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In the News (Sun 6 Dec 09)

  
  EDSITEment - Partners
The MarcoPolo Program mission is to create premier, standards-based Internet content for use in the K-12 classroom —all free of charge—and to provide the requisite professional development to every teacher in the United States.
Verizon Foundation is an active contributor to the MarcoPolo program, providing staff, technical support, state grants, Partner funding, and guidance on the overall direction of the MarcoPolo project.
MarcoPolo and its nationwide network of content, state, and training partners are dedicated and poised to make the program a mainstay for teachers across the United States.
edsitement.neh.gov /about_partners.asp   (345 words)

  
 MARCOPOLO - The DJ List
Marcopolo is the first DJ who introduces the foreign Bar Music and Rave Party Culture to China, playing the leading role in China’s Electro Musician Circle.
Marcopolo is greatly devoted to the modern Electro Music, and keeps catching up with the popularity of the international main stream music from the Hip Hop, R&B, Rock, to the modern House Music.
Based on the past years experiences and his music instincts, now he is upgrading himself from a top DJ to a top original music composer.
www.thedjlist.com /djs/MARCOPOLO   (214 words)

  
 [ITEC Update] MarcoPolo In Jeopardy After Fall Of WorldCom
MarcoPolo provides instructional materials and training to elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators, who then train other teachers in the program.
MarcoPolo's popularity increased rapidly because it is backed by big-name educational organizations and costs the schools little more than the wages lost for training time.
MarcoPolo also pays consultants to train teachers, many of whom have donated their time this summer to fulfill training commitments.
www.mail-archive.com /iteclist%40itec-ia.org/msg00218.html   (917 words)

  
 World Bus Explorer - Marcopolo Buses
In 1983 the Marcopolo Geração IV (Generation IV) was launched, which included the Viaggio and Paradiso long distance coaches, the Strada interurban coach, the Torino city bus and the Senior midi bus.
In 1992 the Marcopolo line was again modernized: the Geração V (Generation V) is created, again with the standard highway coach called the Viaggio (with models GV850, GV1000 and GV1150) and the luxury Paradiso (with models GV1150 and GV1450).
Marcopolo buses and coaches can be found all over South America and Central America, with especially the Viaggio being popular as a long distance coach.
busexplorer.com /WorldBus/Marcopolo-Text.html   (697 words)

  
 MarcoPolo: Showing Teachers How to Use Rich Internet Content in Their Classrooms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
MarcoPolo is a gatekeeper Web site and teacher-training program, provided at no cost to teachers or schools, whose goal is to show teachers how to use Internet resources in their daily instruction.
She investigated MarcoPolo when she heard a presentation at a conference, was sold on it, and made it a part of the UEN's Internet curricular offerings.
MarcoPolo is an example of how businesses are responding to public schools' need for help in an era when few states or school districts provide adequate resources.
www.glef.org /php/article.php?id=Art_274&key=008   (1419 words)

  
 New York State to Roll Out MarcoPolo in Every Classroom
MarcoPolo's resources, available online at no charge to teachers throughout the United States and around the world, are -- for the first time ever -- now aligned in New York not only at the state standards level, but also at the performance indicator level.
MarcoPolo is valued by teachers across the country for its rich educational content, created by the MCI Foundation's eight Consortium Partners, each of whom are the premier education leaders in their subject matter areas.
About MCI Foundation's MarcoPolo MarcoPolo is a nonprofit consortium of leading national and international education organizations that have joined together with the MCI Foundation to provide the highest quality online educational content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-21-2005/0004220177&EDATE=   (565 words)

  
 Facts
MarcoPolo was created to address these concerns primarily by meeting the needs of teachers through top notch content and the best professional development on Internet integration.
Teachers currently rate both MarcoPolo content and professional development better than 4.5 out of 5.0, demonstrating that teachers are MarcoPolo's final arbiters and that MarcoPolo is effectively meeting the needs it outlined at the beginning.
While MarcoPolo continues to address these initial but ongoing concerns of teachers, the Consortium now is also working to provide Internet-based student interactive resources and assessment components - two elements teachers have told the Consortium, via MarcoPolo's comprehensive measurement program, they need.
marcopolo.k12.wv.us /facts.htm   (768 words)

  
 MarcoPolo Frequently Asked Questions
MarcoPolo is a consortium of premier national education organizations, state education agencies, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the country.
The MarcoPolo program is a partnership with credible educational organizations who, through their reputations and their model processes, provide the stability - the Seal of Approval - educators need to use Internet resources with confidence.
MarcoPolo results are displayed and sorted with the most relevant ones appearing first.
www.marcopolosearch.org /MPSearch/faq.asp?fromLoc=1&orgn_id=0&Hdn_org=3   (901 words)

