NEW ICS 7 KEYS VC BOOK - A "newly revised and updated" publication, The Essential Videoconferencing Guide: 7 Keys to Success and its Companion Web Site of Resources is now available through Instructional Communications Systems (ICS), University of Wisconsin- Extension. This valuable guide and web site for teaching and training with interactive videoconferencing is an essential and practical resource for faculty, trainers and all members of distance education teams. The guide serves as a foundation for the ICS videoconferencing training sessions, CLICK: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/training and has been widely used statewide and nationally by universities, businesses and governmental agencies, as well as internationally in Mexico, Argentina, the Netherlands, Uruguay, Belgium, Spain and Saudi Arabia. For more information CLICK: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/videoconferencing/guide/ or contact Rosemary Lehman at: 608-262-7524; eMail: lehman@ics.uwex.edu

PK-16 UW SYSTEM INITIATIVE RFP - The PK-16 UW System Initiative Proposals response date is November 15, 2001. The program will fund projects that provide professional development activities for PK-12 teachers on the integration of technology into the curriculum. In 2002-2003, $842,000 will be available on a competitive basis to the UW institutions. Working with the schools, especially on technology issues, is a major priority for UW System. On September 28, 2001, UW System will again sponsor a Grants Dissemination Conference. Look for information to be posted at CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/grants/grntprg.htm The conference will feature investigators in concurrent presentations who will share grant results, program ideas and outcomes, and tips on preparing effective grant proposals. Additional sessions are scheduled on writing grants for UW System programs and on using on-line tools to locate funding opportunities. For more information CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/pk16/rfp.htm If you have questions call: 608-263-3680.

TTT - the new issue of Teaching Technology Today is now on the Web at CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/ Articles in this issue include:

* Case It!: Enhancing Case-based Learning in Biology Education Through Computer Simulation and Internet Conferencing, by Mark Bergland, Karen Klyczek, Kim Mogen, Douglas Johnson, Mary Lundeberg and Marlys Nelson, UW-River Falls. CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/bergland.htm

* UW-Madison Engineering Class Studies Functionality of Palm Pilot for Student Users, by Jennifer Smith, TTT Editor, UW System. CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/newman.htm

* Designing Chemistry Applications for the Palm Pilot, by Jeffrey Rosenthal, UW-River Falls. CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/rosentha.htm
(from Jennifer Smith, TTT Editor, UW System)