[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2361] News Flashes from NIFL LINCS

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Hello List,

Here are some new technology-related stories at NIFL LINCS News Flashes
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/whats_new/flash_1_2000.html :

>From Press Pass : Windows XP Enables New Wave of Technologies for People
with Disabilities, March 20, 2002 
http://microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/mar02/03-20accessibility.asp  
As manufacturers unveil the newest array of Microsoft Windows XP-compatible
assistive technologies at an international conference in Los Angeles this
week, those most interested are the people with disabilities who will use
these innovations to enhance the ways in which they live, work and learn.
>From eSchool News : Report: Digital literacy is essential for students,
March 20, 2002 
http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3592 
Two prominent foundations have declared that the world needs to set new
standards for what it means to be literate in the 21st century.
>From the Cleveland Plain Dealer : Digital divide spurs debate over Internet
access at home,  March 18, 2002
http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_
standard.xsl?/base/business/1016447446431657.xml 
For eighth-grader Dale Willis Jr., getting Internet access at home means no
longer having to wait in line at the library to get less than a half-hour at
the computer.
>From the Chronicle of Higher Education : 'Hybrid' Teaching Seeks to End the
Divide Between Traditional and Online Instruction, March 22, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i28/28a03301.htm 
By blending approaches, colleges hope to save money and meet students' needs
To read all of the weeks' news flashes at NIFL LINCS, go to:
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/whats_new/flash_1_2000.html 
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Director of Learning Technologies
F.E.G.S
(212) 366-8122
ehacker@fegs.org

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