  
 International Finance Corporation - Search Press Releases (English)
Marcopolo is listed at the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) with a Level 2 ranking, which is granted to companies that voluntarily adopt corporate governance standards exceeding those required by the current Brazilian legislation.
Marcopolo, founded in 1949 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, is the largest bus producer in Latin America.
Polomex is a joint venture between Marcopolo and Mercedes-Benz Mexico S.A. de C.V., established in 2000 to serve the Mexican and NAFTA markets.
ifcln001.worldbank.org /ifcext/pressroom/ifcpressroom.nsf/276b4285af600c9085256e190060d178/80121da922b08edf85256cdb0065139c?OpenDocument   (631 words)

  
 MarcoPolo Website Leads Teachers to Outstanding Lessons, Materials
MarcoPolo offers dynamic lesson plans, links to educational sites approved by panels of experts, educational material sorted by grade level and curricula based on national standards.
MarcoPolo is an unprecedented public/private partnership project designed to explore the frontiers of Internet-based education.
The overriding goal of MarcoPolo is to provide the highest quality educational content and professional development free of charge and easily accessible to all educators in the country.
www.isbe.net /news/2000/dec1-00.htm   (437 words)

  
 Marcopolo SA
Intended for consultants and other strategic planners, this study goes beyond traditional gap analyses by considering firms competing in the same economic sector based on a sample drawn from numerous countries and gives dozens of statistical benchmarks, and some 30 graphs summarizing a statistical gap analysis.
What are the average sales and net profits per employee in Marcopolo SA compared to benchmarks from the same economic sector.
For each part of the financial statement, the larger structural differences and gaps between Marcopolo SA and the global benchmarks are provided with summary tables of ranks and percentiles.
www.icongrouponline.com /pr/Marcopolo_SA_BR/PR.html   (648 words)

  
 Thinkfinity in Washington State
Marcopolo will be a primary focus of the Verizon Foundation.
Originally established as MarcoPolo in 1998 by the MCI Foundation, Thinkfinity is a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and eight renowned educational organizations, the Thinkfinity program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content, developed by the nation's content experts for the K-12 teacher and classroom.
The amount of funding is approximately 33% of the original level and this change has necessitated the elimination of free training and printed materials being sent to all teachers.
www.marcopolo.wednet.edu   (708 words)

  
 C3 - MarcoPolo Education Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
MarcoPolo Education Foundation is a nonprofit consortium of premier national and international education organizations and the MCI Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States.
C3 also works directly with each MarcoPolo partner organization to ensure that their resources are included in the search engine in an appropriate and timely manner.
C3 researches, writes, and maintains the MarcoPolo Calendar, which highlights one topic each day and points to related MarcoPolo Partner resources.
www.crosscurricular.com /clients/non_profit/np2.asp   (728 words)

  
 Marcopolo
To ensure your satisfaction, Marcopolo allows you to return or exchange any product bought at the online shop.
In case you are dissatisfied with your product you will be able to return it or to exchange it for another product worth the same price within 7 (seven) days after the delivery date.
Marcopolo guarantees the refund or the exchange within 30 (thirty) days at the most, except for the freight costs, which will not be returned.
www.marcopolo.com.br /ecommerce/ingles/sobre.asp   (468 words)

  
 Marco Polo in Iowa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
MarcoPolo is the name of the overall partnership and the name of the gateway site (http://www.marcopolo-education.org/) from which the partner sites are accessed.
John O'Connell, Consultant for Instructional Technology at the Iowa Department of Education has identified the items in the APR checklist that may be met by delivery of MarcoPolo Professional Development training, and by the use of the MarcoPolo resources in the classroom.
The MarcoPolo Project is multifaceted, in its pursuit of support, in its development of effective trainers and end users, and in recognition of educators who are master teachers and pioneers in using on-line technology in the classroom.
www.infoweb.state.ia.us /marcopolo   (330 words)

  
 MarcoPolo - Features
MarcoPolo Teacher’s Guide: Bringing Innovative Ideas into Your Classroom clearly demonstrates that MarcoPolo is a high quality provider of subject-matter educational resources for teachers and students that are delivered through — and enriched by — the technology that underpins the program.
The spotlight is on the value of MarcoPolo resources for teachers who are required to improve student learning, especially in high stakes content areas and is aligned to the International Society for Technology in Education's (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS•T).
MarcoPolo also provides a presentation to walk you through the Four Steps to a Successful Training.
www.marcopolo-education.net /features.aspx   (2190 words)

  
 VDOE :: Office of Educational Technology, MarcoPolo Project
This project is a partnership between the Virginia Department of Education and the Verizon Foundation.
Divisions may elect to order training directly through the MarcoPolo Web site, or they may send participants to the FREE online train-the-trainer sessions held on a regular basis throughout the year.
With the merger of MCI and Verizon, the MarcoPolo project is becoming a part of the Verizon Foundation.
www.pen.k12.va.us /VDOE/Technology/OET/profdev-marcopolo.shtml   (466 words)

