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Frontiers: Using Technology in the Science Classroom.
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DIGITAL
FRONTIERS
How far have you explored the Digital Frontier in your classroom?
Depending on where you live, the size of the school in which you
teach, and how "connected" your school has become technologically
speaking, the answers vary widely. This issue provides examples
of how teachers everywhere are embracing—and sometimes struggling
with—technology to provide their students with the skills
and the access they need.
Digital
Frontiers in the News
Article summaries provided by the NSTA WebNews Digest
(Visit http://www.nsta.org/mainnews
for national news for science educators)
This month’s news stories discuss technological tools used
in the science classroom and studies assessing students’ use
of the internet.
To read more, visit
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/news_stories_high.htm
Digital
Frontiers
on the Web
In this month's high school-level journal, The Science Teacher,
NSTA members can read "Earth From Above" at http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=tst&n=52601.
For the complete The Science Teacher October 2006 Illustrated
Table of Contents, visit http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=tst&n=52688.
SciLinks® is a web-based service from NSTA that provides online
content chosen to augment printed articles and books. It does so
through keywords; the keyword for this issue is
Technology Teaching Tools: http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=92635699111010661011
NSTA
Journal Articles on Digital Frontiers
Several articles from the NSTA journal archives provide examples
of how teachers are using technology in their classrooms.
Click here to read more
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/high_school.htm
Books,
Books, Books
To read about Digital Frontiers in NSTA Press® and NSTA Recommends®
books, visit http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/books_high.htm.
Click here for the newest titles from NSTA Press:
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/newbookshigh.htm
To receive the latest NSTA catalog for your specific grade level,
visit
http://ecommerce.nsta.org/catalog_signup
Professional
Development
NSTA
Web Seminars
A new series of NSTA Web Seminars is scheduled between
September 2006 and March 2007. Topics include: nutrition and food
safety, the Moon, the ocean's role in weather and climate, living
and working in space, force and motion, energy, and the International
Polar Year!
To learn more or to register, visit http://institute.nsta.org/web_seminars.asp.
NSTA
Symposia
The following NSTA Symposia are scheduled to take
place at the Midwestern Area Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, October
19-21, 2006:
Force
and Motion: Stop Faking It!, presented by NSTA Press author
Bill Robertson
Lunar
Exploration, presented by NASA
The following NSTA Symposia are scheduled to take
place at the Eastern Area Conference in Baltimore, November 2-4,
2006:
The
Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate, presented by NOAA
Force
and Motion: Stop Faking It!, presented by NSTA Press author
Bill Robertson
Food
Safety and Nutrition, presented by the FDA
Living
and Working in Space: Energy, presented by NASA
Global
Science Teaching
The Salvation of Science (The
Australian)
The president of the Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering, Robin Batterham, writes about her concern
that so many of her nation's students are not choosing to study
science, education, and technology.
Click here to read more:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20519337-12332,00.html
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Month's Theme:
Problem-Based
Learning
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