From March 27th to March 29th, 2009 - the education community of Second Life will be hosting a 3 day conference on best practices in education. This conference will promote the best and brightest from the Second Life education community in various fields of practice including everything from demonstrations to hands on theory.
Calls for papers will be starting January 19th with a submission deadline no later than March 6th, 2009. Watch this space for more details. All articles will be peer reviewed. Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the Journal for Virtual Studies.
Volunteers to help organize and run the conference are being accepted now.
All inquiries should be directed to Kevin Feenan at the contact link above for the time being. We should have many of our committee chairs established before the end of January.
Application now open for GTA Boulder. August 5th, 2009.
Apply by MIDNIGHT, July 3rd, 2009.
The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help K-12 educators get the most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on experience with Google's free products and other technologies, learn about innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with colleagues, and immerse themselves in an innovative corporate environment. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google Certified Teachers who share what they learn with other K-12 educators in their local region.
Win a $1,500 subsidy for NECC
On each day of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-8, 2009), we'll randomly select a K-12 teacher to receive a $1,500 subsidy to help pay for costs associated with your NECC registration, travel to and from and accommodations in Washington, D.C. If your name is chosen, we will contact you immediately to coordinate permissions and travel arrangements.
Students are always seeking to get accurate information about admission in college and universities. A lot of factors are involved from shortlisting universities to finally getting into one. Crucial factors like deadline, ranking, scholarships, exams, and application procedure plays a key role in students and parents mind. Here is a list of top 5 educational websites of India which provides a plethora of information about Indian and Overseas institutions.
1) www.entrance-exam.net -The sole purpose of this site is to provide accurate and comprehensive information about all the activities under educational domain in India. The site has a lot of readers since 2009 and is doing a great job.
2) www.admissiontimes.com - Admission Times is an educational portal which was successfully launched a year back and has become the preferred website for the students as it's a leading source for education news, university information, and educational resources from across the globe . Here you can find rankings, scholarships, application deadline, sop & lor formalities, exam dates, entrance results , Delhi University cut off and procedure to apply and a lot more.
3) www.indiastudychannel.com - ISC provides a discussion forum where students can ask about any topic covering from entrance examination, educational institutions, previous year question papers and much more .
4) www.shiksha.com - Ask a query from shiksha expert and a student can be assured of useful advice although recently they are following a monetized model that's what we think of .The education sector is so unorganized in India but shiksha has played a key role in transforming all the information into one place.
5) www.meritnation.com - MeritNation is the first site which has transformed the learning needs of all the students of classes I to XII of all the educational boards into a unique style of learning where each student according to his learning style and interests can pace their learn
"The LitTunes strategy, which directs students to make connections from their reading to their music, is one I define by the term Musical Intertextuality (2009)."
Now in its 17th year, ExploraVision encourages K-12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving. That's what ExploraVision is all about.
"Section 1317.1. . . . (a) The possession by students of telephone paging devices, commonly referred to as beepers, cellular telephones and portable electronic devices that record or play audio or video material shall be prohibited on school grounds, at school sponsored activities and on buses or other vehicles provided by the school district."
Seconda e ultima parte del servizio "Porta a porta" realizzato dalla nostra web tv per raccontare da vicino un esempio virtuoso di raccolta differenziata con il porta a porta, sistema che ha portato il Comune di Montalbano Jonico (provincia di Matera) tra i "comuni ricicloni" (percentuale del 59,31% al 2009), riconoscimento annuale che Legambiente assegna a quei comuni che si sono cotraddistinti nelle politiche di raccolta differenziata.
Con una raccolta differenziata del 59,31% al 2009 (fonte: Regione Basilicata), Montalbano Jonico (Mt) si conferma "comune riciclone" in una Basilicata che stenta a decollare nella differenzazione dei rifiuti.