Mail Merge Learn to apply what you have learned about databases to the task of creating form letters and mailing labels in Lesson 7 of Bernie Poole’s new online book of tutorials, Essential Microsoft Office 2007.

High Expectations Discover how a focus on teamwork, individualized instruction, and ongoing assessment is improving one high-poverty K-6 school.

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A Techtorial Learn the steps for creating a podcast for your K-12 classroom.

Tech LP of the Week Students identify three facts about a dangerous animal then record those facts on a printable graphic organizer.

Sites to See How do humans see? Vision and eye anatomy can be hard for students of all ages to understand. Check out the Web's best sites on sight.

Doug Johnson Oh, boy, just one more darned thing K-12 schools are not doing well enough. As if high-level reading, writing, and math are not sufficient for college preparedness, along comes this high-sounding "information literacy."

Bernie Poole If you believe the hype, just about everyone between the ages of 16 and 34 who thinks he or she is hip -- or would like to be perceived as hip -- is logging into a social networking site and having a ball. But can you believe the hype?

Nancy Willard Some significant misperceptions about online sexual predators must be addressed so we can get to the point of providing accurate guidance to address the real concerns.

Brenda Dyck Be wary of our tendency to ascribe magical powers to the technological gizmos of our generation. Tools are just tools unless they are harnessed to effective teaching. Poor teaching with technology attached is still poor teaching.

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