Subject> WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN...(Part 3 of 3) From> Bonnie Bracey <BBracey@aol.com> _ _ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ | \| |_ _|_ _|_ _| __|/ _ \| _| |_| | | .` |_||_ _||_ | | | _|| _ | |_| _ | |_|\_|____|____| |_| |___|_| |_|___|_| |_| NIITEACH subscription and archive information available at the end of this message. Searchable archives for NIITEACH are now available at: http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/listarch?list=NIITEACH@idbsu.idbsu.edu [This is the final installment of WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN. We apologize for the length since some of your systems cannot handle such documents well. Our hope in these three postings has been to remind ourselves of the work we still have ahead of us. So many success stories have been told...there are many many more left to tell. They just aren't finished yet. One day they will all be done, because we have the same dream. Please encourage friends and colleagues to subscribe. 'Many hands make light work.'] WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN...(Part III) The one thing we all know as teachers is that everyone else knows what we doing, and how to teach better than we do. That's without actually doing it. From my experience on the NIIAC, I know that most people have NO idea of the limits of the classroom without technology. Most people have NO idea of the limits of the library in the schools, or the community when it comes to being a gating factor for gleaning information. Technologically literate people are a vital national resource, and the United States benefits from increasing high-skill, high-wage jobs. We depend on the effectiveness of technology to educate and train the next generation of American workers. "Well-trained teachers are the conduit through which our students will become technologically literate and help the United States retain our worldwide competitive advantage." But our teachers do more than that. Jerry Taylor of the Greece (New York) School District wrote, "A friend of mine recently gave me a short article that he had written, asking me to "critique" it for him. I was so impressed with what he had put on paper that I asked him if I could share it with you folks. He agreed. Next time you're feeling down, pull this wonderful story out and re-read it. It's guaranteed to boost your sagging spirits. [379 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go.py?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=5199731&hilit=ART+SATELLITE> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&5190831 Score: 78 Subject: Recent abstract about Sduan in biomedical lit