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Electronic civics. (New products: tools for schools).


SIRS SIRS - Safety Incident Reporting System
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 Publishing, www.sirs.com, Internet, $450 site license A license to use software within a facility. It provides authorization to install the software on all or some number of servers for a specified number of users at specified locations as well as make copies of the software for distribution within that jurisdiction. See SLA, clickwrap and UCITA. (until Dec. 31)

SIRS eCurriculum is an online curriculum series that emphasizes reading, writing and critical thinking skills. Each title, an interactive eTextbook, can be used to supplement traditional textbooks through links to Web sites, articles and documents on SIRS databases. Students can assimilate
1. To consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
2. To transform food into living tissue by the process of anabolism.
 their own research and notes into the eTextbook to create a personal archive--a diary of the user's educational experience. SIRS eCurriculum meets national and state curriculum standards, and it includes continuously updated content for students at an eighth grade reading level or higher, an educator's guide, a user's guide, e-mail capabilities and more.

The first eTextbook in the series, What Citizens Need to Know About Government, includes basic concepts and a structure of the discipline and provides a basic understanding of current political issues. The title is available in both printer-friendly (PDF) and Web-friendly (HTML) formats. A 60-day preview is available at http://www.sirs.com/ products/wpreview.htm.

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