For those of you who haven't received this already, I am forwarding the CECA newsletter.
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CECA News
Save the Date for the CECA Annual Fall Conference –
Surviving and Thriving in an e-Literate World Tuesday, October 21, 2008Connecticut Convention CenterHartford, CT More details will be available soon!
CECA Partnerships: Software Promotions
CECA continues to work with various organizations and companies to provide you with educational discounts on various pieces of software. Check out our website at: http://www.ceca-ct.org/Partnerships/partners.html Presently we have several timely partnerships you may wish to consider.
The following software is available for CECA members and their school districts this spring with considerable savings due to a New England volume purchasing agreement. Please pass this information to your technology coordinators, administrators or anyone else who is in charge of purchasing for your school district.
netTrekker – You must act quickly!
Round 1 is March 17th – April 18th - This offer is only for schools new to netTrekker.Pricing: $.99 per student with 3 months free from April1, 2008 to June 30, 2008;Includes subscriptions from 7/1/08 to 6/30/09The minimum order is $395.00
Round 2 is May 12th until June 30th but POs will be accepted until the first week of JulyPricing is $.99 per student for licenses for 7/1/08 to 6/30/09.Minimum order is $395.00
See details at http://www.ceca-ct.org/Partnerships/partnersnettrekker.html
FirstClass
Very competitive pricing under an agreement with FirstClass for a variety of FirstClass products is available through June 30, 2008.
For details on this partnership, please visit http://www.ceca-ct.org/Partnerships/Firstclass/partnersfirsclass.html
Atomic Learning
Atomic Learning provides web-based software training and curriculum resources for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day.
The final pricing will be based on the total number of licenses purchased by school districts throughout New England. For specifics on products and how to participate, visit this website: http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/ne-iste-promo/.
Curriculum Web Links: Focus on Science
Weather Wiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm Crystal Wicker, meteorologist for the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana, has designed a website especially for kids to learn more about weather. This site includes information and photographs about hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, clouds, thunderstorms, lightning, wind, temperature, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanoes, climate and flooding. The site also includes information on weather safety, folklore, experiments and a career as a meteorologist.
The Dirt on Soil: What's Really Going on Under the Ground http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/ This site produced by Discovery Education provides information about the soil-making process and the difference between soil and dirt. A Field Guide to the ecosystem underground contains images and explanations of the life under our feet. Soil Safari, an interactive goal-based learning game, allows web guests to micro-size themselves for a journey to explore the residents of this underground universe.
Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/ This website from NASA's Imagine the Universe! Is written for students age 14 and up and includes information about astronomy. Students can explore the mysterious phenomena known as black holes by using animation and graphics. Students can view online experiments and travel to Cygnus X-1 and Andromeda.
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