Information Appliances

Dr. David Moursund (dmoursund@iste.org) 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. He currently serves as ISTE’s executive officer for research, development, and evaluation.

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Teacher as Researcher: A Means to Assess the Effectiveness of Technology in the Classroom

Diane D. Painter (dpainter@fc.fcps.k12.va.us) is on the Board of Directors (Elementary Director) for the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE), an ISTE Affiliate. She is a research editor for the VSTE Journal. She earned a doctorate in special education technology at George Mason University in 1994 and teaches for Fairfax County Public Schools as a technology resource teacher at Deer Park Elementary School. In addition to her technology duties at Deer Park, she leads the Teacher Research Team (TRT). Contact her at Deer Park Elementary School, 15109 Carlbern Dr., Centreville, VA 20120; 703.802.5031.

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Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio: Using Off-the-Shelf Software to Showcase Your Own or Student Work

Helen Barrett (afhcb@uaa.alaska.edu) has been involved in educational technology and staff development in Alaska for the last 17 years. She currently coordinates educational technology for the School of Education and advises the New Media Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage. You can contact her at 907.786.4423 or visit the internationally known Electronic Portfolio Web site ( http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios.html).

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Electronic Assessment

While working as a teacher, Webmaster, and district trainer for the Redmond (Oregon) School District, Ken Cardwell (kcardwel@redmond.k12.or.us) has organized and participated in countless workshops across the United States. With the knowledge and wisdom of 26 years of teaching, five years of computer consulting, extensive Web design skills, and experience training educators in technology use, he has made tremendous contributions both locally and nationally to technology education.

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Assessing the Effects of Technology in a Standards-Driven World

Harvey Barnett (hbarnet@wested.org) is a Senior Research Associate at WestEd working to develop technology planning and assessment tools. Prior to joining WestEd, he was Director of Technology for the Cupertino School District and one of the founders of the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) project. In addition, Barnett serves on the Board of Directors of Computer Using Educators. Contact him at WestEd, 730 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94107.

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How Do We Know It’s Working? Designing an Authentic Assessment Plan

Jeff Sun (jsun@sun-associates.com) has more than 15 years’ experience in the field of instructional technology planning and implementation. He is currently the director of Sun Associates (www.sun-associates.com), a firm specializing in educational technology evaluation, planning, and professional development. He is also a partner consultant to SEIR*TEC (the Southeast RTEC) and was formerly Director of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of Education’s Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory. Jeff lives in Groton, Massachusetts, and works with schools, districts, and state departments of education across the country. He is the author of Planning into Practice—Resources for Planning, Implementing and Integrating Instructional Technology (SEIR*TEC, 2000) and has presented at many national and regional conferences including the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). He can be reached at Sun Associates, 100 Foot of John St., Lowell, MA 01852; 978.453.3070; fax 978.453.9988. Meet Jeff in person at his NECC 2000 preconference workshop. Find out about NECC at www.neccsite.org.

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Too Few Computers and Too Many Kids: Part Three

Tamela Randolph (trandolph@semenovm.semo.edu) is an assistant professor at Southeast Missouri State University. She teaches mathematics content courses for preservice elementary teachers. Her research interests include integrating technology into the classroom. Contact Tamela at Department of Mathematics, MS 6700, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.

Douglas Bedient (ga3213@siu.edu) is a professor of curriculum and instruction at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He directs a secondary teacher education center and is a past international president of Phi Delta Kappa.

Jacqueline Scolari (jscolari@som.siu.edu) is an assistant professor of information and communication sciences in the School of Medicine at Southern Illinois University. She also directs SIU’s Medical Resource Center. She investigates practical technology initiatives in public schools.

Richard Dillon is editor of L&L’s One-Computer Classroom column. Contact him at 825 NE 128 St., Seattle, WA 98125; 206.366.8420; rwdillon@seanet.com.

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Life Goes On: Using the Insights of Sarah Delany to Help Teens Deal with Loss

Dr. Rose Reissman, L&L’s language arts editor, is currently president of the Association of Computer Educators, New York; R&D consultant for FutureKids Technology Literacy Training Center; president of the NYCATE; educational consultant for the museum of the City of New York; and educational language arts standards consultant for CityLore/Multimedia Cultural Resource Center. She has developed media and technology courses for the reading and writing master’s program at Manhattanville College. Contact her at 110 Seaman Ave., 5C, New York, NY 10034.

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Taking Shape: Linking Geometry and Technology

Christine G. (Chris) Renne (crenne@u.washington.edu) is an assistant professor of education at the University of Washington, 22011 26th Ave. SE, Bothell, WA, 98021; 425.352.5374. She teaches prospective K–8 teachers and current prekindergarten through community college teachers. Her interests include instructional processes, math education, and technology.

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; 541.737.818; fax 541.737.1817.

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Looking Back & Looking Ahead: ISTE’s First Minority Leadership Symposium

Angela Benson (abenson@coe.uga.edu) is a doctoral student in instructional technology at the University of Georgia. Her research interests are distance learning and technology integration. Angela is the current chair of the Graduate Student Committee of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has taught an online writing course for three years and is author of a fiction-writing text developed for that course. She can be reached at the Department of Instructional Technology, University of Georgia, 604 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602-7144; 706.548.1304; fax 706.542.4032.

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Activity Design Assessments: An Uncharacteristic Consensus

Judi Harris (judi.harris@mail.utexas.edu), associate professor in Curriculum and Instruction and Instructional Technology area coordinator at the University of Texas-Austin, directs the Electronic Emissary (www.tapr.org/emissary). She has authored more than 145 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 Releases

Judi Mathis Johnson (judimj@iste.org) has evaluated educational software since 1979. She has published with ISTE since 1986 and continues to edit their Educational Software Preview Guide. Contact her at 2749 Birdsong Lane, Powhatan, VA 23139; 804.598.6138.

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