Awards of Excellence 2004
From curriculum resources to assessment tools, multimedia authoring to asset tracking, technology continues to provide key support for teaching and learning—and publishers are continuing to deliver innovative tools for educators and students. After looking at more than 140 products, we recognize 43 high-quality titles that meet the promise of technology in education.
by Judy Salpeter & Michelle Thatcher
Ed Tech Leaders of the Year 2004
From a technology specialist who uses emerging technologies to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students, to an English teacher channeling the passions of teenagers through digital video, this year’s Ed Tech Leader of the Year picks are transforming learning—and lives—with the help of technology. Join us in recognizing their many accomplishments.
by Michael Milone
Portraits of Learning
Is the next Dorothea Lange or Ansel Adams on your current class roster? From the looks of the 800-plus entries we received in this year’s student photo contest, it’s very likely. Imaginative interpretations of the theme “My Personal Universe” included rain-washed streets; pet goats and lizards; kids swimming, dancing, laughing, and leaping to the sky; solitary subway riders; colorful keyboards and pastel lanterns against a barn door; giant sub sandwiches; cheese on a stick; haunted houses; bare feet; eyeballs; spider webs; and much more.
by Susan McLester