posted Jan 4, 2010 5:58 AM by Unknown user
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A new video game designed to help students learn to manage their
money tries to make the dullness of balancing a checkbook look more
like the thrill of driving for a touchdown. The game tests high school
and college students’ fiscal skills in an online simulation based on
the rules of the NFL. Students can score first downs, gain yardage, and
score points by answering questions correctly. The level of difficulty
varies, with questions like what to do when you run out of checks and
the limits on an IRA. New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released the
game, “Financial Football,” on Dec. 15. With the economy still shaky,
it’s never too early to learn how to spend and save responsibly, he
said. The game is designed to be played in teams. To score points, a
team needs to correctly answer a series of money-management questions.
If they’re wrong, a team can lose yardage. The team with the highest
point total after four quarters wins. The game comes with two general
settings—high school and college levels—and teams have options to pick
tougher questions worth more yardage. The advanced, college version
comes with a time limit: 30 seconds per question for normal play and 10
seconds for a kick return. Visa Inc. is paying for the initiative.
http://www.newyork.financialfootball.com/games/trainingcamp/ff/ |
posted Jun 11, 2009 6:13 AM by Unknown user
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National
Ocean Service has unveiled a new online educational game called
“WaterLife: Where Rivers Meet the Sea.” Developed through a partnership
with Montgomery College’s Computer Gaming and Simulation program in
cooperation with NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve System, the
web-based game provides science instruction for students in grades 4-7
through a series of challenges and animations. The game occurs inside
the ecosystem of an estuary on the West Coast of the United States.
Following a young girl named Valerie, players interact with Oscar the
sea otter and the fictional Claminator, a geoduck clam. To succeed,
players must learn about the factors that produce healthy estuaries,
food webs, and why estuaries are essential to both ocean life and
humans. During the course of the game, students recycle and clean up
trash, remove obstructions in waterways, replant the habitat to bring
back food webs, and battle pollution monsters to restore Oscar’s home.
http://games.noaa.gov |
posted Jun 1, 2009 6:49 AM by Unknown user
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies is
offering a series of free online tours that invite educators, families,
and students to learn about America’s diverse cultural heritage by
examining objects drawn from the Smithsonian’s vast collections. The
cultural heritage tours “allow viewers to delve deeper and learn even
more about African American and Latino history and culture through the
prism of art and historical objects,” said Director of Programs Stevie
Engelke. Each virtual tour features a dozen objects selected from
several Smithsonian museums. The African American Heritage tour, for
example, features Mohammed Ali’s 1974 red boxing gloves, the
Woolworth’s lunch counter that was the site of a crucial 1960 civil
rights sit-in, and portraits of George Washington Carver and Mary
Church Terrell. The web site offers a number of interactive features
that allow users to examine, research, and react to the objects they
encounter. Teachers also will find classroom activities, downloadable
images for classroom display, and information on learning standards
addressed.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage |
posted May 15, 2009 6:42 AM by Unknown user
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updated May 25, 2009 6:41 AM
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been recognized by the New York State Education Department for being a school
in Good Standing and earned the designation of Gap Closing/High Achieving
School. The U.S. Department of Education awarded APR with the National
Secondary School Recognition Award for Excellence in Education. Randolph was
among the high schools included in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of 96
Outstanding American High Schools. Our college preparatory program has successfully
transitioned students into competitive Colleges and Universities across the country
with the average graduate entering secondary education with most of their
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Click here to register online for our Freshman Orientation
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posted Mar 13, 2009 5:44 AM by Unknown user
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) recently unveiled a
wiki called the Virtual Worlds Almanac, an online catalog of
virtual-world environments that allows users to edit and contribute
information. Educators and students can refer to the site for
information about a host of virtual environments, including Second
Life, as well as education-specific virtual worlds such as Whyville.
"We hope this will make it easier for the community to collaborate and
to keep abreast of innovations and new product offerings," said FAS
President Henry Kelly in a press release. "FAS is interested in the
potential virtual worlds offer for education and learning." As of press
time, the site contained information on 86 different virtual-world
environments. Users can find virtual worlds that match their interests
by searching according to criteria such as intended audience (children,
pre-teens, teens, adults), purpose (community, education, gaming,
marketing, professional), language, platform, name, or relevant
features.
http://vworld.fas.org/wiki/Main_Page |
posted Dec 19, 2008 5:44 PM by Henry Rubio
posted Dec 15, 2008 11:09 AM by Unknown user
In 2007, the New York City Department of Education supported the creation of an Inquiry Team in every school as a core component of its school improvement strategy. Each Inquiry Team is charged with becoming expert in using data to identify a change in instructional practice that will accelerate learning for a specific group of underperforming students. Based on what is learned from that experience, teams work with school staff to implement and monitor system-level change to benefit all students. http://8cfi.com/0/0000/ |
posted Dec 14, 2008 1:51 PM by Unknown user
Introduction
This
fall all New York City teachers are able to log on to the updated
Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS), an online system
that educators can use to view student data, explore instructional
resources, share effective practices, and collaborate with colleagues
within schools and across the city.
The updated version of ARIS, available online now at www.nyc.gov/schools/ARIS,
includes new data and tools to help teachers improve student outcomes,
access instructional and other resources, and collaborate online.
During the year, data sets will expand to include complete profiles of
students across grades and learning objectives, and tools will grow to
provide a full set of functionality that supports exploration of data
and content, collaboration, and innovation by educators and families.
To help teachers learn more
about how to use the information and tools in ARIS, you can attend an
ARIS online training session. Pre-registration is not required, and you
can log on to the training session from a school or home computer.
These sessions are live, with trainers ready to answer all of your
questions.
http://schools.nyc.gov/Teachers/QuickLinks/aristraining.htm
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posted Oct 22, 2008 10:23 AM by Unknown user
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