The Problem Cycle: A Model
for Computer
Education
by Margaret Lloyd
With computer systems and applications changing so rapidly,
how can
teachers make sure that what they are teaching students will
be useful
in six months? By teaching technology application to
problems rather
than how to use specific applications. In this month’s
feature
article, Margaret uses the metaphor of a bicycle to advocate
the teaching
of problem solving and computer-mediated solutions rather
than simply
providing students with key-press worksheets that teach
specific applications.
Download
the full article (PDF, 473 KB, PDF Instructions)
Get
Moving!
by Bob Albrecht and George Firedrake
Bob and George discuss how integrating math and science with
technology
creates exciting learning environments for students. View the
helpful
links provided.
Internet Investigations:
Mixing Talent with Teachers and
Telecommunications
by Mark E. Brown and Tracy L. Riley
Mark and Tracy describe how gifted students developed their
Internet
research skills as they investigated such unsolved mysteries
as the
Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and Stonehenge. View Brown and
Riley’s
favorite Web sites.
Listserv
Learning
by Kathleen Martin and Donna Bearden
Kathleen Martin and Donna Bearden discuss how teachers used a
listserv
(1) to describe how children used problem-solving software and
(2) to
discover and exchange powerful ideas about learning
environments, teaching,
and problem solving. These Web sites will help you learn how
to manage
your own list and how to publicize it.
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Listservs and Mailing Lists
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/getready/handson/ex-33/index.html
What is a listserv?
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How to Set Up Your Own Majordomo List
www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/majordomo-faq.html
Learn all there is to learn about majordomo!
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Add Your List to the List of Lists
http://catalog.com/vivian/interest-group-search.html
Publicize your list.
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Liszt
www.liszt.com
Find a mailing list.
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Educational Teleresearch: A
Means Not
an End
by Judi Harris
In the November Mining the Internet column, Judi Harris
describes six
purposes of internet research that can help teachers create
student
activites. These Web sites are a few examples of online
information
that have been synthesized and published for educational
use.
Worldwide Genealogy:
Using the World Wide Web to Complete Your Family
Tree
by Fred D’Ignazio, Catie
D’Ignazio, and
Laura D’Ignazio
Fred, Catie, and Laura D’Ignazio give you tips on how to
trace
your family tree. These Web sites will help you get
started.
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.
