Professional Development

Teaching Teachers to Track Tech Tips
By Nanette I. Marcum-Dietrich
A veteran classroom teacher, now a teacher-educator, develops a sense of community and collaboration in her pre-service students by teaching them to share the best Web sites.

Play Ball...With Peer Coaching
By Virginia Richard
A good coach makes a great team; and a good peer coach helps make technology integration a reality. Here are some examples of how (peer) coaches can help the technology players.

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From the Classroom

Fireworks in Student Learning
By Michael J. Canino
A classroom educator reveals the true magic of technology - its role in involving students and making them want to learn.

A "KLASS" Act: the Kennedy Launch Academy Simulation System
By Stephanie Stevenson
A simulated space shuttle launch helped these Florida middle school students learn some important lessons in math, science, and language arts as well as showing them that perseverance can solve seemingly impossible problems. And their teachers had fun, too.

Leadership

Eight More Reasons for Technology in Education
By Arthur M. Virtue
As believers in educational technology it is our goal to convince the un-convinced that ours is the right way – and here are eight good solid arguments for using technology.

Grant Management
By Megan Stanton-Anderson and Erica Karras
Managing grants for a school or for a district was a complex and time-consuming chore – until a dedicated piece of software made everything easier.

Tech Talk

Internet Security - the Threats Are Very Real
By Daniel G. James
The Internet is a great place — but it can be a very dangerous place, full of SPAM, spyware, malware, hackers, and all sorts of other scary stuff. Do you know how to keep yourself safe?

Web Tour

You've Got Mail - A Dozen Educators' Newsletters
By Larry Ferlazzo
It's easy to stay abreast of your subject when online newsletters pop up in your inbox, especially if they're free for the asking. Here are 12 more worth investigating.