The Library of Congress has opened an expanded public facility to train teachers in the classroom use of the Library s American Memory historical collections. The IBM Learning Village helps schools deliver online information and interactive applications using a secure Internet-based workspace. The Web-based offering is made up of a series of databases, templates, and communication tools housed in a work space that can be accessed through browsers. 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.