Enhancing Your Opportunities to Learn

Dr. David Moursund (moursund@oregon.uoregon.edu) has been teaching and writing about information technology in education since 1963. In 1979, he founded the International Council for Computers in Education (ICCE). In 1989, ICCE merged with the International Association for Computing in Education to form ISTE.

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The Student WebQuest
A Productive and Thought-Provoking Use of the Internet

Dr. Maureen Brown Yoder (myoder@mail.lesley.edu) is an associate professor in Lesley College's Technology in Education Master's degree program. She teaches telecommunications, multimedia, and media literacy courses, and she is the program director for the Online Technology in Education program. Contact her at Lesley College, 29 Everett St., Cambridge, MA 01810; 617.349.8421.

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The Never-Ending Story
Questioning Strategies for the Information Age

Cathleen Galas (cgalas@ucla.edu) is a demonstration teacher and Webmaster at University Elementary School ( www.gseis.ucla.edu/research/ues.html), the laboratory school for the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. She has presented inquiry pedagogy and project-based technology sessions at schools and conferences, including NECC and CUE. She has been included in Educational Technology: Best Practices From America's Schools. Contact her by phone at 310.825.1801 or fax 310.206.4452.

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Traversing the Web Up the Mississippi to Lake Itaska
An Internet Experience

Chip Morrison (dmorrison@co-nect.com) is Director of Research and Evaluation for Co-NECT Schools, Inc. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1972 and recieved a doctorate in education from Harvard in 1990. He has a special interest in designing processes for shared educational accountability.

David Moore (dmoore@co-nect.com) has been teaching third grade using a project-based approach to teaching and learning at the Gordon Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a site dierctor for Co-NECT. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Memphis, and though he has recieved many awards, he is most proud of his class winning fourth place in the Memphis City and County Science Fair.

Diana Nunnaley (dnunnale@co-nect.com) is the Director of National Program Development for Co-NECT. A former middle school teacher, then director of a technology professional development center, in her current role Diana works with administrators and teachers to help them formulate the initial steps toward becoming a Co-NECT School.

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Blast Off!
A Technology-Supported, Project-Based Learning Model for Success

Dr. Carol Utay (cutay@jessamine.k12.ky.us) is the district technology coordinator for Jessamine County Schools. She serves on the executive board for the Kentucky Association of Technology Coordinators and is an alumna of the International Society of Technology Educators Leadership Academy.

Dr. Joe Utay (jutay@hotmail.com) is an associate professor of counseling and educational psychology at Eastern Kentucky University. He helps counselors use technology to enhance their work with clients and students. He and his wife Carol coauthored Hurry Up and Relax: A Guide to Stress Management as well as several curriculum guides for keyboarding and social skills.

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Revolutions in the Classroom
Two Views of Technology

Eileen Skarecki (esp@columbia.bhs.k12.nj.us) is the k-12 technology coordinator for the district of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, and coauthor of Educators Take Charge: Teaching in the Internet Revolution--The Liberation, Transformation, and Metamorphosis of Two Teachers (ISTE, 1998).

Elaine Insinnia (elaine@columbia.bhs.k12.nj.us) is a middle school English teacher in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, and coauthor of Educators Take Charge: Teaching in the Internet Revolution--The Liberation, Transformation, and Metamorphosis of Two Teachers (ISTE, 1998).

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Surf and Serve
Student-Navigated and Student-Designed Internet
Service Learning Projects

Rose Reissman (maskin@voyager.bxscience.edu or maskin@cnct.com) is currently president of the Association of Computer Educators, New York; R&D consultant for FutureKids Technology Literacy Training Center; New York City education liaison for the Program for Social and Emotional Learning at Columbia Teachers College, and president of the NYCATE. She also teaches a graduate-level course at Manhattanville College. Contact her at 110 Seaman Ave., 5C, New York, NY 10034.

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The Museum in Our Classroom and the Mastadon in Our Backyard

Beth Buchler (bbuchler@dupage.k12.il.us) shares time between the DuPage Regional Office of Education as Associate Technology Director and School District 44 as Teacher Resource Director. She helps teachers effectively integrate technology into their curricula. As an educational consultant, she conducts engaged learning workshops and presentations for classroom teachers and administrators. Contact her at DuPage Regional Office of Education, 1 S 331 Grace St., Lombard, IL 60148.

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Flashenlightenment

Have you ever wondered about the true identity of the two authors who speak to you as "we" in the Power Tools column? Bob Albrecht (dragonfun@aol.com) is a writer and developer of science, math, and technology curricula. George Firedrake is his alter ego and takes the form of a dragon. Laran Stardrake, whose quotes sometimes lead of the column, is another of Bob's "accomplices." She's half dragon and half human. As Laran is fond of saying, "Reality expands to fill all available fantasies."

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Come Dream with Us
Online Projects Teach More than Technology

Leni Donlan (Ldon@loc.gov) has taught kindergarten through eighth grade as well as special education, gifted education, and general education students for more than 20 years. She works with the Internet Catalyst to promote effective use of internet resources in education. Currently, Leni is working as an Educational Resources Specialist with the National Digital Library Program, Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Charles S. White (cswhite@bu.edu) is L&L's social studies editor and associate professor of social studies education at Boston University. His most recent book (with Joseph Braun and Phyllis Fernlund) is Technology Tools in the Social Studies Curriculum (Franklin, Beedle Associates, 1998). He can be reached at the School of Education, 605 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

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Creating a Mathematical Laboratory

Louis Feicht (lfeicht@capnet.k12.or.us) has 12 years of teaching experience in mathematics and computer education. He currently works as a technology and network specialist in Silverton, Oregon, where he lives with his wife, Meg; and daughter, Emily. He is currently interested in developing database applications for the Web.

Margaret L. Niess (niessm@ucs.orst.edu), L&L's mathematics editor, is a professor at Oregon State University. In 1993, she received OSU's Burlington Resources Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research. Contact her at the Dept. of Science and Mathematics Education, OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331; 541.737.1817; fax 541.737.1818.

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Project LINCOL'N
Improving and Enhancing Student Learning

Michael Holinga (holinga@springfield.k12.il.us), Director of Technology for Springfield Public School District 186, is one of the principle developers for project LINCOL'N and an advocate for quality student education. His current duties include district-level responsibility for development and continuation of teacher technology training, the integration of technology and curriculum development, and the district's science program. Previously, he taught chemistry for 15 years at the high school and junior college level.

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Software Reviews

Judi Mathis Johnson (jmathisj@longwood.lwc.edu) has edited software reviews for 10 years. She is Virginia's higher-education representative to the SEIRTEC advisory board, and she directs the ENC Access Center for Southside Virginia. Contact her at 2749 Birdsong Ln., Powhatan, VA 23139; 804.598.6138.