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 Learning to Do: Students Develop IT
Projects that Deliver Service
In British
Columbia, Canada, students in grades 10-12 in an Information Technology
Management (ITM) course take a project-driven approach to studying
information technology. Students learn to manage technology and in the
process about taking responsibility for getting the job done. The
teacher-student collaboration is empowering for both.
New Tools: Teaching with
Technology
The Seattle
Public Schools' video series New Tools: Teaching with Technology,
produced in collaboration with Microsoft, the Washington Software
Foundation, Puget Sound ESD and Washington State's Superintendent of
Public Instruction, shows master teachers using technology in actual
classrooms. The demonstrations include instructions designed to put the
novice at ease.
Learning by Design:
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum through Student Multimedia
Design Projects
Integrating
new technologies into classrooms requires designing new kinds
of creative learning environments involving the collaboration of all the
stakeholders in educational reform. Teams at the Institute for Research
on
Learning share what they have discovered about using these new learning
tools in real classrooms.
IRL's Seven
Principles of Learning
The Institute
for Research on Learning outlines the fundamental elements of a
learning community.
Creating Global Learning
Communities: I*EARN's Action-Based Projects
An update on
project-based learning and international networking
opportunities offered by I*EARN (the International Education and
Resource Network). Through the I*EARN program educators respond
to the new challenges faced by schools by using the Internet with K-12
students to create global learning communities and develop more effective
pedagogical practices.
Multimedia
Encourages New Learning Styles
Today's
technological tools let us work with information in ways that honor
the unique learning modalities of each student. The educator's role in
this
new era is to help students use technological tools wisely and well.
Implications of New Media for K-12
Education
Virtual Reality researcher Chris Dede's testimony to Congress on the
implications of introducing new technologies in the classroom. Find a
link to the SpaceScience website and to an outline of important themes
and
policy issues surrounding the use of
information technology to support innovative models of teaching and
learning.
Shoreline School District Bridges the Gap Between Home and
School
The following three articles are a series prepared for the community of
Shoreline, Washington by the Shoreline School District as part of a plan
to educate parents and community members about the importance of new
technologies in schools. For background, an article available at Apple
Computer's website,
Washington's Shoreline School District Bridges the Gap Between Home and
School tells more about how this district and its partners offer
parents and community members a chance to learn about and use the
technology in district classrooms.
Information Access and the Modern School
Library.
Learning to Communicate in Written, Oral and Multimedia Forms.
New Media, New Recognition For Visual and Performing Arts.
Virtual
Reality and "At Risk" Students
As part of the educational mission of the University of Washington's
HITLab (Human Interface Technology), students with little or no computing
experience were invited to create virtual worlds using sophisticated
technology. Researchers report that even novice users were able to learn
to use the technology quickly enough to make classroom implementation
feasible.
The George Lucas Educational
Foundation: Learn and Live
Visit the GLEF website's new Learn and Live a multimedia tour of
schools that work. Also at this site, issues of Edutopia, the GLEF
newsletter.
EdWeb: The
Role of WWW in Education
A guide to the creative use of hypertext technology that is itself an
example of how to put information in this format. Found at EdWeb, an
outstanding resource for educators.
ILS: Engines for Education
A hypertextbook created by the Institute for theLearning
Sciences at the School of Education and Social Policy at
Northwestern University. Another example of the innovative use of
hypertext to present information on the need for reform in educational
systems, and the role of educational technology in that reform.
Electronic School
In print format, the Electronic
School is published as a supplement to The American School
Board Journal and the Executive Educator in cooperation with
the Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education. Current and
back issues contain interesting articles on using technology in schools.
Technology and Education Reform
A terrific website produced by OERI detailing the results of a nine
school
research project in which the effects of introducting technology were
documented for students, teachers, and schools. The case studies
are particularly interesting.
Technology Tools
for Today's Campuses
Online course for teachers and trainers who are looking for information
about using electronic tools in the classroom. Featuring first person
accounts of successful programs; organized by discipline. Articles are
fascinating, inspirational. They were chosen "to whet the appetites of
those who were reluctant or borderline-enthusiastic to use technological
tools in their instruction."
Leo Ussak
School
Leo Ussak
School is
the "Coolest School" in Canada's Arctic, and the first Canadian Arctic
school to be on the web. The site is an outstanding example of
knowledge-building by students and teachers. You can learn about the
Inuit
culture, take a tour of Rankin Inlet and learn about the Community Access Centre that
gives all citizens of Rankin Inlet computer and Internet access.
Classroom
teachers will want to bookmark the Inuktitut Language and
Inuit Culture page. Students will find movies, an Hypercard stack of
lessons in the Inuktitut language, sound bites, and more.
The National
Paideia Center
A virtual gathering place for the Paideia Program
learning community designed to support schools that have adopted the
Paideia Program by providing a forum for gathering and sharing
information
and teaching materials. The site is well organized, serving not only
participants in the program, but also providing an introduction for
educators and parents to Paideia schools. Visitors can tour some
participating schools via their school websites. The program is located
in
the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Maricopa
Center for Learning and Instruction
Amid the hype about potential
problems for students using World Wide Web, the academic community is
quietly and methodically exploring the Internet's potential for
completely
changing schools and learning environments. Maricopa Community College,
considered a leader among community college programs in the U.S., has put
together a page containing links to examples of distance learning and
electronic learning projects, online courses, help with website building
and more. Don't miss the link to multimedia authoring information.
Belinda
Hill's
Cybergarden and Educational Technology Conservatory
Belinda Hill is a graduate student at the University of
Washington. Visit her resource center where she has published her own
articles based on her research and coursework and links to other
resources and articles. In particular, look for articles by Bill Winn and Steven Kerr.
Teaching
With Technology
Teacher Michael Hall has assembled
outstanding examples of innovative uses of online technologies.
Humanities
focus adds an interesting dimension; this page continues to evolve,
getting
better and better.
Annenberg/CPB Projects: Learner
Online
The Annenberg/CPB Projects: Learner
Online Website features tools and links to help you effectively
use electronic communications media to improve education at all levels.
Through these new media, the Projects give Americans access to quality
college-level courses, and help schools and communities improve their
elementary and secondary math and science programs. The activities of the
Annenberg/CPB Projects include French in Action, Journey North, The
Mechanical Universe, Perseus, A Private Universe, the Teaching Math
Libraries, and The Western Tradition. To begin, look at SAMI, a
searchable
database of Internet math and science resources, and at the Interact area for
links to projects. For background visit the Director's
Welcome.
NickNacks:
Learning Together Around the World
NickNacks provides strategies
for educators on managing collaborative internet projects: practical tips
on participating in, developing and leading a collaborative project,
exchanging files, cross-platform collaborations. Includes Internet tools,
resources, sample projects and lesson plans. Developed by a parent
volunteer.
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