• What’s New – Teacher Program Manager Update
• Customer Feedback - Language Arts Bundle
• Recommended Resource - Darrel Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists Index
• Grants for U.S. Educators

Merit Software is offering a free update to the Teacher Program Manager (TPM) Version 8.1. The new interface provides easier record-keeping, paper-saving printing, and quick access to a menu of preformatted reports. Merit’s TPM makes it easy for educators to track class and student progress, and to interpret data.

Download from:
www.meritsoftware.com/TPM_June_2004_update

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“We are very pleased with the software. We use it as a supplemental reinforcement tool. Once students finish with the software, they present what they’ve learned to the class,” remarks an educator at Rancho Cucamonga High School in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, about Merit Software’s Language Arts Bundle for College Prep.

This select group of programs covers reading comprehension and writing competencies vital for college work. The Language Arts Bundle bridges high school with college-level learning, and is also useful for SAT, ACT and TOEFL preparation. Texts and graphics are designed to appeal to older students.

For a complete software description, go to: www.meritsoftware.com/software/language_arts

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Darrel Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists Index is a web site offering printable cartoons on current topics. Web site features include a Teachers’ Guide, along with lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school levels. Activities will help students analyze cartoons and opinions, as well as enhance their knowledge of current events.

Visit: cagle.slate.msn.com

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The Association for Educational Communications and Technology is giving AECT Classroom Technology Grants to K-12 teachers. Grants of $1,000 will be awarded for the purchase of media technology—such as educational software—that supports classroom teaching. Online applications are due by August 15.

Go to: www.ismf-forum.net/grants/about

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