With the Learning Village applications, teachers can develop standards-based online lessons correlated to mandatory curriculum, create collections of online instructional resources linked to specific standards, and create their own Web pages. The Learning Village also allows online conferences among parents, teachers, administrators, school board, and community members. Parents can use the application to access information such as lunch menus and homework assignments. The Compass Virtual Classroom provides an Internet-based solution designed to help schools extend teaching and learning beyond the classroom into the home. With the package, students, educators, and parents can access instruction, assessment, and curriculum management solutions at any location.
Available lessons span a variety of grade levels and topics.
Windows platform only. Net Teaching Microsoft is offering a new free Teaching and Learning with Microsoft CD set and Internet resources that contain tools, templates, and lesson plans to help teachers build skills for using technology in the classroom. The material on the CD or Web site can be reproduced, copied, placed on the school network, and distributed to every educator in a school or district. The Online Classroom Flyer from The Learning Company is a free daily e-mail newsletter that provides help in incorporating the Internet into classroom planning. The Flyer provides useful information on current events, a review of This Day in History, samples of teacher-supported Web sites, and additional Web links to help teachers work with the Internet and open up discussion with their students.