Edutopia - June/July 2008 - (Page 2) 5 UpFront 7 Feedback 10 Dispatches 12 Sage Advice 14 Ask Ellen NEW @ edutopia.org Online exclusives: Readers’ Survey Results: Find this year’s best in education, according to you, our lovely readers. edutopia.org/readers-survey-2008 17 Head of Class News • By the Numbers • Health • Tech Teacher • Culture • Hot Stuff • Field Trips Tech: The Texting Craze Teachers leverage lingo as a learning tool. edutopia.org/text-messaging Project Learning: Law’s Lessons A Bronx school turns the courtroom into a classroom. edutopia.org/bronx-law video: Turning on Technology 24 Cool Schools Mississippi’s Freedom Project uses the history of racial equality to inspire power and perseverance. BY LISA MOREHOUSE 28 Design The Big Easy Meets the Big Apple: They came from devastated New Orleans, to learn and to heal. By Evantheia Schibsted A field trip to the nation’s oldest ironworks is captured with the latest technology. edutopia.org/ferryway-video 54 Room to Learn A snappy Sharkmobile. Boston Latin School: The Sound of Learning Assitive technology helps a blind student, devoted gamer, and violin prodigy pursue his passions. edutopia.org/boston-latin-video Smart Moves: The New PE 60 56 Heart & Soul In rural India, dance and song help build pride for impoverished children. BY SARA BERNARD Edutopia (ISSN 1552-9029) is published 6 times a year —Feb/Mar, Apr/May, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sep, Oct, Nov/Dec— by The George Lucas Educational Foundation, 1 Letterman Drive, San Francisco, CA 94129. Periodicals Postage Paid at San Francisco, CA, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Edutopia, PO Box 15265, North Hollywood, CA 91615-9295. Phone (415) 662-1600; fax (415) 662-1605; email educs@magserv.com. Pop Quiz: Collaborative games, zip lining, and classroom aikido are part of a new physical education movement that makes kids healthier and smarter. edutopia.org/new-pe-video Jeff Corwin The Animal Planet host talks the talk of ecology and environmental preservation. 2 EDUTOPIA JUNE/JULY 2008
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