************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** RESOURCES FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/Home_Teachers2.html> Acceptable Use Policies Compare Online Educational Delivery Applications Develop Technology Skills of Professors Examples of Real Achievement Evaluate Management Software Management Research + Practice Professional Organizations State Education Associations K-12 Education Resource Organization Directory Technology Intitiatives by State Teaching to State Standards - TESTING Integrating the Arts Why Music Makes You Smarter 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Money Grants from the big 6 National Center for Education Statistics U of Michagan Education Statistics Ranking Most Wired Colleges Legal Issues and solutions Sponsors and Funding TV WATCHING Average science scale scores by amount of time students reported watching television/videos, grade 4 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 2000 http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/results/television-g4.asp Grade 4-8-12 have 20-30 pt differences from watching 1 hr or less compared to 5 or 6 hrs. 10 point differences with increased group work. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/results/workwithothers.asp States have a 30 point spread <http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/results/stateavgscale-g4.asp> <http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/results/stateavgscale-g8.asp> 50 pt gain (8th gr.) if there are more than a hundred books at home (compared to none) and a 25 pt gain if student reports reading for 9-10 hrs a week. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/ ********************************************************************* WHAT DOES ANY NORMAL PERSON NEED TO KNOW? Educational CyberPlayGround <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/> A learning site that celebrates diversity in students' background while highlighting the variety in students' preferred approaches to learning. The site provides opportunities for parents, teachers, and librarians, even with limited online experience, to learn how to use the World Wide Web to provide more effective teaching. ********************************************************************* SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning The Center was established within SRI's Policy Division, where it is closely allied with ongoing education and health research programs. Find Research Evaluation Checklist http://www.evalguide.sri.com/ Policy and Articles http://www.sri.com/policy/ctl/ The Concord Consortium has published results of its research into pedagogy and technology, primarily in the areas of science education, mobile computing and distance learning. http://www.concord.org/research/ ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** Linking and Announcements For Net Happenings are provided by http://www.EricWard.com and http://www.URLwire.com ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************