2007 innovators.
A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER IN WESTERN NEW YORK replaces the principal's daily morning message with a live student newscast. An educator in Modesto, CA, and one in Kyoto, Japan, connect their students via a virtual space and bring a new dimension to their foreign exchange program. A high school...

Conference sessions.
CONCURRENT SESSION 1: THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008 9:15-10:10 AM 21st Century Skills Beyond Testing: Nurturing Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration Peggy Healy Stearns Forget About the Future, It's the Present that Concerns Me David Thornburg Accountability Pathways to Producing ePortfolios...

Signs of things to come: a summer spent observing high-quality professional development portends good things for 2007-2008.
MAYBE BECAUSE it's the end of summer, and the Olympic Mountains look glorious with their white tops in the clear air, or maybe it's because I'm a terminally obnoxious optimist, but I'm inspired. I think it's mainly due to the good things happening in technology and education I've seen...

Educator's podcast guide.
9781564842312 Educator's podcast guide. Williams, Bard. ISTE 2007 279 pages $31.95 Paperback LB1044 Characterizing itself as "part user-manual, part curriculum planning tool, and part implementation survival guide," this book gives advice...

Library 2.0 and beyond; innovative technologies and tomorrow's user.
9781591585374 Library 2.0 and beyond; innovative technologies and tomorrow's user. Ed. by Nancy Courtney. Libraries Unlimited 2007 152 pages $45.00 Paperback Z674 Written by a group of "early adopters," this volume...

Using interactive technologies in libraries.
9781555706128 Using interactive technologies in libraries. Ed. by Kathlene Hanson and H. Frank Cervone. Neal-Schuman 2007 105 pages $59.95 Paperback Library and Information Technology Association, guide #13 Z674 Six...

Foundation awards grants for innovative educational projects.
SOUTHBORO - The Southboro Education Foundation recently presented six grant recipients from the Southboro school system with a total of $22,000 for innovative programs for the 2007-08 school year. The categories and recipients are: Young Researchers (Mary Finn School - Grade 1, teachers Betsey Joseph...

Tuning in; Audio Journal provides vital radio reading service.
Byline: Elizabeth Mitchell When Vincent dePaul Lombardi started helping out at the Audio Journal, he became known as the volunteer who wouldn't say no. That was a good thing for the Audio Journal, a radio service for the blind that depends on volunteers to read stories from...

Portable widgets and techie tattoos: honors of the future.
Just twenty-five years ago, in 1982, Gray Austin from Ohio State was the NCHC President. William Daniel from Winthrop College was the program chair for the NCHC conference that was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference fee was $46 and a room at the Hilton cost $37 a...

101+ great ideas for teen library Web sites.
9781555705930 101+ great ideas for teen library Web sites. Doyle, Miranda. Neal-Schuman 2007 307 pages $65.00 Paperback Teens @ the library series Z674 Doyle, a library media teacher and...