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ETC Tool Box Descriptions
Multicultural Pavilion - The Multicultural Pavilion strives to provide resources for educators to explore and discuss multicultural education; to facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and to provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education. The Pavilion was created by Paul Gorski with inspiration from the "Multicultural Niche". The National Multicultural Institute was founded in 1983 in response to our nation's growing need for new services, knowledge, and skills in diversity. NMCI is proud to be one of the most experienced organizations in the field of diversity training. NMCI's mission is to increase communication, understanding and respect among people of different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and to provide a forum for discussion of the critical issues of multiculturalism facing our society. They accomplish this through conferences in the Spring and Fall and through individualized training and consulting programs. Teaching Tolerance is a National Education Project dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect and understanding in their classroom and beyond. Center for Equal Opportunity sponsors conferences, supports research, and publishes policy briefs and monographs on issues related to race, ethnicity, assimilation, and public policy. LD Online is an interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children. National Center for Learning Disabilities is a site that offers free information and raises public awareness of LD, and advocates for improved legislation and services for those with LD. LD Resources is a site that contains a variety of resources for the learning disabilities community. The Behavioral Research and Teaching working group combines applied behavior analysis with effective teaching practices to develop, study, and disseminate empirically based educational programs for students who are at-risk of school and community failure. The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is a psychology journal primarily for the original publication of experimental research involving applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance. AAMR is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization of professionals (and others) concerned about mental retardation and related disabilities. The National Down Syndrome Society is a national organization on Down syndrome. Deaf Source is a guide to resources available for helping professionals working with deaf and hard of hearing individuals. EDUCAUSE is an international, nonprofit association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management. Technology & Learning, with a circulation of more than 80,000, is a leading publication in the world of educational technology. Written for K-12 school administrators, teachers, and technology coordinators, it is the magazine educators turn to for product information and guidance in improving and expanding upon the use of technology in their schools and districts. Technology & Learning also has a comprehensive online searching software review engine. The Journal of Technology Education provides a forum for scholarly discussion on topics relating to technology education. Manuscripts should focus on technology education research, philosophy, theory, or practice. In addition, the Journal publishes book reviews, editorials, guest articles, comprehensive literature reviews, and reactions to previously published articles. The United States Distance Learning Association is a nonprofit association formed in 1987 by Patrick Portway, Dr. Smith Holt of Oklahoma State University and Dr. Ralph Mills of California State University. The association's purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training. The constituents we serve include K through 12 education, higher education, continuing education, corporate training, and military and government training. SnapFiles.com Downloading quality software files from the Internet is a snap, with SnapFiles! We are a download site that provides access to thousands of Windows software titles, that are either free to keep (freeware) or can be downloaded as a free trial (shareware). We do not make any of the software! Each product is submitted by a software company or developer - a link to the developer's web site is included with every description. What we do is review and rate the software, categorize it and make it available to you. We are one of the oldest and most popular download sites on the internet and have served many millions of visitors over the years. SnapFiles (then WebAttack.com) was established in 1997. Freeware Web has over 13 software categories for you to choose from and best of all, it's FREE! There are also several links to free services which is available through the Internet. Freeware Home is the largest source of Free Software and Internet related services. Freeware Home quickly became one of the most popular sites in Shareware/Freeware category on the Internet. During the first 6 months of existence the site received a number of awards and was mentioned in the most popular computer related magazines in the USA and abroad. Today Freeware Home lists 3000+ items on more than 250 pages and constantly growing. They are planning to expand the site to reflect Mac, OS/2, UNIX and other systems freeware. CNET Freeware Freeware Seekers: You can find thousands of free Web-based applications and software downloads right here at CNET. Freewarenow is one of the hottest freeware sites on the net. Everything is absolutely FREE. The Kid's Domain has PC and Mac Shareware and Freeware Programs for Kids recommended by families and teachers. Demos, reviews, programming for kids, and graphics. Holiday pages with mazes, puzzles, software, and crafts. CNET SHAREWARE More than 250,000 shareware files Educational Software Cooperative is a nonprofit corporation bringing together developers, publishers, distributors and users of educational software. MS Photo Story Bring your digital photos to life with Photo Story 3 for Windows. Download Photo Story 3 for free and experience your photos in amazing new ways. Audacity Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. TUCOWS The World's Best Collection of Internet Software. TUCOWS is your place on the Web to access the latest and greatest Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 3.1, Macintosh and OS/2 Internet Software, performance rated and checked for viruses. CNET is one of the world's leading new-media companies. Since 1995, this award-winning Web sites and television series have become the definitive source for information about computers, the Internet, and digital technologies. Rocket Download is an eye-catching site that offers tons of software, listed by category. There's a number of cool titles here that I've found nowhere else. Ziff-Davis is a high tech preeminent integrated media and marketing company. ZD content is the trusted source of information for the global audience of business buyers and savvy consumers who believe in the benefits of adopting new technology. Its integrated system of media products and marketing services spans research, events, print, Internet, television and education. Jumbo is a huge virtual Download site, providing point and click access to over 250,000 shareware, freeware and commercial programs held at approximately 300 Ftp sites. Jumbo also contains 150,000 additional files for download (sounds, images etc.) Jumbo is divided into twenty two (22) major software and entertainment Channels including: Business, Desktop Publishing, Developers, Demos, Entertainment, Games, Home-School, Homework, Internet, Jumbo! Exclusive, Kids and Utilities. Jumbo! links to software for all major operating systems. NoNags has a large collection of 32-bit Windows software that has no disabled features, nags, time limits, or any other tricks. Most software is free. |
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