Nola Campbell, SIGTel's President, welcomes you to the SIGTel Bulletin (your SIG's publishing venue) and gives you insight into her visions for SIGTel for the second year of her presidency.

This article replaces the first President's Message, which can be found here.

From the Editors
Zella Boulware and Tuiren Bratina
1 September 2003

"Z&T" talk about how you can contribute to your Bulletin.

Teachers from the Edmonton Public School District of Alberta, Canada, participated in a "telecollaborative" project on writing. Eleven teachers from six schools joined the project from October, 2003 to March, 2004. The goal of the project was to have students learn to write competently and fluently through telelearning. Students of participating schools were asked to use an on-line Message Board within the project website (Tools4writing) to communicate with fellow students in writing. The project was evaluated by both students and teachers and was perceived by them to be a resounding success.

Tuiren Bratina presents a model of proficiency. She uses graphics, including an animated graphic, to represent the interactions of the components in the model. She challenges educators to come up with their own models.

Now-mathematics-teacher Brandi Kelly discusses her use of videotaping to assess her students' and her own performances as a student teacher in a high school geometry class. Note: This article contains video clips. Readers should have the Free RealOne Player (not the trial) installed on their computers; read the RealOne Player instructions. The computers must be able to play sound files.

Tom Bratina and Tuiren Bratina work with five- and six-year-olds to help them begin to achieve the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). This article provides demonstration materials for a beginning keyboard session.
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Teacher Education Candidate Sherrill Jury, School of Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand, describes fictional character Shawna's life now and in the near future. What is in store for schools and the workplace?