Our users visit this site from all over the globe and bring a we...See MoreNew Horizons for Learning, a Johns Hopkins University run website, is in the process of creating an Educational Technology Resource Database, and needs volunteers to help in the project! Get access to all kinds of new resources and help us create a database teachers can use.
Our users visit this site from all over the globe and bring a wealth of experience. As we move forward with this initiative, our users will be the key to this project's success. After all, whose reviews would you trust? Most likely motivated teachers, with experience in yoursubject area, who have tested the educational technology resources in their classrooms. Please consider applying for one of the volunteer opportunities below, submitting a resource you would like our team to review, or sharing your experiences with a technology resource that has made a difference in your classroom or school.
Subject Consultant New Horizons for Learning is in need of five consultants, one in each of the following subject areas: Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, Math, Science and Social Studies. Consultants are responsible for coordinating a team of reviewers, editing their team's contributions to the database, identifying relevant resources, and serving as a liaison between our editors and their review teams. Consultants should be experienced integrators of technology and proficient in their subject area. Strong leadership, organization, communication, and writing skills are musts. Most importantly, interested applicants should be genuinely interested in contributing their voice to help New Horizons develop a database to increase the ease and efficiency with which their colleagues can access resources to aid educational technology implementation.
Educational Technology Reviewer New Horizons for Learning is in need of reviewers in six subject areas: English, Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, Math, Science and Social Studies. Reviewers will be asked to try educational technology resources in their classrooms and evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency while providing valuable tips for user implementation. Reviewers will work in online teams, coordinated by a subject consultant, to produce these evaluations of tested resources for the database. Strong writing skills, content knowledge, ability to meet deadlines, and an interest in educational technology are musts. Most importantly, interested applicants should be genuinely interested in contributing their voice to help New Horizons develop a database to increase the ease and efficiency with which their colleagues can access resources to aid educational technology implementation.
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Are most tech resource positions smaller in scope than this one? Is it difficult to serve so many areas and be competent with so many different technology tools?
I'm also concerned about standardization of lessons being taught and how to hold teachers accountable to use the resources and teach the skills necessary at a given grade level.
Too clarify, the potential position is not tech coordinator. It's more geared toward how to use tech tools to enhance learning.
I appreciate any thoughts and advice on this subject.
To enter, have your students go to their site and nominate you. You can even nominate yourself, then keep voting until the end of March. The grand prize winning teacher will recieve and iPad 2 and 30 iPod Touches and the school will receive a $25,000 grant to be put toward technology advancements. Then 5 runner-up teachers will receive and iPad 2 and $1,000 for their school. Even the voters have a chance to win as well, 5 randomly selected voters will receive an iPad 2 and whoever referred them to the site will win one as well.
This is a great way for teachers to receive some money for their school for technology! Here's the link to their site: [link removed]
Does anyone use PowerSchool for grades? We have problems with grade reports because we have some subjects on quarters and some on trimesters and it doesn't appear that PowerSchool can handle this mix so our trimesters grades are all shown only on the final quarter report card. Does anyone have ideas on how this could work? Thanks.
WHAT SYSTEM will be needed to organize, implement etc. technology in a high school? Is a research question that I was given to investigate for a technology committee for our high school? Can any one help me?? We are school between 780 to 850 students. The community is considered rural. I would greatly appreciate the help. Thanks S Matson
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The London International Conference on Education (LICE) is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The LICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education.
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Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Submission Date: August 1, 2012 Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Submission Date: August 15, 2012 Proposal for Workshops: August 31, 2012 Notification of Workshop Acceptance/Rejection: September 10, 2012 Notification of Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Acceptance/Rejection: September 20, 2012 Notification of Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Acceptance /Rejection: September 25, 2012 Camera Ready Paper Due: October 10, 2012 Participant(s) Registration (Open): May 25, 2012 Early Bird Registration Deadline (Authors only): August 01 to September 16, 2012 Late Bird Registration Deadline (Authors only): September 17 to October 30, 2012 Conference Dates: November 19-22, 2012
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