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• Parents fight school over mandatory RFID on kids - silicon.com - Brittan Elementary School in Sutter, California, introduced a scheme last month to use RFID to identify its pupils. The RFID chips are worn around the neck in the form of ID badges and can be used to monitor where the children are on school grounds, and carry the child's name, photo, grade and unique school ID number.
• INFOhio Electronic Resources for Grades 9-12
• Resources for Teachers
• In virtual school, teacher is just an e-mail away - csmonitor.com
• ACT, GRE, SAT, Free Test Prep from Number2.com. - Number2.com is designed to provide students with a forum for following a self-directed program of study in all areas of the SAT (and GRE). The site offers a vocabulary builder, practice sessions complete with interactive feedback, and tutorial sessions in which the student is taught about basic techniques for answering various types of questions. Each student's course will be individualized, so that students see only questions best suited for their current level of ability. \n \n \nIn addition to using the materials created by Number2.com, teachers can also monitor students' progress by signing up as their coaches. Teachers who sign on as coaches will be able to see how many tutorials and questions their students have completed, along with how well they are doing. Coaches will also be able to see how many words their students have mastered in the Vocabulary Builder.

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• 57 Tips for Writing Your Term Paper - DegreeTutor.com
• ACT, GRE, SAT, Free Test Prep from Number2.com. - Number2.com is designed to provide students with a forum for following a self-directed program of study in all areas of the SAT (and GRE). The site offers a vocabulary builder, practice sessions complete with interactive feedback, and tutorial sessions in which the student is taught about basic techniques for answering various types of questions. Each student's course will be individualized, so that students see only questions best suited for their current level of ability. \n \n \nIn addition to using the materials created by Number2.com, teachers can also monitor students' progress by signing up as their coaches. Teachers who sign on as coaches will be able to see how many tutorials and questions their students have completed, along with how well they are doing. Coaches will also be able to see how many words their students have mastered in the Vocabulary Builder.
• Annenberg Media: Teacher Professional Development - streaming videos
• Charlotte Iserbyt -- Revolution in Education - Soviet Style, Part 1 - Charlotte Iserbyt -- Revolution in Education - Soviet Style, Part 1
• Do Discipline Policies in Today's Public Schools Foster the Common Good? - Common Good: Teaching Interrupted: Do Discipline Policies in Today's Public Schools Foster the Common Good?
• Education Podcast Network -- The Landmark Project - The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
• EduHound.com - Everything for Education K-12! - EduHound.com - Everything for Education K-12!
• flocabulary - Flocabulary: the first vocabulary building exercise to combine hip hop music with the most popular and challenging vocabulary words. Each Flocabulary track is packed with words that are commonly found on the SAT Verbal test
• Free Education On the Internet -- Free-Ed.Net - Free-Ed.Net is committed to providing an online "school" where users from around the world can study, take courses, and participate in online community activities at no cost. This enterprise requires us to build a new kind of learning model that takes into account the technological strengths of the Internet, information and computer technologies, and the needs of our users. \n \nFree-Ed.Net separates itself from other educational sites on the Internet by offering only the highest quality content that is available and by offering all content free of charge. \n \n
• How to Read Mathematics - How to Read Mathematics
• In virtual school, teacher is just an e-mail away - csmonitor.com
• India: Hole-in-the-Wall - An Indian physicist puts a PC with a high speed internet connection in a wall in the slums and watches what happens. Based on the results, he talks about issues of digital divide, computer education and kids, the dynamics of the third world getting online.
• INFOhio Electronic Resources for Grades 9-12 - null
• Inkling Magazine - On the hunch that science rocks - Once used to decorate fashionable Victorian hats, the endangered tree octopus now helps educate middle schoolers
• Integrating Technology for Meaningful Learning - Amazon.com: Books
• no great matter: those who do not know their history - null
• Parents fight school over mandatory RFID on kids - silicon.com - Brittan Elementary School in Sutter, California, introduced a scheme last month to use RFID to identify its pupils. The RFID chips are worn around the neck in the form of ID badges and can be used to monitor where the children are on school grounds, and carry the child's name, photo, grade and unique school ID number.
• ProProfs.com Educational FREEway by Professionals & Professors - ProProfs.com Academy is a free and open online resource for students, professionals and professors on various programs of study.
• Public Schools: Problems and Solutions || kuro5hin.org - null
• Resources for Teachers - null
• Sites for Teachers - Sites for Teachers
• Songs for Teaching: Educational Children's Music CDs - Songs from a wide variety of popular artists are presented by academic subject. See the categories below to find educational music and children's songs that complement your lesson plans.
• Songs in the Key of Art - Songs in the Key of Art
• Students' Classroom Help - The purpose of the National Center for Education Statistics' Student's Classroom is to provide information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to help build these skills by writing for CRUNCH and perusing our glossary.
• The Little Professor: Advice to students on the fine art of requesting a higher grade - null
• The MASSIVE database - The MASSIVE database (last updated on December 13th, 2005) contains information on over 2000 science and math songs. Some songs have been professionally recorded; others haven't. Some are quite silly; others are downright serious. To find songs that will interest you, proceed to the search/browse page. Or check out our companion site, MASSIVE Radio, an Internet radio station devoted entirely to science/math songs
• UWTV Online - University of Washington TV Online
• Virtual High School - null
• Wired 13.04: La Vida Robot - How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship.
• Words To Live By - a comic strip entitled Words To Live By. The basic premise is a daily vocabulary lesson. \nClick on a word below to learn it's definition.