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Tuesday, April 26, 2005 (Coverage: April 12 - April 25, 2005) |
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HEADLINES
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APR12 - APR 18, 2005
* Wayland: Church unites technology with worship
* Detroit: KATHLEEN GRAY: Odds are, Wi-FI on its way to a site near you
* Detroit: KATHLEEN GEORGE: INTERNET DOMINATES CAMPUS LIFE: Lots of computer time, little of it for academics
* Detroit: MIKE WENDLAND: School laptop project at risk
* Roseville: Roseville to get more 'user-friendly' Web site
* Rochester Hills: IT group links with Expetec franchise
* Lamphere: Students click into video learning
* Delta Township: Local scout creates career Web site for Eagle project
APR 19 - 25, 2005
* Detroit: MIKE WENDLAND: Laptop program fuels agruments on both sides
* Caseville: Caseville nets grant for laptops
* Traverse City: Mail, Intrenet fraud scams rising
* Lansing: Laptop program could fold under budget proposals
* Ludington: Internet phone service may lack 911 capability
* Marquette: School introduces literacy programs
* Royal Oak: Use the Internet to pay traffic tickets
* DeWitt: DeWitt Community Education is going to the Internet
RECENT EVENTS
* Lansing: Local Gov-State Collaboration Meeting, March 17, 2005
Spear-headed and facilitated by the Department of Information Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, this group is intended to look at various IT initiatives by which our State and local governments can collaborate.
Presentations: http://www.michigan.gov/dit/0,1607,7-139-25597-113940--,00.html
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OTHER IT NEWS SOURCES
* Detroit Free Press / tech
* Detroit Tech News
* Michigan CrainTech
* Great Lakes IT Report
* Michigan Technology News
* Federal Computer Week
* Government Computer News
* Government Technology
* New York Times: Technology
* Washtech.com (Washington Post)
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APR 13, 2005
* Roseville: Roseville to get more 'user-friendly' Web site
In an attempt to make their Web site easier to navigate, Roseville officials voted Tuesday night to hire an outside firm to streamline the site.
Source: The Macomb Daily, http://macombdaily.com/stories/041305/loc_rsvlweb001.shtml
APR 15, 2005
* Detroit: KATHLEEN GRAY: Odds are, Wi-FI on its way to a site near you
The days of staring at a glowing computer screen at home are over for Brad Triden. He packs his laptop and heads to coffee shops and restaurants where he can get e-mails and scan the Internet without wired connections. The 29-year-old Ann Arbor resident said he can't wait for wireless access in city parks, at public beaches and in his 2002 Acura.
Source: The Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/wired15e_20050415.htm
APR 15, 2005
* Detroit: KATHLEEN GEORGE: Internet Dominates Campus Life: Lots of computer time, little of it for academics
When the rent on his East Lansing apartment is due, Mark Herberholz logs onto an Internet poker site for a few hands. He says the income from his winnings helps to pay the bills and pass the time. The Michigan State senior says he spends about four hours a day playing computer games, instant messaging with friends and surfing the Internet.
Source: The Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/internet15e_20050415.htm
APR 15, 2005
* Lamphere: Students click into video learning
Lamphere High School students in Mary Ellen Bell's rather animated American literature class jumped at the chance to be quizzed on Harper Lee's classic novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." During a Thursday afternoon review session, students aimed remote control devices toward a chalkboard receiver and "clicked in" answers to sample test questions being projected on the board.
Source: The Daily Oakland Press, http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/041505/loc_20050415016.shtml
APR 18, 2005
* Delta Township: Local scout creates career Web site for Eagle project
The project that formed the capstone of Scott Venman's scouting career was desinged to be the beginning of career search options for students at Waverly High School.
Source: Delta-Waverly News, http://www.hometownlife.com/HomeTownLife/NewsSearch.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=97733
APR 18, 2005
* Wayland: Church unites technology with worship
With the advent of modern technology-big screen TV, DVDs, the Internet-many churches are at a loss to benefit from this technology. Not so for the Wayland United Methodist Church. Complete with a tech team to support the new technology, the church uses hi-tech equipment to reach out to its congregation.
