Verizon is offering...

Verizon is offering in limited areas 20-20 service, 20 meg download and 20 meg upload, interesting level of service for home users, thus every home becomes an ISP. listen

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Justifying ed-tech ivestments

http://www.eschoolnews.com/video/index.cfm?v=196&c=7&f=284&cb=1178196970031
CoSN: The Consortium for School Networking

eSchoolNews recorded presentations at the 2006 CoSN Conference, and one of them centered on a hot topic for all of us: justifying ed-tech investments. While I think sometimes technology is purchased before an application is selected, for the most part, schools are doing their best to keep up with technology, both in selection and software. View the video segment titled "Rich Kaestner: Justifying Ed-Tech Investments"

Inspiring children with the Myst game series

This fellow is amazing - he uses the MYST game with kids to motivate them to write.  I have never palyed the game, but I understand there is a lot of "geography" that is not covered in the game - KC

If you are sufficiently motivated you can achieve ANYTHING! Tim, a Primary school teacher for over 20 years has always maintained that in order to gain experience you need to do it. In order to do it you need to want to do it! “Children need to be inspired if they are going to pick ideas up and start to juggle with them.” Tim has been described as an “extremely gifted and inspirational teacher, with a love of the creative potential of technology, who has an excellent rapport with his pupils. The approaches he uses are innovative and imaginative, in particular his use of games software.” (Becta)
Inspiring children with the Myst game series

(via The Tim Rylands story - from Myst to mainstream education)