Keeping Up with Upgrades:
Instructional Materials for the Digital Age

New software, hardware, and operating systems are now hitting the market at breakneck speed. Very likely you're engaged in the continuous struggle to keep your instructional materials on par with the latest technological updates. These materials must be relevant to the technology you're using, but they must also align with standards and help you integrate core concepts into your instruction. In this issue, we'll look at some new approaches to publishing instructional materials that will save you the time and trouble it takes to adapt outdated materials to what's currently loaded onto your students' computers.

Professional Development

Print, Online, or Both: The Future of Textbooks

The days of lugging around a backpack full of heavy textbooks are numbered. Are you ready for the new age of digital content?
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Rigor, Relevance, & Relationships

Using Training Materials to Integrate Academic Rigor into Instruction

Project-based learning materials can serve as a valuable gateway for incorporating core academic concepts into real-world applications.
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Technology Solutions

A New Approach for Today's Technology -- Glencoe's Hybrids

Glencoe's new hybrid approach to textbook publishing will make it easier and less expensive for schools to keep their instructional materials in tune with the technologies they're teaching.
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Perkins & Funding

Expand Your Students' Opportunities with Perkins Funding

Perkins Act funding can be used to enrich the opportunities available to your students, providing equipment and materials that may help more of them stay in school. The act allows grant funds to be spent on supplemental materials for career and technical education programs, such as videos and DVDs, up-to-date computer lab equipment, computer simulations, online tutorials, software, textbooks, workbooks, and other materials.
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