May 18, 2008
May 2008—Vol. 5, No. 5
Featured Interview and Article
The Collaboratory Project at Northwestern University
This unique online community for teachers and students was established in 1996 to develop and provide access to resources and services, along with project consulting and support. It’s still going strong today. Read our Featured Interview and our Featured Article.
Featured Essay
What We Owe Our Young People
By The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton
You cannot step into an American community today without finding a lively conversation about educating our children. How to boost math and science learning, whether our schoolchildren are reading and writing enough, what constitutes a “quality” education—all of this figures in the national schooling debate and its thousands of local echoes. 
What’s New at AIT?
AIT Adds Titles to Its DVD Offerings/Math Quiz Available
Our DVD library is continually growing!
Math Quiz is an online timed quiz by topic area, with self-assessments, and animated Flashtm tutorials designed to help students in grades 6–9 achieve their best test scores.
Lessons ALIVE!
For Want of a Nail:
An Introduction to Functions, Ordered Pairs, and Coordinate Planes
This lesson is designed to help students simplify, and therefore fully understand, the nature of algebraic functions and relationships.
Tech Notes
Positively Sticky…How to Make the Message Stick with Today’s Media
Just what do you need to know to make your instructional and professional development products more effective? AIT’s Broadcast and Training Specialist, Joann Flick, has some tips.
etc. (News You Need)
Find links to a collection of online reports, tools, events, and new opportunities.
Recommended Links
This section features some of the interesting and informative Web sites we've visited. At the time of publication, all URLs were valid. We apologize for any inconvenience, should this no longer be true. It's our recommendation that you check out the sites before you allow students to visit them.
AIT Products & Services
Check out AIT’s online catalog for more information about this month's featured Professional Development products.
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