Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K to 12 mathematics and science teaching. This site contains articles, suggested resource selections, and Internet links to give teachers ideas about how to better integrate educational technology. The articles cover topics such as guidelines to build technology abilities in K to 12 students, computer games that have the power to educate, and specific advice on how to use technology to make math relevant to students. Teachers relate their personal experiences and tips about ways that they have used educational technology.
Visitors can read teachers' viewpoints about calculator use in math classes.
The featured resources, selected to reflect and enrich technology use in the classroom, are from the existing collection at ENC and include books, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and Internet sites. For each resource, the online guide provides publisher information, an abstract, grade level, and a listing of related materials. The site provides an opportunity for teachers to write in and respond to letters about current issues. In other links, visitors can learn about grant opportunities and how to make the most of the World Wide Web. Topics covered in other editions of this online multimedia magazine are listed.