DIRECTOR IN THE CLASSROOM - The book investigates curriculum connections and
strategies for meeting standards and provides examples of successful projects from K-12 and
beyond. As Ian Jukes, author and national presenter remarked, The Director in the Classroom
is "a compelling, remarkable book written by someone with a clear understanding of the critical
knowledge and skills necessary to live and learn in a digital age." The Director in the Classroom
helps you put your students in the Director's chair as they pitch, plan, storyboard, film, edit and
premiere their movies. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM with over 30 forms and
checklists, including: Project Design Guides, Budget Forms, Storyboard Forms, Shot Lists,
Field Footage Logs, Contact Sheets, Call Sheets, Production Reports and Editing Worksheets.
Find out more about The Director in the Classroom at:
http://www.tech4learning.com/products/dir.html (News4Educators,15 Nov 01)

RESOURCE: THE EDUCAUSE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES AND SOLUTIONS
DATABASE - Even apart from distance learning, CE's requirements for convenient online
registration, course catalogs and e-marketing campaigns all place heavy demands on computer
support. The field has long needed an IT support "best practices" resource. Now EDUCAUSE
is meeting part of that need with its new Effective Practices and Solutions Database. Searchable
by both administrative and technical topics, the database documents the efforts of a variety of
higher education institutions, from schools and colleges to multi-university systems, to find
creative and cost-effective solutions to real-world IT support problems. Each is an EDUCAUSE
annual award winner, and has described in its entry the practical and political constraints, as
well as the technical issues, that had to be addressed in developing a workable solution. Try
out the EDUCAUSE Effective Practices and Solutions Database on the EDUCAUSE website
at: http://www.educause.edu/ep/. (E-News >From UCEA, #49, 13 Nov 01)

ED TECH REVIEW NOW ONLINE - Educational Technology Review, originally a print
journal, has been transformed to an online publication. Feature articles in this first issue are:

Defining Distance Learning and Distance Education. Frederick B. King, Michael F. Young,
Kelly Drivere-Richmond, P. G. Schrader at: http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/king2.cfm

Models of Distance Higher Education: Fully Automated or Partially Human? Peter
Serdiukov at: http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/serdiukov.cfm

Pedagogical Challenges for the World Wide Web. Tony Fetherston at:
http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/fetherston.cfm

The Laptop University: A Faculty Perspective. George Kontos at:
http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/kontos.cfm

Traditions to Transformations: The Forced Evolution of Higher Education. Patricia L.
Rogers at: http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/rogers.cfm

For the full issue see: www.aace.org/pubs/etr (AACE Announcements, 8 Nov 01)

GET EDUCATED RESOURCES - GetEducated.com, LLC, has released the first in a
series of free college guides designed to help consumers understand and access graduate
distance learning degrees. The guide profiles 158 programs that offer post-baccalaureate
distance learning master degrees, doctorates or advanced career certificates in business,
management or administration. GetEducated.com, LLC, is America's original e-Learning
consulting firm. The firm was founded in 1989 and originally operated as America's first
online counseling center for adult distance learners on the experimental Electronic
University Network on America Online. You can find out more about the center at:
http://www.geteducated.com (7Nov 01)

FLIGHT - The November issue of FLIGHT is out and includes the following excellent
articles on evaluation:
* Washington State's survey series of faculty and students (the GAPS surveys); how do
students and faculty differ in their views of important educational goals and teaching-learning
practices?
* Two new articles on analyzing resistance to evaluation and assessment. Ever think of
confronting the resistance by teaching people how to resist and subvert a study? Read on.
* Flashlight is hiring in Indiana and perhaps also in Louisiana...
* Flashlight continues its work on how to study Course Management Systems
* Report on the growing number of institutions subscribing to Flashlight tools and services
(now up to 208!) For the full articles go to:
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/FLIGHT/f-light_Nov2001.html