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Features

Don't Feed the Trolls
Using Blogs to Teach Civil Discourse
By Karen Work Richardson
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Creating Valuable Class Web Sites
By Elizabeth (Betsy) A.Baker
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One Size Doesn't Fill All
Customizing Educational Technology Professional Development
Part III: Combining Goals & Models to Fit Teacher's
Characteristics & Needs
By Judi Harris
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Learning Connections

Learning Connections
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Computer Science
Service-Oriented Computing
By W.T. Tsai, Yinong Chen, Xin Sun, Calvin Cheng, Gary Bitter, Mary White

Computer Science
The Software Challenge
Learning How to Learn
By Martin Nikirk

Multidisciplinary
Media Magic
by Kevin Oliver

Special Needs
Computer Accessibility for All
By Erinn Ounsted

Science
Virtual Science Fair Is a Global Event
By Jan Anderson

Language Arts
Talking Books
Using Multimedia to Support Learning and Literacy
By Jonathan Brinkerhoff and Susan Bowdoin

Leading Connections

ISTE at a Glance
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Issue Oriented
Do Digital Literacies Include Programming?
By Anita McAnear
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Readers Respond
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ISTE News
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Point/Counterpoint
Do Students Respect Intellectual Property?
By Jennifer Janesko and Tammy Morris
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Connected Classroom
Learning by Remixing
By Glen Bull and Joe Garofalo
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Bloggers Café
A Day in The Life
by Julie Lindsay
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As I See "IT"
Web 2.0: The Virtual Wild Wild West
By Don Hall
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Member Profiles
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• Karl Fisch
• New Jersey Education Computer Cooperative

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ISTE in Action
Building the "I" in ISTE
Don Knezek
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Products & Services

Buyer's Guide
E-Book Readers
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Product Reviews
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• iClone Studios 2.5
• Panasonic D4000U Projector
• Adesso AKB-220 Keyboard
  By J.V. Bolkan

What's New
A guide to the latest contests, giveaways, hardware, software, books, and resources for the K–12 classroom
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Coming Soon

June 2008 (Available online approximately June 1)

The Need for 1:1 Vision: Determining whether teachers' current intructional practices support effective technology use by students should be the foundation for district decision makers before jumping into a 1:1 laptop initiative. Researchers Jon M. Clausen, Jody Britten, and Gail Ring re-emphasize the importance of thoroughly thinking through how these technologies are going to support meaningful instruction

Does This Really Work? The Software and Information Industry Association has released a checklist that includes 10 essential concepts taht underlie all effective technology integration. Researcher Sara Sawtelle, a contributing author for the SIIA Implementation Toolkit, guides readers through the steps needed to demonstrate that an ed tech program is effective.

One Size Doesn't Fit All : In the last of her four-part series on educational technology professional development, Judi Harris addresses how to determine the efficacy of ETPD designs.

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