Learning Wirelessly at Fremont High "Thank you for making me like math. I used to hate it!" Khir Johari never tires of hearing such feedback--especially from students once considered "at risk." Fremont High's Teacher of the Year, Johari developed an innovative math curriculum that engages students, motivating them to work independently. Using wireless iBook computers, digital video, and software including Mathematica and Destination Math, Fremont's students show dramatic improvement. According to principal Dr. Peggy Raun-Linde,"we're seeing kids who were in the 20th or 30th percentile jumping over to the 50th percentile in math and English, just by taking one or two of the classes where they use the iBooks." Discover how Fremont's Wireless Mobile iBook Lab makes learning fun for students The Math Curriculum Mobile Lab Fremont High deploys is only one of several available Wireless Mobile Lab configurations. In fact, in addition to the recommended literacy, science, math, and digital media lab configuarations, Apple makes it easy for you to build your own custom mobile lab and get the best solution for your school. See: Apple Educator eNews issued: March 2004
Build Your Own Digital Media Solution Have you noticed how today's digital kids respond when you put a digital camera or camcorder in their hands and provide them with the software tools to create their own digital classroom projects? If you've been waiting for the right opportunity to invest in a classroom media solution, you'll want to learn about our new digital authoring solutions. Designed for students at various skill levels, our digital media solutions come with top-rated still cameras and camcorders and professional training that includes access to online tutorials for using iLife '04, Mac OS X, and more. You'll also find research, articles, tools, lesson plans, student project examples, and many other resources. Solutions start at a budget-conscious $575, and if you'd like, you can even design your own custom solution.
Spring Comes to iLife Do you have any milkweed planted in your garden? Fourth graders in Ovieda, Florida, certainly hope you do, because it's the only food the hungry Monarch butterfly larvae will eat after emerging from their cocoons in coming months. You didn't know about the importance of milkweed to Monarchs? Then watch students explain all about the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly in the multimedia project they created using iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes. The students researched the project, shot all the time-lapse footage, took photos, wrote the script, narrated the film, edited the movie, and added titles and music. It's a great example of how even the youngest students can create memorable class projects with the versatile and easy-to-use iLife applications included with every new Mac.
Your One-Stop Information Shop Is Apple attending SIGCSE 2004 in Norfolk, Virginia? When can you attend a webcast and learn more about the benefits of Apple 1 to 1 Learning? Where can you find previously published issues of Apple eNews for Education? The answers are yes, March 17, and on the brand new Apple Education News & Events page. Filled with useful information, this comprehensive resource keeps you up to date with upcoming education-related events--like this month's Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ACSD) seminar in New Orleans, LA; lets you know about upcoming webcasts; you can participate in; points you to archived webcasts you can watch at your convenience; and includes an archive of the last three K-12 and Higher Education newsletter issues. Best of all, everything's on a single page. Ready to set your bookmark?
Getting to Know Panther: Expose You're in the middle of creating a complex curriculum report and have about a dozen windows open all at once. Now where did that Excel spreadsheet go? You could click around until you find it, or you could use Expose. An impressive new feature of Mac OS X v. 10.3, "Panther," Expose gives you an instant productivity boost by clearing workspace clutter with just a single keystroke. Press F9, and Expose shrinks and tiles all of your open windows, making it very easy for you to find the Excel spreadsheet that's been missing in action. F10 works similarly, organizing all the open windows of the active application. Can't find that recently downloaded file? Use F11 to whisk everything off screen to reveal what's on your desktop.
Jot Down These Notes Don't forget to register for the upcoming (March 17) Apple 1 to 1 Learning webcast. Sign up, and you'll learn how schools across the country achieve real results when they put wireless iBook computers in the hands of their eager students.
save up to $200 per projector If you're in the market for a new digital media projector, you could save up to $200 per projector instantly when you purchase one or more of the four outstanding Epson PowerLite media projectors now available from the Apple Store for Education. But hurry; to qualify you need to make your purchase before March 27, 2004.
Onset's HOBOware Is logging scientific data part of your curriculum? One of the top manufacturers of data loggers for indoor, outdoor, or underwater applications has recently released a software package especially for Mac OS X. Onset's HOBOware works with the company's popular U-12 family of small and inexpensive battery-powered data loggers. Using HOBOware, it's easy to export data into other applications (such as spreadsheets) for further analysis.
PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) 3.7 a new version of Apple's award-winning web-based student information system, includes an automated schedule scenario set-up; allows automatic lunch and study-hall scheduling; calculates periods-per-cycle automatically, and provides a reservation system so you can book classrooms for specific time periods.
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