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ISTE's member magazine features practical ideas for using today’s technology tools to improve teaching and learning, and for integrating technology appropriately into classrooms, curriculum, and administration.
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November 2009
Features
S'Cool Tools
5 Great Tools to Perk Up Your Classroom and Engage Your Students
Whether you're a kindergarten teacher trying to find a new way to help your students learn about shapes and patterns or a high school science teacher hoping to bring ecology alive, we have a tool that could be just right for you.
By Maureen Brown Yoder
5 Steps to an Accessible Classroom Website
Can you gather information from your classroom website with your eyes closed or the sound turned off? Can you navigate the pages without using a mouse? Follow this plan to open up your website to a community of diverse users.
By Linda Amundson
Students Without Borders 
Global Collaborative Learning Connects School to the Real World
Kids can't help but get engaged when they’re collaborating with peers across the globe to solve real-life problems. These cross-curriculum, classroom-tested projects will inspire your students to make a difference while learning about the wide world around them.
By Mali Bickley and Jim Carleton
Learning Connections
Leading Connections
Products & Services
Buyer's Guide 
Graphics Tablets
Product Reviews
SPARK Science Learning System
By Ben Smith and Jared Mader
What's New
A guide to the latest contests, giveaways, hardware, software, books, and resources for the K–12 classroom
Coming Soon
December 2009 (Available online approximately December 1)
What Do Your Leaders Know? Administrators and teacher leaders must personally take responsibility for understanding changes in implementation and integration in their buildings and classrooms, rather than simply relying on technology support staff, writes Mike Ribble, author of Raising a Digital Child, and coauthors Lotta Larson and Teresa Miller of Kansas State University.
Computing in the Clouds It's a good time to consider the impact of cloud computing and netbooks on our classrooms, libraries, and school systems, writes Doug Johnson, director of media and technology for Mankato (Minnesota) Public Schools. With the price of netbooks dropping, the cost is affordable even in tough economic times.
IT and ET: Bridging the Gap Is there tension between the IT department and the educational technology staff at your school? The key to getting that special “magic” between IT and ET has a lot to do with respect and understanding on both ends, writes Arlene Anderson, ed tech specialist at Saugus Union School District in Santa Clarita, California.
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