Source: The Allegan County News, http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14338853&BRD=8&PAG=461&dept_id=476333&rfi=8
APR 18, 2005
* Detroit: MIKE WENDLAND: School laptop project at risk
Michigan's grand vision of equipping every sixth-grade student in the state with a laptop computer may be no more. Once hailed as one of the nation's most progressive and ambitious technology learning projects, even a scaled-down version of the program -- which educators describe as a huge success -- will be eliminated if Gov. Jennifer Granholm gets her way.
Source: The Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland18e_20050418.htm
APR 18, 2005
* Rochester Hills: IT group links with Expetec franchise
Beacon Group has aligned with a national franchise to provide better services for its customers. The 10-year-old business, based in Rochester Hills, is now called Expetec Technology Services.
Source: The Daily Oakland Press, http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/041805/bus_20050418009.shtml
APR 21, 2005
* Royal Oak: Use the Internet to pay traffic tickets
The 44th District Court in Royal Oak is now letting people with traffic violations pay for citations, fines and fees through the Internet. By using a credit card and logging onto the Government Payment Service, Inc., website, people can pay by giving the court's four-digit Pay Location Code, ticket_case number and the amount of money owed.
Source: Clawson Mirror, http://www.hometownlife.com/Hometownlife/NewsSearch.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=98483
APR 22, 2005
* Marquette: School introduces literacy programs
Reading Counts, and the new literacy movement at Cherry Creek Elementary School is proving it. Marie Paris, Cherry Creek Title I teacher, introduced two new forms of reading comprehension testing this fall - Reading Counts and the Scholastic Reading Inventory.
Source: The Mining Journal, http://www.miningjournal.net/news/story/0422202005_new06-n0422.asp
APR 22, 2005
* Traverse City: Mail, Internet fraud scams rising
In recent months bank security officer Dan Caviston met winners of European lotteries, folks who've inherited thousands from unknown relatives and people who've sold their cars online at a huge profit.
Source: Traverse City Record Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/apr/22scam.htm
APR 22, 2005
* Caseville: Caseville nets grant for laptops
Caseville Public School received $30,000 in Freedom to Learn Grant monies this month. Michigan's Freedom to Learn project (FTL) is one of education's technology integration initiatives. To reach the project's goal of one-to-one computing for all students, each of Caseville's sixth-graders will use a wireless laptop computer, bundled with a set of software, to reach the state's curriculum goals.
Source: Huron Daily Tribune, http://www.michigansthumb.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14397893&BRD=2292&PAG=461&dept_id=472759&rfi=8
APR 22, 2005
* Ludington: Internet phone service may lack 911 capability
New technology may be easier to use and less expensive to acquire, but it doesn’t always provide the services people are used to.
Source: Ludington Daily News, http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=27037
APR 23, 2005
* Lansing: Laptop program could fold under budget proposals
In Martha Kefgen's sixth-grade classroom, some students polish their Cesar Chavez essays as others practice their keyboarding skills.
Source: Lansing State Journal, http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050423/NEWS04/504230325&SearchID=73206247789460
APR 24, 2005
* Dewitt: DeWitt Community Education is going to the Internet
With the summer program, DeWitt Community Education is going to the Internet! This new registration process will allow members of the community to "shop" for classes at their convenience online, 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. Find us at www.dewitt.edzone.net.
Source: DeWitt Bath Review, http://www.hometownlife.com/HomeTownLife/NewsSearch.asp?pageType=Story&StoryID=100308
APR 25, 2005
* Detroit: MIKE WENDLAND: Laptop program fuels agruments on both sides
Should the state provide free computers for kids in Michigan's classrooms? You've been writing me about it a lot over the last week, and there doesn't seem to be much middle ground.
Source: The Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland25e_20050425.htm
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