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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Computer-Based Concept Mapping

Dr. Lynne Anderson-Inman (lynneai@oregon.
uoregon.edu) is director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon where she coordinates multiple research and development projects focusing on the use of technology to promote literacy and learning across the curriculum. Her current areas of emphasis are computer-based study strategies, electronic reading environments for at-risk readers, and Web-based study environments.

Leslie A. Ditson (ditson@oregon.uoregon.edu) is a research associate at the Center for Electronic Studying. As an instructional scientist, his primary interest is in nonverbal learning and communication. He teaches part-time at Blue Mountain School in Cottage Grove, Oregon. He and Mary Ditson have four children, ages 8–14.

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Creating a Pictorial Seating Chart

Richard Mowe (mowe@stcloudstate.edu) is an associate professor at St. Cloud State University. Areas of specialization are networking, data communication, desktop publishing, and computer education. Before completing his PhD at the University of Oregon, Mowe taught math, science, and computer-related classes at the elementary and high school levels. Mowe has authored and coauthored several books and articles on computer education. Outside interests include playing the banjo, guitar, and violin; cooking; and canoeing.

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Engaging All Students
Real-World Problem Solving Helps Students "Do" Science

Ellen Frye (ellen.frye@dartmouth.edu) is a freelance writer who was associated with the Dartmouth Project for Engineering Problem Solving from 1992 through its final 1998 "train-the-trainers" project. Call Ellen at 802.295.9587.

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Aesop Enters the Mathematical World

Janet M. Scholz, PhD, is an assistant professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She can be contacted by mail at IUP-Mathematics Department, 233 Stright Hall, Indiana, PA 15705, and by e-mail at jscholz@grove.iup.edu.

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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Making It Work
Using Technology in a Classroom for Young Children
with Multiple Disabilities

Barbara Pratt has been teaching young children with special needs for 24 years. Barbara is mother of six and grandmother of five. She has a daughter who is totally blind and a daughter with Rett Syndrome. She taught first grade before having her children and became interested in special education when her own girls were diagnosed. She is currently enrolled in a Master's program at Lesley College, and she will soon receive certification as an Educational Technology Specialist.

Dr. Joan Thormann (thormann@mail.lesley.edu) is L&L's special needs editor and a 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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Electronic Versus Paper
Do Children Learn from Stories on the Computer?

Melanie Fernandez (scrubyduck@aol.com) began her professional career in education in 1966. Currently, she is a visiting instructor at USF's Bayboro Campus in St. Petersburg where she teaches preservice teachers in literacy-related courses and supervises teaching interns. She is also the administrator of Academie Da Vinci--an elementary charter school focusing on the fine and performing arts.

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Exploring Data Warehouses

Glen Bull (GlenBull@virginia.edu) is a professor of instructional technology in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Contact Glen at Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.

Gina Bull (GinaBull@virginia.edu) is a computer systems engineer in the Information Technology and Communication organization at the University of Virginia. Contact Gina at Information Technology and Communications, University of Virginia, Char-lottesville, VA 22903.

Hollylynne Drier (HollyD@virginia.edu) is a graduate fellow in the Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education. Contact Hollylynne at Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.

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Assessing Current Technology Use in the Classroom

Chris Moersch (chris@learning-quest.com) is cofounder and director of the National Business Education Alliance in Corvallis, Oregon. He has written numerous articles on technology implementation, curriculum design, and performance-based assessment. Dr. Moersch is currently an adjunct professor at Oregon State University and a past school administrator and classroom teacher from southern California.

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Software Reviews

Uche Ukeje is currently in a dual Master's program in school guidance and community and college counseling. Her future goal is to further her education to a doctorate level to enable her to develop programs that will provide awareness of multiculturalism in the K-12 school system. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Rutgers University School of Business graduating cum laude. Her father, who has inspired her educational endeavors, is a renowned Professor of Education currently developing teacher mathematics programs in Nigeria, West Africa.

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New Software Releases

Judi Mathis Johnson (jmathisj@longwood.lwc.edu) has edited software reviews for 10 years and the Educational Software Preview Guide. 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.

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Still More Potential than Performance
Virtual Reality Research in Special Education

M. D. Roblyer (mroblyer@westga.edu), L&L's Research Windows editor and Chair of ISTE's Publications Committee, 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.

Mike Cass (mcass@westga.edu) is an associate professor of special education at the State University of West Georgia. He currently teaches the special education adaptive technology course and is investigating the effect of virtual reality training on the development of functional living skills. Contact Mike at 204 Education Annex, College of Education, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118.

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After the Internet...the Encyclopedia?

Ashley Blum is a fourth grader at Apex Elementary School in Apex, North Carolina. She and Laura D'Ignazio are classmates. Ashley was born in Chicago. She has a younger brother named Ethan and a dog named Carolina. Ashley's favorite sport is soccer. Ashley wants to be a teacher when she grows up. Contact her at blumscott@nortelnetworks.com.

Laura D'Ignazio (dignazio@msen.com) has spent most of her nine years making multimedia with her dad, Fred. She currently travels with her dad attending workshops around the country on HyperStudio and Web page authoring. Inspired by her third-grade teacher, Pam Andrews, Laura wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

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Research It Online
Internet Sites of Reference "Book" Publishers for the
Busy School Librarian

Carol Truett has been editing The Computing 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 courses to school librarians, walking her dogs, reading mystery novels, and gardening.

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