Bookshare.org

If you know a person who has difficulty reading printed text, the Bookshare.org community is here to serve you.

Bookshare.org gives print disabled people in the United States legal access to over 35,200 books and 150 periodicals that are converted to Braille, large print or text to speech audio files.

Bookshare.org is now offering free memberships to schools so that eligible students can receive access to Bookshare titles along with free reader software. Visit Bookshare.org for information on available book titles and eligibility.

Computer Assisted Writing Grant Awardees

The award letters will be in today's mail! Congratulations to the awardees: Bridgeport, Canton, Danbury, Derby, East Granby, Ellington, Enfield, Lebanon, Newtown, Plainville, Thompson, Tolland, Waterbury, Watertown and the CTHSS.

For a copy of your district's summative evaluation send an e-mail to arthur.skerker@ct.gov. Any questions or concerns, please contact karen.kaplan@ct.gov.

Grant Opportunity for classroom teachers and library-media specialists

Dedicated teachers often find themselves spending their own money to buy learning materials as school districts squeeze budgets. In 1997, EDS initiated the EDS Technology Grants program to help defray costs and encourage teachers’ creative learning solutions.

With these grants, teachers and library media specialists of children ages 6 through 18 purchase technology to improve their students’ ability to learn. Through a competitive application process, applicants create innovative uses of technology for the classroom. Grants of USD $1,500 are awarded each year to schools around the world. To date, EDS has given more than USD $2 million.

What are you waiting for? Download an application and apply!

MIT OpenCourseWare for High School

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a new web site with free online resources that aim to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction at the high school level. "Highlights for High School," which builds on MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative, is designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists and to serve as a valuable tool for high school teachers. OCW publishes educational materials under an open license that encourages their reuse, redistribution, and modification for noncommercial purposes...