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Macworld
February 2001
Nancy Peterson |
2001 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Excellent Research Source Expands...   |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2000 |
FYI - The New Book of Popular Science Grolier Educational has launched The New Book of Popular Science Online, allowing students in grades 5 and up to explore scientific information and interactive activities.... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2001
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference Reference encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauri remain some of the most valuable tools that aid in the completion of student research projects. This article presents the electronic versions of many reference industry favorites... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2000
Sabrina Tillman |
Focus on Reference The following Web resources and CD-ROMs acquaint students with an abundance of information at the click of a mouse... |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
World Book Student by World Book World Book has updated its Online Reference Center with new features and a new name. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Jim Schneider |
Focus on Reference In that spirit, this month's Software Focus-On will take a look at reference software.... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 1999 |
Grolier and Nature Present Science CD-ROM NATURE - Virtual Serengeti is a program that uses the context of a photo safari to allow students to gain an understanding of biodiversity and its importance for the survival of all species.... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2001
Matthew Miller |
Focus on Social Studies Social studies is a broad topic, encompassing several subjects, including history, government, economics, civics, sociology, geography and anthropology. It can also be one of the most visual learning experiences for students with the help of today's tools and software... |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2001
Andrew Taylor |
ABC-CLIO Interactive's The Civil Rights Movement in the United States Civil rights is an issue many educators neglect in favor of less controversial topics. But with the new interactive encyclopedia, The Civil Rights Movement in the United States from ABC-CLIO, teachers and students have 500 articles and a host of multimedia materials to explore... |
Information Today
November 1, 2012 |
Encyclopaedia Britannica Launches App for Windows 8 The Encyclopaedia Britannica App, now available in the Windows Store, provides access to the entire encyclopedia with a sleek and engaging interface, rich illustrations, and special features such as Link Map. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 4, 2010
Denise Harrison |
Technology Turns Students into Educators in Distance Learning Program At Stamford HS in Texas, the students also find themselves in the role of teacher as they bring their own part of the world and their own unique knowledge to others through videoconferencing. |
PC World
November 2000
Glenn McDonald |
New Internet Tools Beef Up Encarta 2001 Microsoft's Encarta Reference Suite, the popular electronic encyclopedia, has some new capabilities that make it definitely worth a look. In particular, its Researcher tool allows you to capture Web information easily... |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Map Your Investment Strategy By tracking the new interactive maps Google is building, the genomic maps that Genentech is utilizing, and the maps of the human brain that IBM is generating, individual investors will be able to reach their financial destination that much sooner. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 7, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
More Challenges with Wikis: 4 Ways To Move Students from Passive to Active Wikis are truly powerful tools to support collaboration. However, teachers are the central engager and the one who keeps the process moving forward. |
Searcher
February 2002
Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Digital Government: Digital Tools for the Electronic Dissemination of Government Information Both FirstGov.gov and American FactFinder are laudable and impressive efforts to bring citizens together with their government using the Web and are positive examples of our taxpayers' dollars at work... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2000
Gregory Crane |
Designing Documents to Enhance the Performance of Digital Libraries: Time, Space, People and a Digital Library on London In a mature digital library (DL), documents should coexist with a Geographic Information System (GIS). |
Chemistry World
December 14, 2012
Gan Shermer |
Organic chemistry Textbook of Organic Chemistry by C. Pillai is aimed at undergraduate chemistry students who already have a basic knowledge of organic chemistry. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010
Jeanne Erdmann |
Weeklong Program Turns High School Students Toward Careers In Medicine High school students participating in the weeklong Maps in Medicine Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Over the next few days they will use the Internet, pore over x-rays and CT scans, and learn how doctors diagnose illnesses by facing a problem one well-researched step at a time. |
Macworld
October 2000 |
High-Quality Education on the Web 50 of the Best Sites |
Chemistry World
April 18, 2012
David Smith |
Teaching tiny technology Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education edited by Kimberly Pacheo and others is a collection of nanotechnology-based activities which have been used in US universities. |
Information Today
August 2000 |
Gale Group Launches History Resource Center Gale Group has announced the release of the History Resource Cente. The subscription service, designed primarily for libraries, schools, and universities, is the first product to integrate history's most important documents within a single interface |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google My Maps is Your Maps Google's My Maps allows users to mark locations on a map from a library of icons, draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas, and add text, photos, or YouTube/Google videos. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 19, 2009
David Nagel |
Science Students Benefit from Teachers' Research Experience When high school and middle school science teachers engage in extracurricular research work, their students benefit. |
