Thursday, May 29, 2003

School Is Out in Oregon, but Not Everyone Is Rejoicing. Schools across the nation have been struggling with budget cuts, but only in Oregon have school districts had to close ahead of schedule for lack of cash. By Sam Dillon. [New York Times: Education] 4:08:58 PM

Computing's Lost Allure. Disabused of boom-era visions of overnight riches, undergraduates are turning away from computer science. By Katie Hafner. [New York Times: Education] 4:06:16 PM

The Changes Unwelcome, a Model Teacher Moves On. A kindergarten teacher, perhaps the best one in Florida, is leaving her job because of the new focus at both the state and federal levels on standardized tests. By Michael Winerip. [New York Times: Education] 4:04:53 PM

Home Schooling in Cyberspace Some parents seeking home schooling are enrolling their children in schools that exist only in cyberspace. 11:33:59 AM

.Mac Learning Center Offers Tutorials Apple's .Mac is its subscription-based service offering users access to e-mail, Web page creation, online storage through iDisk and free software. To help .Mac users get the most out of their membership, Apple has created the .Mac Learning Center. The special Web site features short step-by-step guides called How To's that offer up details on how to use .Mac Mail, HomePage, iDisk, Backup, iSync, iCal and iChat. The How To's are complete with screenshots showing each service in action to help new .Mac users understand exactly what they're doing. 10:49:43 AM

Master the Facts Multiplication For OSX: Master the Facts Multiplication is a no-nonsense drill and practice program to aide students in learning multiplication facts. This program was created in response to teachers requesting a "non-game" software tool to use in their classrooms to teach multiplication. Includes drills up to 12x12, optional timer, and can print results of each round including a listing of problems answered incorrectly. 10:39:09 AM

Click By Click, Teens Polish Writing More than half of teenagers 17 and younger who have access to the Internet at home send e-mail or instant messages at least once a week, according to a study by a California research firm and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Many kids spend hours each night zipping off messages to friends and strangers. In the process, teenagers are creating a new social world online, one that often excludes parents. That has brought with it well-known worries about online predators and concerns that children spend too much time on the computer, at the expense of schoolwork, sports or socializing face to face. The positive side, researchers and teachers say, is that e-mail presents a new chance for teenagers to develop some of the skills needed for effective writing -- learning to pick their words and tone carefully to convey their message. 10:01:26 AM

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