CONTENTS

UPFRONT - Change for Accessibility is in Progress for DESIEN and...Introducing This
Month's FOCUS Article

FOCUS - Web Accessibility: Creating Pages More People Can Access, Alice Anderson

UW NEWS - GWETC Registration, IDEAS Portal Web Site for Educators, VITAL
Funding

LINES - August News Highlights

ED - To Palm or Not to Palm, Bringing Ancient Cities Back to Life

BIZ/GOV/ED - The Changing Faces of Virtual Education, NGA Issues Report on
e-Learning in the States, Learner Assumptions

FUNDS - NEC Provides $1 Million in Grants

TECH/TOOLS - Photo-Realistic 3D is Here, Oxygen Project...Easy as Breathing,
Natural Language Speech Recognition Technology, Easier Video Searching

READS/RESOURCES - Streaming Media Resource, Free Guide of Best DE Grad
Schools and Business Management Programs, Node Learning Guides

ISSUES/CHALLENGES - Mobile Computer Lab Combats Digital Divide, Project Goal
Hopes To Cross Digital Divide

POSITIONS - UW-Extension Web Developer, Miami University at Middleton Program Manager

NEW ON THE LIST - Welcome to New Subscribers

FYI - News, Events, Conferences

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ENDNOTE - Thinking from the Edges, Judith V. Boettcher

SEPTEMBER DESIEN ISSUE FOCUS - Cultural Sharing Video Connections Between
Washington and Watertown High Schools - Linda Albertson, English and Journalism
teacher for grades 10-12 at Washington High School, Milwaukee, WI

Using email, videoconferencing and field trips to each others' schools, Washington and
Watertown students share(and move to appreciate) each others' racial, religious and
geographical differences. The project is in its 5th year.

ENDNOTE - "Change is occurring in myriad fields that used to require the services of
humans. Time and efficiency are the driving forces. We are often encouraged to think outside
of the box. That is good advice, but often thinking outside of the box only leads us to another
box. Thinking from the edges provides a new perspective!" (Judith V Boettcher, Executive
Director of the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN). From
"The Spirit of Invention" in Syllabus, June, 01)

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