasp of the con, demonstrates how instructional words on their spelling lists. A parent or teacher inputs technology can become the media for the desired words into the program and then records a teaching and learning literacy strate- vocal equivalent. The child clicks on the list, listens to gies in all subject areas. It guides teachers in developing the recorded word, and types it in. As students enter skills in both content area teaching and effective use the word, the software checks spelling and corrects of instructional and assistive technology and presents errors. The built-in spell checker recognizes both Brit- classroom examples of content literacy and technology ish and American words and can be set up in any lan- within a content area. The book is priced at $39.99. guage. The software comes with custom sound effects and a free 30-day trial for $29.95. MORE INFO: www.allynbaconmerrill.com/store/product. aspx?isbn=0205511856 MORE INFO: www.spellquizzer.com SANAKO has launched a new version of SANAKO Lab 100 and SANAKO Lab 300 that includes podcasting capabilities. Now teachers can upload digitized MP3 learning materials for students to access online. By making classroom and home study materials available on the Internet, teachers can integrate classroom learning with independent study. MORE INFO: Sanako, 1.518.698.3968, www.sanako.com Copyright © 2009, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 1.800.336.5191 (U.S. & Canada) or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved. | Learning & Leading with Technology 45 February 2009
  • 3. producTs & services | HipChicas.com is offering ’tween Latina girls a The Bata Shoe Museum has unveiled the second phase of its new interactive online project, All About Shoes. Located in Toronto, Canada, game that com- the Bata Shoe Museum provides visitors with four new virtual bines geography, exhibits: The Perfect Pair, Tradition and Innovation, Chronicles language, music, of Riches, and Our Boots. These stories detail the diver- and activities sity in human footwear from around the world and promoting en- throughout time. Teachers will find both English vironmental awareness. Kids can travel to real-world and French education resources on the Web site. places such as Miami Beach and the Amazon by using MORE INFO: www.allaboutshoes.ca an interactive map. They can choose between an open chat format and a canned version that provides the op- tions of chatting in Spanish, French, English, or Portu- guese. The first 100,000 people to sign up will receive a Hip V.I.P. membership along with a badge displaying their pioneer status. MORE INFO: www.hipchicas.com Glogster.com Discovery Education has introduced a free Web site, New has created an Teacher Survival Central. Educators can view classroom education program tools and practi- that will enable cal suggestions teachers to use to help support Glogster’s Web teachers dur- 2.0 learning tools ing their first in the classroom. few years in the Glogster allows users to create a “poster” that mixes graph- profession. Sec- ics, photos, videos, music, and text. Teachers can use these tions such as posters to combine Web 2.0 concepts with course curricu- Technology 101, lum under privacy settings that keep students' content safe Tech Tools for Students, and Survival Tool Kit: Best of the within the classroom or school. Web contain tips, tricks, tools, and practical suggestions for easing entry into the teaching field such as lesson plans, MORE INFO: www.glogster.com/edu classroom activities, and networking resources. MORE INFO: Discovery Education,1.800.323.9084 www.discoveryeducation.com/newteacher Coming Next Issue in Transforming Education Growing Your Professional Designing Effective Online Courses Through Online Learning Learning Networks Online courses are flexible and convenient for Online learning is creating new opportunities for David Warlick describes how tools such as Skype, students, but creating them takes time and care- thousands of students across the globe. Educators Google Reader, Second Life, Diigo, Ning, del. ful planning. Educators need to reflect on how who embrace these reforms see this trend as a icio.us, Google Talk, wikis, and blogs enable the goals of a course change when transitioning way to strengthen schools and meet the individual educators to find information for lesson plans, from a classroom setting to a virtual environment. needs of students. resources, and solutions. Copyright © 2009, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), 1.800.336.5191 (U.S. & Canada) or 1.541.302.3777 (Int’l), iste@iste.org, www.iste.org. All rights reserved. 46 Learning & Leading with Technology | February 2009