EDC Online Reports: Issue #13

THE EDC ONLINE REPORT
January 26, 2006 - Issue # 13

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Education Development Center, Inc.
Improving Education and Health Worldwide

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In this issue:

1. EDC Names New President
2. Literacy in Ghana: An Audiovisual Tour
3. Promoting Healthy Learning in Germany
4. New Toolkit Focuses on Effective Communications
5. EDC on the Benefits and Drawbacks of Online Professional Development
6. Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth in Uruguay
7. EDC Web Site Offers Literacy Resources for Middle and High School Teachers
8. National Endowment for the Humanities Honors an EDC-Developed Web Site

FEATURED EDC RESOURCES
9. EDC in the News: A Selection of Media Coverage
10. Web Tour: Arts Education
11. Publication: Mathematical Connections: A Companion for Teachers and Others
12. E-Newsletters from EDC

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1. EDC Names New President

EDC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Luther S. Luedtke, president of California Lutheran University, as EDC president and CEO. Luedtke will succeed Janet Whitla, who is retiring in April after 25 years as EDC’s president.

Learn more about Dr. Luedtke:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/president_luedtke.asp

2. Literacy in Ghana: An Audiovisual Tour

EDC’s Education Quality for All (EQUALL) project is designed to radically improve teaching and learning throughout Ghana. EQUALL features “mother tongue literacy” instruction, which teaches children to read and write in their local language before introducing them to English, Ghana’s official language.

Read about the project and take an audiovisual tour:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/ghana.asp

3. Promoting Healthy Learning in Germany

The connections between health and academic achievement are well documented, with risky behaviors, poor diet, and low levels of physical activity negatively affecting academics and achievement. Working in Germany with the Bertelsmann Foundation and other European organizations, EDC is conducting the Anscub.de project to improve education by attending to the physical, social, and mental health of teachers and students.

Read more about Anscub.de:
http://hhd.org/hhdnews/hhdstories/fs_11_2005c.asp

4. New Toolkit Focuses on Effective Communications

Developed to assist health and education professionals in their communication efforts, EDC’s new online toolkit offers a six-step strategy, using worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, documents, examples, and other resources.

Learn more:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/communications.asp

5. EDC on the Benefits and Drawbacks of Online Professional Development

EDC’s Barbara Treacy was a featured guest for an online chat hosted by Education Week that offered tips on how to gauge an online course’s value and credibility. Treacy discussed current research on the effectiveness of online learning, issues of accreditation and standards in the field, and ideas for overcoming bias against distance learning.

Read about the EdWeek chat, which includes a transcript of the event:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/treacy.asp

6. Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth in Uruguay

EDC’s innovative program, developed on behalf of the World Health Organization and successfully tested in India, Ghana, and Mexico, is now being adapted for use in Montevideo, Uruguay. Students will gain advocacy, media literacy, and leadership skills.

7. EDC Web Site Offers Literacy Resources for Middle and High School Teachers

To make Web resources more readily available for middle and high school teachers, parents, and students committed to supporting adolescent literacy, EDC designed the Literacy Matters Web site. Topics include teen literature, reading and writing in the content areas, and technology and literacy.

8. National Endowment for the Humanities Honors an EDC-Developed Web Site

EDC’s Picturing Modern America Web site was recently cited as one of the best online resources for education in the humanities. The site’s online activities help students learn about U.S. history and culture through primary source documents.

Read about Picturing Modern America:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/edsitement.asp

9. EDC in the News: A Selection of Media Coverage

“Getting Help with Homework More Often a Mouse-Click Away”
from Star-Telegram (Ft. Worth), December 26, 2005.
Cornelia Brunner of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology discusses online tutoring.

“Wind-up Radios Offer Children an Escape from Hard Labour”
from The Times (UK), December 17, 2005.
Lessons developed by EDC for the Freeplay Foundation are helping children in Tanzania receive an education and avoid dangerous, low paying work.

“Health Professionals, Parents, Meet to Discuss Child Palliative Care”
from St. Louis Review, October 28, 2005.
EDC’s David Browning of the Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care is quoted on the project’s goal to improve care for very ill children.
http://www.stlouisreview.com/article.php?id=9447

“Iowa High Schools to Teach About Dating Violence” from The Des Moines Register, October 14, 2005.
The EDC curriculum, Love is Not Abuse, expands to Iowa.

10. Web Tour: Arts Education

EDC develops innovative, interactive curricula and resources that allow students of all ages to develop academic skills while expressing themselves through such activities such as painting, building, singing, acting, and creative writing.

11. Publication: Mathematical Connections: A Companion for Teachers and Others

In this new publication, EDC author, Al Cuoco, takes readers through an illuminating exploration of key mathematical concepts.

12. E-Newsletters from EDC

In addition to the EDC Online Report, many EDC centers and projects offer e-mail newsletters in their areas of expertise.

To learn more about these or to subscribe, please visit the link below.
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/newsletters.asp

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