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Design Students Create Caring Toys   by Rose Reissman


Students often are met with objections from caregivers when they ask for a new toy. Help them design toys that their caregivers will approve. Students can even send redesign ideas to toy manufacturers. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.




About Face: Photo and Portrait Play   by Rose Reissman




Nonlinguistic writing prompts can engage students with nontextual learning styles in literacy and information skills. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.





“Someone’s in the Kitchen With”: Multimedia and Desktop Published Kitchen Stories   by Rose Reissman




In this era of fast food restaurants and dinners out, we often overlook the power of the kitchen in our lives. Rose provides activities that help students focus on the power of the family. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.





Telecommunications SAGES: Spontaneous Acts of Goodness E-mail Storytellers   by Rose Reissman




Climates of hatred, intolerance, and violence have devastated many communities. Technology can help address these problems, and it can be a vehicle for citizenship education. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.





Toy Talk   by Rose Reissman




This activity combines toys with technology to teach students multiple literacy competencies, including writing, reporting, reflecting, and responding. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.



Rose Reissman will be submitting more Smart Tips in the future. Visit the Web site often to find them.

ROBOLABTM and MINDSTORMSTM Follow-Up   by Judi Mathis Johnson




Find out more information about LEGO ROBOLAB and MINDSTORMS. The Background information Judi received in response to the May 2000 review helps clarify the differences between the commercial and education versions. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.

Letters


L&L welcomes your feedback. See reader responses to Eva Marie Bowen’s article “Research, Analysis, Communication: Meeting Standards with Technology” (May 2000).

L&L welcomes your feedback. See reader responses to Eva Marie Bowen’s article “Research, Analysis, Communication: Meeting Standards with Technology” (May 2000).

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