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Learning &
Leading
with Technology
Summer 2000
Read and respond to smart tips for using technology in the
classroom.
Also get more information about the LEGO software reviewed
in the
May 2000 issue of L&L. L&L does not
publish a
print magazine during the summer. Watch for the September
issue,
scheduled to mail August 22.
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Find past articles! Search
by subject,
author, NETS•S, grade level, and more.
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Design Students Create Caring Toys
by Rose Reissman
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Students often are met with objections from caregivers when they ask for a new
toy. Help them design toys that their caregivers will approve. Students can
even send redesign ideas to toy manufacturers. Note: ISTE member item. Please
have your member number handy.
 
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About Face: Photo and Portrait Play
by Rose Reissman
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Nonlinguistic writing prompts can engage students with nontextual learning
styles in literacy and information skills. Note: ISTE member item. Please
have your member number handy.
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“Someone’s in the Kitchen
With”: Multimedia and Desktop Published Kitchen Stories
by Rose Reissman
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In this era of fast food restaurants and dinners out, we often overlook the
power of the kitchen in our lives. Rose provides activities that help students
focus on the power of the family. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your
member number handy.
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Telecommunications SAGES: Spontaneous
Acts of Goodness E-mail Storytellers
by Rose Reissman
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Climates of hatred, intolerance, and violence have devastated many communities.
Technology can help address these problems, and it can be a vehicle for citizenship
education. Note: ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.
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Toy Talk
by Rose Reissman
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This activity combines toys with technology to teach students multiple literacy
competencies, including writing, reporting, reflecting, and responding. Note:
ISTE member item. Please have your member number handy.
Rose Reissman will be submitting more Smart Tips in the future. Visit the Web
site often to find them.
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ROBOLABTM and MINDSTORMSTM Follow-Up
by Judi Mathis Johnson
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Find out more information about LEGO ROBOLAB and MINDSTORMS. The Background
information Judi received in response to the May 2000 review helps clarify
the differences between the commercial and education versions. Note: ISTE
member item. Please have your member number handy.
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Letters
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L&L welcomes your feedback. See reader responses to Eva Marie Bowen’s
article “Research, Analysis, Communication: Meeting Standards with Technology”
(May 2000).
L&L welcomes your feedback. See reader responses to Eva Marie Bowen’s
article “Research, Analysis, Communication: Meeting Standards with Technology”
(May 2000).
Copyright © 2000, ISTE (International Society
for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
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