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Learning &
Leading
with Technology
April 2000
Special Theme Issue
on
Assessment and Evaluation
This issue focuses on technology’s role in assessment
and evaluation,
whether it be assessing students, teachers, or the
technology itself.
Also read about ISTE’s first Minority Leadership
Symposium,
resources for the one- or few-computer classroom, and
virtual geometry.
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Find
past articles! Search by subject, author, NETS•S,
grade
level, and more.
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Teacher as Researcher: A
Means
to Assess the Effectiveness of Technology in the
Classroom
by Diane D. Painter
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Diane served on a teacher research group in her school
that made
many improvements in the school’s goals and plan.
Find out
how teachers can become researchers.
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the full article (PDF, 286 KB, PDF Instructions)
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Create Your Own
Electronic Portfolio:
Using Off-the-Shelf Software to Showcase Your Own or
Student Work
by Helen Barrett
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An electronic portfolio is not a haphazard collection of
artifacts
but rather a reflective tool that demonstrates growth
over time.
In the October 1998 issue of L&L, Helen
outlined the
strategic questions to ask when developing electronic
portfolios.
This article describes the electronic portfolio
development process
further and covers seven different software and hardware
tools
for creating portfolios.
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the full article (PDF, 528 KB, PDF Instructions)
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Electronic
Assessment
by Ken Cardwell
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Ken has used electronic testing with his students for
years, and
he believes that electronic testing will eventually
become the
norm rather than the exception. He provides tools and
resources
to help you begin using it with your students.
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the full article (PDF, 494 KB, PDF Instructions)
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Assessing the Effects of
Technology
in a Standards-Driven World
by Harvey Barnett
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In this article, Harvey attempts to put the question of
assessing
technology effects on students in perspective and offer
some strategies
for administrators and technology-using teachers that
will produce
data to show how technology is affecting student
learning in ways
that can’t be measured by standardized tests.
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the full article (PDF, 256 KB, PDF Instructions)
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How Do We Know It’s
Working:
Designing an Authentic Assessment Plan
by Jeff Sun
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How often have you heard it? You know, the question that
comes
from parents, board members, and increasingly from
educators themselves:
"We’ve spent millions on technology, but how do we
know it’s
having any effect on student achievement?" To avoid the
pessimistic
forecast that information technology (IT) will simply
become another
educational fad, attention must be paid to defining
goals for
technology use and then measuring progress made.
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the full article (PDF, 933 KB, PDF Instructions)
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Software
Releases
by Judi Mathis Johnson
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Read more about new software for early reading, mapping,
math,
concept mapping, reference, and Web site management.
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the full article (PDF, 195 KB, PDF Instructions)
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ESPG
Modes
by Judi Mathis Johnson
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This month marks the beginning of a new feature in the
Software
section of L&L: software mode listings for
each title.
You’ll see the mode icons beside software titles in
Software
Releases. Here you can view the key to the icons.
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Looking Back &
Looking Ahead:
ISTE’s First Minority Leadership
Symposium
by Angela Benson
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This inaugural invitational event was designed to
provide
a forum for minority leaders at all levels of
education to share
information and discuss the unique technological
perspectives,
issues, and needs of their peers.
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the full article (PDF, 528 KB, PDF Instructions)
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Information
Appliances
by David Moursund
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David describes more fully one of his powerful ideas shaping the present
and future of education: information appliances. This month’s editorial
also touches on ideas from number 4 (user interface) and number 6 (problem
solving). Read the full list of powerful ideas.
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the full article (PDF, 104 KB, PDF Instructions)
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Too Few Computers and
Too Many
Kids: What Can I Do?
Part Three
by Tamela D. Randolph, Douglas Bedient, and
Jacqueline
Scolari
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Tamela, Douglas, and Jacqueline continue their four-part
series
with resources for math, science, and consumer
education.
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Life Goes On: Using the
Insights
of Sarah Delany to Help Teens Deal with
Loss
by Rose Reissman
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Online chats help students share their own stories of
loss and
survival in response to quotations from a
survivor’s memoir.
Find out how to adapt other popular books for your
classroom.
Students also can create their own extension
activities.
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Taking Shape: Linking Geometry
and Technology
by Christine G. Renne
Virtual geometry can help students create their own
mathematical understandings
within the framework set forth by the National Council of
Teachers of
Mathematics.
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www.bothell.washington.edu/ed/CRenne
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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 © 2000, ISTE (International Society for Technology
in Education).
All rights reserved.
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