The Utah Coalition for Educational Technology Wecomes You!

 

Watch the UCET 2008 Over-the-Shoulder Sessions!

Each week over the next few months, we'll be adding two of the UCET 2008 Over-the-Shoulder sessions as online videos! Please visit each week and watch or download the newest entries! All videos are in MP4 format, and should play in most players. If you have difficulty playing the videos, however, please download the free Quicktime player or VLC player.

View the Videos!

Technology News of Interest...

Social-networking apps can pose security risks! Experts warn users to be careful about what they post...and download - (From eSchool News staff and wire service reports)

"Members of social networking sites may not realize when they are revealing personal information.

Using those cool little applications designed to enhance social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook can make personal information as public as posting it on a billboard.Trouble is, most students (and educators) never have a clue."

Read more... http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53640;_hbguid=3e5fb0ef-7a2f-4a52-83a3-915f023d61d8

 

Writing skills get a boost - Educators want Legislature to fund software in all districts
By Ben Fulton - The Salt Lake Tribune - Article Last Updated: 04/27/2008 01:09:23 AM MDT

"PLEASANT GROVE - After just two years using new writing software in her classes at Pleasant Grove Junior High School, Jenny Reuel noticed a remarkable improvement in her students' writing skills..."

Read more... http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9071223%22

ACS3UCET Newsletter for May 2008 Now Available

Newsletter highlights:

  • Welcome to the UCET Newsletter for May!
  • Online Videos at UCET.org!
  • Getting Started with InDesign
  • Preliminary Preparations Before Beginning an InDesign Project.
  • Create a New File in InDesign
  • Moving from page to page in InDesign
  • Working with Text in InDesign
  • Adding Graphics into Your InDesign Document
  • Using InDesign Master Pages
  • Creating a Table in InDesign
  • A Typical Workflow for an InDesign Document...
  • Publishing Your InDesign Document
  • Conclusion
  • HP Develops New Type of Memory Circuit
  • Celebrate NASA's 50th Anniversary With the Digital Learning Network
  • Live Green Teacher Grants
  • Macintosh Tip: Silence the Volume-Changing Beep
  • Blogging helps encourage teen writing
  • 2008 Youth Prizes for Excellence in International Education
  • Classroom-Based Research Grants for Grades K–12 Teachers
  • Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program
  • American Legacy Foundation Small Innovative Grants Program
  • Challenge 20/20 Grant
  • Toshiba Grants Program for 7-12 Science and Math Education

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