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Learning &
Leading
with Technology
May 1999
This issue’s topics include computer-based concept
mapping,
pictorial seating charts, engineering problem solving,
electronic
storybooks, technology for students with multiple
disabilities,
mathematical modeling, and assessing teacher’s use of
technology.
Also, read the volume 26 index online.
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L&L
Volume 26 Index
The index to volume 26 of Learning & Leading
with
Technology is useful as a professional resource and
provides an
overview of the kinds of articles found in L&L over
the volume
year.
Computer-Based Concept
Mapping:
A Tool for Negotiating Meaning
by Lynne Anderson-Inman and Leslie Ditson
In this feature article, Lynne and Leslie describe
strategies for
using computers to enhance teaching and learning through the
process
of electronic concept mapping. Each strategy provides
teachers with
step-by-step guidelines for integrating computer-based
concept mapping
into the curriculum and documents how research on the
strategy is
yielding promising results.
 Download
the full article (PDF, 540 KB, PDF Instructions)
Creating a Pictorial Seating
Chart
by Richard Mowe
Keeping track of who’s who in the classroom, especially
for teachers
who have several sections of a particular class or classes,
has just
gotten easier. In this feature article, Richard (a St. Cloud
State
University professor) describes how he combines digital
photos with
word-processing tables to create effective seating
charts.
Download
the full article (PDF, 187 KB, PDF Instructions)
Engaging All
Students:
Real-World Problem Solving Helps Students “Do”
Science
by Ellen Frye
Ellen Frye describes how the Dartmouth/Thayer model of
engineering problem
solving can help attract traditionally underrepresented
students to
science, and help them achieve success. Read Engineering
Problem
Solving for Mathematics, Science, and Technology at
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~teps/
or order a paper copy for $15 from Thayer School of
Engineering, attn:
TEPS, Dartmouth College, 8000 Cummings, Hanover, NH
03755-8000.
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http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/~teps/
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Making It Work: Using
Technology in
a
Classroom for Young Children with Multiple
Disabilities
by Barbara Pratt
Technology can do wonders for students with special needs. In
this article,
Barbara describes how technology has improved her
students’ development
in many areas and how it has improved her teaching and time
management.
She describes the various technologies that she uses and
provides links
for more information on them.
Exploring Data
Warehouses
by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, and Hollylynne Drier
Finding good data can sometimes be a challenge for even the
most experienced
researcher. Glen, Gina, and Hollylynne have collected some
good data
resources for teachers to use.
Assessing
Current
Technology Use in the Classroom:
A Key to Efficient Staff Development and Technology
Planning
by Christopher Moersch
Christopher has created a framework for assessing
teachers’ current
technology use and for planning staff development to raise
their levels.
This Levels of Technology Implementation (or LoTi) framework
has been
described in previous L&L articles. Read the
supplementary
materials on this Web site to get an idea of how you can use
LoTi with
your teachers. Then contact Christopher at chris@learning-quest.com
to learn more about the research instrument.
Read:
• “Levels
of Technology Implementation (LoTi): A Framework for Measuring Classroom
Technology Use”
• “Levels
of Technology Implementation Framework”
• “Sample
Statements from the LoTi Questionnaire”
Still More Potential than
Performance:
Virtual Reality Research in Special Education
by M. D. Roblyer and Mike Cass
Virtual reality has been described as having great potential
for entertainment
and education. But, has VR achieved that potential yet? The
authors
explore this question in this month’s Research Windows
column.
In their research, they found “Special Education and
Virtual Reality:
Challenges and Possibilities” in ISTE’s
JRCE.
After the Internet…the
Encyclopedia?
by Ashley Blum and Laura D’Ignazio
(with thanks to their dads,
Scott Blum
and Fred D’Ignazio)
This month’s Multimedia Sandbox is a treat. It’s
written by
the real subject of all of our discussions: two fourth
graders. As they
worked on a project for class, they ran into all kinds of
technological
and nontechnological challenges. One resource they found
invaluable
was Grolier’s 1999 Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Research It Online: Internet
Sites of
Reference “Book” Publishers for the Busy School
Librarian
by Carol Truett
Carol put together a wonderful list of Web sites to help
reference librarians
and school media specialists find the resources they need.
Visit them
all and keep your online research skills up-to-date.
Mining the Internet
Online
by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, & Judi
Harris
Mining the Internet is an ongoing column in L&L.
Frequently
the Internet changes substantially in the six months between
the time
that a column is submitted and the time it appears in print.
The Mining
the Internet Web site will provide a location for updates to
each issue’s
column. It will also provide a way to offer active links to
Internet
locations mentioned in the column and a place for material
that would
not fit in the confines of a four-page column. The column will
therefore
become a hybrid mix of print materials that will appear in
each issue
of L&L and supplementary materials that will be
placed on
the Web each month.
Copyright © 1999, ISTE (International
Society for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
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