  
 ETTC Press Release-MarcoPolo
The overriding goal of MarcoPolo is to provide the highest quality educational content and professional development program free of charge and easily accessible to all educators in the country.
MarcoPolo is public/private partnership designed to explore the frontiers of Internet-based education.
The MarcoPolo content partners include the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Council of the Great City Schools, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Council on Economic Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Geographic Society.
www.ettc.net /press/G__marco_polo.htm   (856 words)

  
 Marcopolo in Nebraska | Internet Content for the Classroom
The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts.
Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities and materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.
MarcoGrams are valuable curriculum e-mail newsletters, distributed monthly to educators across the country, highlighting common themes from space exploration to family culture.
www.nde.state.ne.us /TECHCEN/marcopolo   (82 words)

  
 DOE - ET - TIE - MarcoPolo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom is a consortium of premier national education organizations, state education agencies and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States.
The MarcoPolo partner sites, professional development train-the-trainer sessions, the program's training materials and participation in the MarcoPolo listserv are offered free to educators.
The MarcoPolo web site is a gateway to a world of original content, panel-reviewed links to top web sites, a search engine that helps teachers find important information quickly, and extensive supplemental resources across multiple disciplines.
www.firn.edu /webfiles/others/edtech/edtech/tie/marcopolo/index.html   (348 words)

  
 MarcoPolo
MarcoPolo is a Content Management System oriented toward large configuration.
MarcoPolo is used on several large production sites.
Note that you need to use the abs toolchain in order to compile all MarcoPolo related sources.
sharengo.org /Wiki?MarcoPolo   (111 words)

  
 Discount Marcopolo Hotel Kathmandu with lionhotels.com
The MarcoPolo Business Hotel Kathmandu is located in the heart of Kathmandu city, a vibrant combination of the old and the new, of tradition and change.
The MarcoPolo Business Hotel Katmandu has all of the amenities, facilities and levels of comfort you would expect from a hotel of this class, and maintains the meticulous standards required by travel and tour operators worldwide.
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www.lionhotels.com /Marcopolo-Hotel-Kathmandu.htm   (569 words)

  
 Marcopolo Resources
All MarcoPolo content is endorsed by the nation's leading education organizations.
The Content Partners are the premier standards-setting organizations, and all lessons are developed to support, align with and/or extend the national standards.
MarcoPolo's classroom-ready lesson plans and other teaching materials make it easy to begin integrating Internet resources into your classroom.
www.aspira.org /marcopolo/mpabout.htm   (512 words)

  
 MarcoPolo
MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom is a partnership between the MarcoPolo Education Foundation and leading educational organizations that produces quality, standards-based, commercial-free Internet content for the K-12 classroom, accessible through seven discipline-specific educational web sites.
Each content partner site maintains and continues to develop a collection of lesson plans that are aligned with national content standards, and that meet rigorous levels of best, research-based practices.
The MarcoPolo Project is also endorsed and supported by the NYS Department of Education and the Teacher Center.
www.rcdaschools.org /marcopolo.html   (260 words)

  
 ISTE | MarcoPolo Training, Manual, CD-ROM, and Online Teacher Resources and MarcoPolo Online Course (current)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Verizon Foundation’s MarcoPolo program is a non—profit consortium of eight of the nation’s premier education organizations and the Verizon Foundation, each dedicated to providing the highest quality, standards-based, online educational resources for teachers and students nationwide.
MarcoPolo’s goal is to provide the best online educational resources and to help educators learn to use technology effectively within their instruction.
MarcoPolo provides trainers and classroom teachers with both the training and resources necessary to successfully integrate online educational resources into the K–12 classroom.
www.iste.org /Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/Seal_of_Alignment_and_Review_Process/Seal_-_MarcoPolo.htm   (436 words)

  
 NHDOE: Office of Ed Tech: Marco Polo Program
The Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education, with the assistance of the Southwest Educational Support Center in Keene, is collaborating with the Marco Polo Education Foundation to assist teachers in finding information and lesson plans on the web.
MarcoPolo provides a train-the-trainer model of professional development and the resources necessary to successfully integrate Internet content into the classroom.
As additional lessons are added to the MarcoPolo library, they will also be aligned to NH standards.
www.nheon.org /oet/mp   (269 words)

  
 MarcoPolo Online Resources for Teachers
The MarcoPolo Website is one of the most comprehensive K-12 curriculum related websites in the world.
MarcoPolo is a web portal that provides, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts.
There will be a MarcoPolo Workshop at the TIES 2006 Education Technology Conference in Minneapolis, December 2-5.
www.informns.k12.mn.us /MarcoPolo.html   (211 words)

  
 NCTE Proud to be Part of MarcoPolo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
While MarcoPolo and ReadWriteThink are enjoying the results of the Edutopia survey, Fink says NCTE and IRA staff members are not going to rest on their laurels.
MarcoPolo was formed as a non profit education consortium in 2001 with funding from MCI Worldcom; it is now funded by Verizon.
Verizon pays all teachers who have lessons plans published on MarcoPolo; however it costs nothing to download the lesson plans for classroom use.
www.ncte.org /about/over/inbox/news/124763.htm   (573 words)

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