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News

Students Tune In through Film
By Patrick Gavin, USA TODAY - "Who says young people are apathetic when it
comes to current events? A recent C-SPAN-sponsored contest, StudentCam,
encouraged young people to create and submit 10-minute documentaries on
issues as diverse as video-game violence and wiretapping. The response from
grade-school and high school students across the country was remarkable and
enlightening, says Joanne Wheeler, vice president of education relations at
C-SPAN."
URL: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2006-05-17-cspan-student-films_x.htm
Referred by: MEDIA-L List

Summit focuses on encouraging girls in math, science
"Low participation in math and science activities by girls is keeping them from
achieving their full potential and is weakening the nation's ability to compete,
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said May 15 at the first annual
National Summit on the Advancement of Girls in Math and Science. 'We need
definitive insights into what goes wrong, when, and why,' Spellings said. She
asked her department's Institute of Education Sciences to review existing
research and determine why girls are not as well represented in the sciences
as boys."
URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6308
Referred by: eSchool News This Week

Project tackles credibility of online info
"New 'Credibility Commons' aims to help users assess the reliability of information
they find in web searches"
By Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News
"For students, and even for many educators, judging the reliability of
information they find online can present a challenge. Now, a new project
launched by two university researchers aims to change that. The project
seeks to provide users with tools to more easily gauge the credibility of
information they find through web searches."
URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6306
Referred by: eSchool News This Week

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Funding

Big Read Accepting Applications for Community-Wide Reading Programs
"The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in
partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, aims to
revitalize the role of literature in American popular culture and introduce its
transformative power into the lives of ordinary Americans. Created by the NEA
in cooperation with Arts Midwest, the program will engage libraries and other
community and school partners across the United States to encourage citizens
to read for pleasure and enlightenment... Grants will generally range from
$10,000 to $20,000 and require a match of at least one-to-one with
non-federal funds. Deadline: September 12, 2006"
URL: http://www.neabigread.org/application_process.php
Referred by: Foundation Center

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Resources

Sites to See: Online Games
"Education World reviews some of the best K-12 games for classroom use.
Included: Our suggested first stop for educational games arranged by
grade level..."
URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites082.shtml
Referred by: Education World Weekly Newsletter

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Research

Study Provides Insight on Motivating Young People to Volunteer
"MTV released the results of 'Just Cause,' a research study that deconstructs
how youth perceive 'activism' and explores the motivating factors and barriers
in their decision to become involved in social causes. The study includes more
than 1200 young people, including expert interviews, ethnographies and a
national poll of a representative sample with participants ages 12 to 24."
URL: http://research.mtv.com
Referred by: Pen Weekly NewsBlast

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Activities

Outdoor Games
"Got kids who need to run off a little bit of pent-up energy? Barbara J. Feldman
offers a collection of favorite outdoor games resources at her Surfing the Net
with Kids website. You'll find 'hundreds of games to play by yourself, with just
a few friends, or with your entire scout troop or classroom. Whether you are
looking for rules to a game you vaguely remember from your childhood, or want
to find something entirely new, these sites have it all.' AND, speaking of
'student movement,' check out the Brain Gym website developed by the
Educational Kinesiology Foundation, where you can explore research about
the impact of movement on learning."
URL: http://www.surfnetkids.com/outdoor_games.htm
Referred by: MiddleWeb

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