http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/mniemitz Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/education/03college.html The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. mniemitz Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:00:18 +0000 higher education financial aid education policy http://lessonplans.blogs.nytimes.com/ In Lesson Plans, a group of teachers chronicle their experiences during the first weeks of the school, offering first hand accounts of today's classroom challenges from diverse perspectives. mniemitz Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:41:56 +0000 teaching k12 education policy http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/?promoid=DNOWM Design across media with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 delivers tightly integrated software and services that measurably improve productivity and enable you to produce richly expressive work in print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. mniemitz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:58:20 +0000 adobe creative suite 4 software http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/ Technology integration is a key mechanism for augmenting student learning while teaching students essential digital communication skills that will help them become lifelong learners in the digital age. The projects and assessment methods provided here are from the Teacher Resource DVD that currently ships with the Adobe Digital School Collection and the Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 7 and Adobe Premiere® Elements 7 bundle. mniemitz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:56:35 +0000 adobe photoshop elements premiere elements cross-curricular soundbooth acrobat contribute http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/dvcurriculum.html The Digital Video project-based curriculum develops career and communication skills in video production, using Adobe tools. You can use the Digital Video curriculum in career and technical education courses as well as courses involving video use in academic courses. mniemitz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:55:40 +0000 adobe premiere pro after effects encore soundbooth curriculum career and technical education cs4 http://www.adobe.com/education/resources/k12/instructional/digitaldesign/index.html Digital Design is a year-long curriculum guide that develops ICT skills in web design and production using Adobe web tools. You can use Digital Design in career and technical education courses as well as general web design classes mniemitz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:55:18 +0000 adobe fireworks dreamweaver flash curriculum career and technical education cs4 http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/visualdesign.html Visual Design is a year-long, project-based curriculum that develops ICT, career, and communication skills in print and graphic design using Adobe tools. You can use the Visual Design curriculum in career and technical education courses and in courses involving photography, graphic design, and English/language arts mniemitz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:54:36 +0000 adobe photoshop indesign illustrator curriculum career and technical education cs4 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/953/teens-video-games-and-civics Teens, Video Games and Civics - Report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project mniemitz Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:26:22 +0000 video games digital divide gaming http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10042978-52.html Forget differences in race, income or ethnicity--virtually all American teens play video games. That's the verdict of a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that renders the digital divide almost nonexistent when it comes to video games, including computer, console and mobile games. mniemitz Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:25:43 +0000 video games digital divide gaming http://www.classroom20.com/ Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education. mniemitz Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:23:15 +0000 educational technology online learning web 2.0 social networking http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/technology/17essay.html Yet as a new school year begins, the time may have come to reconsider how large a role technology can play in changing education. There are promising examples, both in the United States and abroad, and they share some characteristics. The ratio of computers to pupils is one to one. Technology isn’t off in a computer lab. Computing is an integral tool in all disciplines, always at the ready. mniemitz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:16:27 +0000 policy educational technology k12 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15tier.html?ref=education Until recently, the impact of Title IX, the law forbidding sexual discrimination in education, has been limited mostly to sports. But now, under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies have quietly picked a new target: science. mniemitz Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:05:37 +0000 science science education policy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/technology/27digi.html?ref=education All forms of print publishing must contend with the digital transition, but college textbook publishing has a particularly nasty problem on its hands. College students may be the angriest group of captive customers to be found anywhere. mniemitz Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:03:54 +0000 textbooks piracy copyright business http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/education/21endowments.html Actually, what buys that education is Berea’s $1.1 billion endowment, which puts the college among the nation’s wealthiest. But unlike most well-endowed colleges, Berea has no football team, coed dorms, hot tubs or climbing walls. Instead, it has a no-frills budget, with food from the college farm, handmade furniture from the college crafts workshops, and 10-hour-a-week campus jobs for students. mniemitz Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:13:47 +0000 higher education financial aid policy http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/dvcurriculum_old.html The Digital Video project-based curriculum develops career and communication skills in video production, using Adobe tools. You can use the Digital Video curriculum in career and technical education courses as well as courses involving video use in academic courses. mniemitz Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:17:18 +0000 adobe premiere pro after effects encore soundbooth curriculum career and technical education