The 15% Solution

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 Virtual Trip

Dr. Noel Bitner (drnoel@selu.edu) is an assistant professor in the Teacher Education Department at Southeastern Louisiana University, and she is an active member of ISTE, SIGTE, and other organizations.

Dr. Elizabeth Wadlington (bwadlington@selu.edu) is an associate professor at Southeastern Louisiana University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate education courses. She is currently experimenting with new ways to integrate technology into all of her classes.

Dr. Sue Austin (saustin@selu.edu) is an associate professor of counselor education at Southeastern Louisiana University. She is also a psychologist with a private practice in Hammond, Louisiana. She regularly uses the computer with her assessment course and promotes technology in the classroom.

Dr. Elizabeth Partridge (epartridge@selu.edu) is a professor in the Teacher Education Department of Southeastern Louisiana University, where she has taught for 23 years. She teaches elementary and early childhood education methods courses, in which she incorporates current technology.

Dr. Joe Bitner (jbitner@selu.edu) is a professor of teacher education at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has taught computer literacy and computer integration for many years. His Web site (www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty
/jbitner/) provides additional information for the Virtual trip.

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Our Classmates
What We Wondered, What We Hypothesized,
and What We Learned

Susan Monahan (monahan@tenet.edu) has worked in special education for more than 20 years and has explored the use of technology with students with special needs for 12. She is currently a part-time itinerant teacher for the Austin Regional Day school and a part-time technology specialist at Brentwood Elementary School. She is also a technology trainer for the Austin Independent School District and conducts workshops helping teachers integrate word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and desktop publishing into the curriculum.

Dr. Joan Thormann (thormann@mail.lesley.edu) is L&L's special needs editor and professor in and codirector of Lesley College's innovative technology in education program. She taught students with special needs in public and private schools. She wrote Literacy in a Science Context (ASCD, 1996), a technology-based curriculum for inclusive classrooms. Phone her at 617.349.8387 or fax her at 617.349.8169.

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Finding EDSITEment in the Humanities

Candace Katz is deputy director of the Division of Research and Education of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington D.C. For more information on EDSITEment or Schools for a New Millennium, call toll free 1.800.NEH.1121.

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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Rolling the Dice
Developing an Understanding of Experimental
and Theoretical Probability

David Pugalee (dkpugale@email.uncc.edu) is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research focuses on mathematical literacy, which includes the role of language and technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

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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Hunting for Asteroids, Comets, and Novas

Dennis Erickson (derickson@mail.latin.pvt.k12.il.us) teaches astronomy, electronics, and computer literacy at The Latin School of Chicago. A lifelong amateur astronomer and ham radio operator, his current project is using Sidewalk Astronomy to share the wonders of the night sky and educate the public about light pollution and its solutions.

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In the Dark Ages?
How to Create Imaginative, Exciting, and Interactive
Web Sites with Barely More than a Keyboard

Steve Feld (sjfeld@erols.com) is a head coach, ThinkQuest Project data coordinator, and a computer graphics instructor at John F. Kennedy High School, 99 Terrace View Avenue, Bronx, New York 10463; http://www.homework-central.com/schools/jfkhs/.

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Meeting the Needs of the Net Generation

Dr. Dorothy Valcarcel Craig (dvcraig@mtsu.edu) is a professor of education at Middle Tennessee State University. She teaches courses that integrate technology and teaching methodologies. Current research pursuits include exploring the implications of dialog and teleconferencing in the high school classroom and follow-up studies examining teleresearch, Internet use, and gender differences.

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Touching Students' Minds in Cyberspace

Dr. M. Khalid Hamza (Khamza@fau.edu) is the president/founder of Edutek Quest, and he has developed various alternative computer technology and academic programs. Contact him at Educational Technology and Research, 2912 College Ave., Davie, FL 33314.

Dr. Bassem Alhalabi (bassem@cse.fau.edu) has founded multiform labs in five universities. He is currently in charge of the state-of-the-art Senior Project Laboratory at FAU. He has published in IEEE journals and other conference proceedings. Contact him at Florida Atlantic University, Computer Science and Engineering, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

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The World Wide Web
Interfaces, Databases, and Applications to Education

Richard Repp (repp@null.net) is presently completing his PhD in technology-based music instruction at the University of Illinois. His main teaching and research interest is the potential of the Internet for teaching. Visit his Web page at http://jump.to/rrepp.

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"I Know What We're Doing, But How Do We Do It?"
Action Sequences for Curriculum-Based Telecomputing

Judi Harris (jbharris@tenet.edu), associate professor in curriculum and instruction at the University Texas-Austin, directs the Electronic Emissary (http://www.tapr.org
/emissary/). She has written over 130 articles and four books, most recently Virtual Architecture: Designing and Directing Curriculum-Based Telecomputing (1998, ISTE) and Design Tools for the Internet-Supported Classroom (1998, ASCD).

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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.

Cynthia Shick completed her Master's Degree in Special Education at Longwood College in December 1998. She is currently seeking her first teaching position for special-needs students at the elementary school level.

Dr. Peggy Tarpley (ptarpley@longwood.lwc.edu) is an assistant professor at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia, teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in Longwood's Liberal Studies/Special Education five-year program. Contact her at Longwood College, Hull Education Building, Farmville, VA 23909.

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Our Multimedia Future
Recent Research on Multimedia's Impact on Education

M.D. Roblyer (mroblyer@westga.edu), L&L's Research Windows editor, has been an educator, researcher, and author in educational technology for 25 years. Her work includes Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (Prentice Hall, 1999) and Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum (Prentice Hall/Merrill, 1998). Contact her at State University of West Georgia, College of Education, Dept. of Research, Media, and Technology, 217 Education Annex, Carrollton GA, 30118.

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Electronic Portfolios
Students Documenting Their Best Work

Pamela Hanfland (phanflan@richland2.k12.sc.us) is currently a technology specialist in Richland School District #2. Contact her at 120 Sparkleberry Lane, Columbia, SC 29229; 803.699.3612; fax 803.699.2952.

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The Works
Updating a Classic

Carol Truett has been editing The Computer Librarian column on and off for more than a decade. She serves as program coordinator and professor of library science at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She has written more than 70 articles and reviews and three books. Her favorite activities include teaching technology and cataloging and classification to school librarians, walking her dogs, reading mystery novels, and gardening.