Lifelong Learning: A Powerful Idea Shaping Education

Dr. David Moursund (moursund@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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Integrating Technology: Some Things You Should Know

Laurie B. Dias ( lbdias@mindspring.com ) is an instructional technology specialist for Cobb County Public Schools in Marietta, Georgia. She is currently pursuing a PhD in instructional technology from Georgia State University.

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Eight Steps to Success:
Technology Staff Development that Works

Barbara Bray ( bbray@compstrategies.com) is president of Computer Strategies, LLC. She founded it in 1990 to provide relevant and customized technology staff development for K–12 teachers. She has taught classes at California State, Hayward, and St. Mary’s College and has presented at numerous local, national, and international conferences. She’s the column editor for Technology Coordinators in the Computer-Using Educators ( www.cue.org) newsletter, has written articles on planning and staff development, and is writing two books. She can be reached at PO Box 947, San Leandro, CA 94577; 800.633.2248, fax 510.562.4570.

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Professional Competencies for the Digital Age Classroom

Ed Coughlin ( Ecoughlin@mff.org) is a technology consultant for the Milken Exchange on Education Technology. In this position, he has worked extensively on national projects assessing the effects of technology in schools. He is the primary author of  The Professional Competency Continuum: Professional Skills for the Digital Age Classroom  and co-authored  Technology in American Schools: Seven Dimensions for Gauging Progress. A Policymaker’s Guide. He previously directed regional and county technology offices. He began his career as a fifth-grade teacher and spent 11 years teaching gifted and talented students at all levels. He can be reached at 310.998.3093 or fax 310.998.2899.

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From Computer Lab to Technology Class:
A Formula for Transformation

Sandra Sherwood ( ssherwoo@cnyric.org) is a technology teacher at Appleby Elementary School, Albro Road, Marathon, NY 13803; 607.849.3281; fax 607.849.4730. She works with more than 600 K–6 students using technology to enhance the classroom curricula. She maintains all computers and peripherals and serves on many in-house committees. She is an active member of New York State Computers and Technologies in Education (www.nyscate.org). Sherwood also provides teacher training in her district, neighboring districts, and across the state in association with NYSC&TE. She holds an MS from SUNY–Cortland.

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Linking Educators to Learning

Beth Buchler ( bbuchler@new-learning.com) develops and conducts staff development programs for teachers and administrators. She is the director of New-Learning Educational Services and works with teachers to effectively integrate technology into their curriculum. As an educational consultant, she works with the Illinois State Board of Education and North Central Regional Education Lab to support engaged learning in the classroom.

Guy Ballard ( guybal@niles-hs.k12.il.us) is the Director of Technology for Niles Township High School District 219. He works with Illinois Schools on technology planning, staff development, and technology integration initiatives. He is the current president of Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) and co-chair of NECC 2001.

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Advanced Technology Training:
Multimedia Institutes Go to the Museum District

Diane Garner ( dgarner1@houstonisd.org) was a classroom teacher for 10 years in the Houston Independent School District and a school-based teacher technologist for 13 years before joining the Instructional Technology Division in 1996. She has presented at several regional and state conferences and her articles on instructional technology have been published in  L&L and  Tech Trends.

Richard Alan Smith ( rsmith2@houstonisd.org) joined the Houston Independent School District in 1982 and soon designed its first middle-school, hands-on computer literacy course. He now directs the team of 32 staff members who comprise the Division of Instructional Technology and Technical Training. His latest project is a series of cable television shows seen in Houston on the HISD channel and spotlighting the achievements of outstanding technology-using teachers.

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Beyond Tool Training: Professional
Development for Elementary Math Teachers

Cathy Miles Grant ( cgrant@edc.org) is a senior research and development associate at EDC, in Newton, Mass. This article grew out of Cathy’s work as professional development and elementary mathematics specialist for the Hanau Model Schools Partnership, based at TERC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Hanau, Germany. Cathy is a former staff developer, classroom teacher, and special education teacher at the elementary and middle school levels. She is currently immersed in writing Lenses on Learning, two courses designed to support school administrators’ learning about critical issues in mathematics education reform. Contact her at EDC, 55 Chapel St., Newton, MA 02158..

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; 541.737.1818; fax 541.737.1817.

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Project-Based Student Technology Competencies: Expanding Technology Infrastructure and the Need for Staff Development

Catherine Collier ( catherine.collier@gte.net) is an assistant professor of education at Lesley College. She received her EdD from University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Dr. Collier can be reached at Lesley College, School of Education, 29 Everett Street, White Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138; 617.868.9600.

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First Steps in Telecollaboration

Judi Harris (judi.harris@mail.utexas.edu), associate professor in curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas-Austin, directs the Electronic Emissary ( www.tapr.org/emissary/). She has written more than 140 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 Reviews and 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. She recently worked at Longwood College, first helping the education faculty learn more about using technology and later as a professor redesigning courses to integrate technology. Contact her at 2749 Birdsong Lane, Powhatan, VA 23139; 804.598.6138.

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