Searcher
April 2002
Marylaine Block |
Mapping the Information Landscape Why is it worth identifying our mental maps and thinking about them? To remind ourselves when we get bogged down in a question, that we can reorient ourselves to a different map and a different strategy for finding answers... |
Information Today
May 14, 2015 |
Gale Helps Middle School Students With Information Literacy Gale launched Research In Context, an online, multimedia (images, audio, video, and primary sources, etc.) research tool for middle school students. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009
Dian Schaffhauser |
Boundless Opportunity National borders are no match for the reach of online technologies, as demonstrated by a host of collaborative projects that use web-based platforms to link US students with their peers abroad. |
Information Today
April 16, 2015 |
SAGE Business Researcher Offers Materials for In-Depth Study SAGE Business Researcher is a resource composed of biweekly in-depth reports, data, short articles, expert views, and other materials for investigating topics in business and management. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 1, 2010
Jennifer Demski |
They're Taking Requests: Student Techs Command the Help Desk Varun Kumar, the technology coordinator at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY, has it good. His workforce consists of Bryant High students, members of the Mouse Squad, a student-based IT support program. |
Information Today
September 25, 2008 |
EBSCO Introduces New Research Starters Research Starters are topic overviews, relevant to key areas of academic study, including links to key articles in associated EBSCOhost databases. |
National Defense
August 2010
Cynthia D. Miller |
Classroom Perspective: Teachers Speak Out About STEM Three science, technology, mathematics and engineering teachers in different education systems talk about their efforts to attract students to these fields. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2, 2009
Ruth Reynard |
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 16, 2009
David Nagel |
Is American Education Neglecting Gifted Children? America's 3 million gifted and talented students are getting the shaft in the vast majority of K-12 schools, according to a new report from the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 28, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Pearson Launches Early Warning System for At-Risk Students In an effort to help schools combat the decision by at-risk students simply to "give up" and drop out, Pearson has launched Prevent, a data-driven software system designed to give early-warning alerts to educators. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2, 2009
Bridget McCrea |
Setting the Stage for Distance Learning Distance learning capabilities are made possible by Afton, TN-based Chuckey-Doak High School's new video collaboration system and the school's newly formed partnerships with other Northeast Tennessee districts. |
Information Today
October 25, 2010 |
Cengage Learning Releases CourseReader Cengage Learning has introduced CourseReader, a customized, digital collection of content assets for the classroom, further strengthening its CengageCourse suite of digital learning products and services. |
Information Today
January 8, 2009 |
Nature Education Launches Free Educational Resource--Scitable Currently focused on genetics, Scitable combines authoritative scientific information with social media functionality. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2001
Elizabeth Amberg |
Focus on Science Education Interactive learning and informative content are vital assets in any science classroom. Several software programs exist to help students visualize and analyze scientific information... |
T.H.E. Journal
March 1, 2010
Katherine Grayson |
Flippin Out The Flip camcorder is such a great way to get students active and engaged in their learning. |
Information Today
February 23, 2012 |
Social Media Data Available for ebrary Student E-book Survey ebrary, a ProQuest business, announced that the social media data of its 2011 Global Student E-book Survey is now publicly available online along with the full report. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 25, 2007
Ferdig & Boyer |
Can Game Development Impact Academic Achievement? Having students develop games has shown tremendous promise for motivating students, building conceptual knowledge, and improving content knowledge acquisition. |
InternetNews
April 26, 2011 |
Google Puts $6 Million Into Open Source Summer Google pushes forward on its Summer of Code effort, helping over a thousand students and 175 open source projects. |
Macworld
December 2001
Henry Bortman |
World Book Mac OS X Edition Aquafied encyclopedia is an able research assistant... |
Information Today
November 11, 2014 |
World Library of Science Aims to Open Science to All Students This free, online education resource is designed to give students around the world equal access to the latest science information. |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Steve Bass |
The Web's Best Mapping Sites At the top map services, driving directions are just the beginning. |
Information Today
September 8, 2015 |
Google Gears Up for New School Year Google updated its suite of productivity apps to help students with their school projects, according to CNET. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2009
Jennifer Grayson |
Elementary Ergonomics With the use of digital devices occupying a central role in students' lives, what was a workplace issue long ignored by schools now demands their attention. |
D-Lib
December 2001
Charly Bauer |
Implementing Digital Sanborn Maps for Ohio The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) and the Ohio Public Library Network (OPLIN) have collaborated to provide the state of Ohio with digital versions of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps covering the state... |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
Paul McFedries |
The New Geographers The new arts of neogeography and neocartography are thriving in their stead, and they will soon be annotating, augmenting, tagging, coding, and parsing your reality. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2010
Markey et al. |
The Benefits of Integrating an Information Literacy Skills Game into Academic Coursework: A Preliminary Evaluation BiblioBouts seeks to satisfy student requests for a gaming experience directly integrated into their current coursework. |
