We wrap up volume four of ITN with a look at some current hot technologies for instruction. These are not so much cutting edge in terms of technology as much as they are cutting edge in the ways they integrate technology into instruction. As you enjoy the summer months ahead, consider how these products and services can enhance learning for your students. Thanks to Jerry B for his recommendations!

And while we are on the subject of integrating technology into instruction, my first book is now out and available on the ISTE website. "Multiple Intelligences and Instructional Technology—A Manual for Every Mind" discusses appropriate uses of technology while accommodating all the intelligences in the classroom. There is an Excel-based MI inventory that actually determines your distribution of intelligences as you respond to each item, and a long awaited picture-based inventory for nonreaders and teachers of primary students. Other features included in the book are:

• Introduction of the Wheel of MI Domains, helping to organize the intelligences for lesson planning
• Recommendations of technologies by intelligence
• the PEP model for utilizing technology in instruction
• the POMAT method for maximizing existing lessons for MI
• MI lesson plan, unit and project templates
• the OPP method for constructing MI assessments, and
• numerous examples of MI lessons and units from teachers around the country

There is also an accompanying CD-ROM disk that contains all the inventories and templates presented in the book in digital format for your use in the classroom. You can view "Multiple Intelligences and Instructional Technology—A Manual for Every Mind" online at http://www.iste.org/cgi-bin/bookstore/search.cgi?BrowseBy=SKU&Subject=M&Search=multii or by going to http://www.iste.org/, clicking on Bookstore in the left-hand frame, and then conducting a search for McKenzie.

Have a happy, safe and restful summer. The list will now be idle until the weekend of September 2, 2002 when volume 5 of the Innovative Teaching Newsletter will begin!

• Handspring Treo 270 - http://www.handspring.com/products/treo270/index.jhtml?sub_nav_section=Overview&prod_cat_name=Treo270
  Combining Palm OS software to keep you organized, wireless email and a world telephone service, the Treo 270 is part of that brave new world we've all been hearing about wherein all wireless communications will be integrated into one handheld unit that allows you to be productive no matter where you are in the course of a day. Imagine the possibilities for outdoor excursions, field trips and over-distance collaboration!
• KeeBook Creator - http://www.keeboo.com/enu/hs/kbcs/
  KeeBook creator allows you to capture online documents, store and organize them, create digital workbooks, take WebQuests and Virtual Field Trips offline and modify them to meet your needs, and even publish original students work in digital format. If you've already taken your class to the level of publishing digitally, this may be a great tool for you. There's a free thirty-day download on the site.
• Lectora Publisher - http://www.lectora.com/product_info_overview.html
  Lectora is a great tool for those educators who are already designing their own online courses and would like one integrated package that will allow them to build curriculum seamlessly and easily for the Web, CD ROM or DVD distribution. You can create dynamic learning using interactive learning objects and tests in all kinds of formats with no knowledge of programming languages. Compliant with AICC guideline AGR-010.
• Logger Pro - http://www.vernier.com/soft/lp.html
  As a leader in science probeware, Vernier offers Logger Pro as a cross-platform system that allows teachers and students to use more than 40 different science probes in the classroom. Imagine being able to conduct science investigations and actually collect the data about force, mass, temperature right on your computer as it happens! One collected data is easily manipulated for analysis and further study.
• Memory Stick - http://www.sony.co.jp/en/Products/MS/products/index.html
  In case you hadn't heard yet, the 3.5" floppy is about to go the way of its 5.25" predecessor. Why? because Sony has developed a memory stick technology which will allow you to store a hundred fold more information in a smaller device! Imagine breaking through the limitations of 1.44 MB file storage so that you can create class projects using video, sound and the Web that know no boundaries!
• Movie Works - http://www.movieworks.com/
  Movie Works takes digital multimedia production to the next level through use of a multi-track sequencing window and object-oriented screen layout tools that even iMovie doesn't offer. This authoring tool allows you to make animations, videos, slide shows, presentations and even interactive instructional CDs with batch processing tools that allow for ease of use. Movie Works can import all kinds of file formats and exports your work in QuickTime.
• NCS4School - http://www.ncslearn.com/ncs4school/
  If your school is already online and looking for a comprehensive way to meet the needs of staff, students and parents 24/7, then NCS4School may be a solution to consider. NCS4School packages administrative, instruction and curriculum, testing and assessment, and collaboration programs all into one bundle which can be easily accessed online. If knowledge is power, then this product will help empower all the stakeholders in your school community to excel!
• Smart Technologies - http://www.smarttech.com/products/index.asp
  You've probably seen the Smart Board in action at conferences, college lectures or classrooms. However, did you know Smart Technologies offers a full line of Roomware Solutions? And even though the cost of these advanced technologies may seem initially prohibitive, did you also know that Smarter Kids Foundation <http://www.smarterkids.org/index.asp> offers grants to schools to help make the cost of acquiring these teaching tools more manageable?
• Task Stream - http://www.taskstream.com/main/login/taskstream_today.asp
  TaskStream's tools enable educators to design curriculum, map and track standards, build rubrics, and compile and distribute shared curriculum resource collections. Great features like the Unit Builder, Lesson Builder, Standards Wizard, and Rubric Wizard help make instructional design less cumbersome. Great for schools developing new curricula both on and offline!
• Turnitin.com - http://www.turnitin.com/
  Billing itself as "the world's leading plagiarism protection system," Turnitin allows teachers and students to check digital documents for proper use and referencing of works cited. The Peer Review function allows teachers to actually design assignments students can use to evaluate and learn from each other's work. In the hands of a master teacher, Turnitin can do more than just catch plagiarists, it can proactively steer students towards good online research practices.
• United Streaming Video - http://unitedstreaming.com
  USV offers a catalog of instructional video resources correlated to state standards and available in QuickTime and Windows Media formats. The catalog is fully searchable by grade level and subject area, so it's easy to locate video on curriculum appropriate subjects. While a video is typically 25 - 30 minutes long, it can also be downloaded in to 3 - 5 minute segments. Subscription allows you fill rights to download and incorporate video into your existing instruction.
• VR Toolbox - http://www.vrtoolbox.com/
  VR Worx 2.0 (and VR Worx 2.1 for Macs) offers you a multiple document environment for working with QuickTime Virtual Reality movies with the ability to share objects between movies by copying and pasting or dragging and dropping. VR Worx will import any kind of video and create QuickTime products for use in any kind of multimedia presentation on or offline. Imagine being able to take student video to the next level in your classroom through this powerful tool!

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