Chicago Library System: Education

Docutek atSchool Case Study

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:28:49 GMT

Docutek atSchool Case Study:

Carl Silva, a faculty member at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, CA has an article, entitled “Creating a Better Learning Environment Through Communications,” in T.H.E. Journal. The article focuses on how Mitty High has used Docutek atSchool's course management and electronic reserves software to foster communication with parents, teachers, and students.

Schools and the recent election

Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:14:53 GMT

Schools and the recent election:

School referendums failed during the election on Tuesday. This Sun Times article has details.

Blogs in education

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:35:41 GMT

Blogs in Education:

In its February 2003 issue, Technology & Learning has an article entitled "Writing with Web Logs" by Kristen Kennedy that gives resources for educators in using blogging in the classroom for writing assignments. In the print issue, this article runs from page 11 to page 14.

Problems with e-rate

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:49:37 GMT

Problems with e-rate:

"E-Rate Fund Hit by Rampant Fraud. The $2.25 billion e-rate fund has helped connect thousands of U.S. schools and libraries to the Net. The fund is also subject to widespread fraud, abuse and 'honest' accounting mistakes. By Kendra Mayfield. [Wired News]"

This Wired article is of major interest in these dire financial times. It leads librarians to wonder "how can we save the e-rate?" and "is e-rate worth saving in its current form?"

White House Conference on School Libraries

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:20:26 GMT

White House Conference on School Libraries:

"The White House Conference on School Libraries talks are available.

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Published by Teacher Librarian as a special supplement.

no school librarians in Springfield

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 17:25:15 GMT

No School Librarians in Springfield?

"Schools adjust to no librarians" [LISNews.com] has picked up an article from Springfield, IL on how the school district there cut school librarians as a way to deal with budget cuts. This is most definitley affecting their public library as well, since the schools now have a very limited library service.

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 17:08:27 GMT

EDUCAUSE:

"EDUCAUSE The EDUCAUSE Conference is netcasting som .... EDUCAUSE The EDUCAUSE Conference is netcasting some of the presentations on Wed. and Thurs. Among the presentations are:

What's Become of the Digital Library? - Clifford A. Lynch
Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No Significant Difference - Carol A. Twigg
The Development and Future of the IT World: Higher Education's Role - Douglas Van Houweling
The New Computing--Revisited - Kenneth C. Green" [Catalogablog]

This week, Kathryn Deiss of CLS is speaking at EDUCAUSE with Susan Jurow on organizational culture.

Literacy in the US

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:01:28 GMT

A Look At Literacy in the US:

""They're in the last row, wearing a look that al .... - "They're in the last row, wearing a look that all teachers know, one that says, "I'm invisible. I have nothing to say. Don't call on me." They don't have their books. They didn't read the assignment: They forgot; they had to work; it was just too boring."

"Take Paul. (Students' names have been changed.) A few weeks into his first semester at Dixon High School in Dixon, California, everyone had him pegged as a dropout. "He was totally silent, wouldn't make eye contact," says his freshman English teacher, Lisa Krebs. "If I made a seating chart that put him in the middle, he moved himself to the back. If I said, 'Pick a partner,' he would sort of not pick one and hope I didn't notice." (from Literacy in America - a 3 part article, from Book Magazine)" [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen]

This long article shows where the US is in the war on illiteracy and what educators are doing about it. Thanks to Library Stuff for the link

Schools speak out on their filtering experiences

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:11:36 GMT

Schools speak out on their filtering experiences:

Schools reluctantly install Web filters [LISNews.com]

LISNews links to a rather long CNN article that reflects the frustration teachers, school administrators, and students feel towards filters.

blogging and schools

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:07:55 GMT

Blogging & Schools:

Technology & Learning mentioned blogs (in the newslet "Attack of the Blogs") in their Trend Watch column (p. 8) of their September 2002 issue.

What's Working for Girls in Illinois

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:43:32 GMT

What's Working for Girls in Illinois:

The American Association of University Women's Illinois Chapter has an online newsletter, called "What's Working for Girls in Illinois." The newsletter provides information on programs and resources to improve the quality of education in Illinois. available at

GED Online

Fri, 06 Sep 2002 20:26:09 GMT

GED Online:

The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) has developed an online program called GED Illinois. To take advantage of this online option, students must enroll through a ICCB funded Adult Education and Family Literacy program. To find out more about the GED test, see the official web site of the GED Testing Service.

Horizon

Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:55:19 GMT

Horizon:

...is a resource for educators to help them deal with the changes (cultural, political, technological, etc.) occuring in the world. The site includes "The Technology Source, a free, bimonthly e-journal to inform faculty and educational leaders as to how they can use these tools to enhance teaching, learning, and effective administration."

Tablet PCs

Wed, 04 Sep 2002 17:27:52 GMT

Tablet PCs:

MS Pushes New Tablet on Students. Tablet PCs are just around the corner for some schools. The wealthier schools, that is. Regardless, Microsoft believes they'll replace the laptop in no time. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]

This article reflects a development that may push the envelope for mobile computing. Just another development for libraries to watch.

Marco Polo

Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:42:38 GMT

"Schoolchildren feel the pain of WorldCom's demise." [CNN - Education] [Welcome to NPOToday.com - Presented by Changing Our World, Inc.]

The Marco Polo program is transitioning into a non-profit to keep this valuable internet site and teacher education program alive. If you haven't visited the Marco Polo site, check it out. It has a large number of lesson plans for using Internet resources as supplementary materials in the classroom.

Digital Promise

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:52:06 GMT

Digital Promise:

Wired has an article entitled "Ed-Tech Crusaders Seek D.C. Bucks" by Katie Dean. The article describes the effort to create the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust. The goals of the trust include creating virtual models for educational purposes and digitizing the content in libraries, museums, and universities. The bills that would create the trust fund are Senate bill S2603 and House bill HR4641. The initative has already received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Century Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation, and the Open Society Institute.

Pocket Classroom

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:43:46 GMT

PDAs in the classroom:

Wired has this article on a project called PocketClassroom, from Wake Forest University. Software developers there have written software that turns Compaq iPaqs into a mobile wireless web server.