Why Gen
www.Y
by Dennis Harper, Jeff Conor, and Amanda
Course
Generation www.Y gives students technology and pedagogical
skills
they can use when they partner with teachers to develop
lesson plans
that incorporate technology.
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Student Technology Leadership
Program
by Elaine Harrison
Kentucky’s Student Technology Leadership Program teaches
students to
use and maintain technology so that they can help with hardware and
network
maintenance, electronic lesson design, technology instruction, and
community-based
activities. Also read the online supplement, a related article by
Carol and
Joe Utay.
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The
Mystery of
the Missing File
by Ivan W. Baugh
How many times have you heard this statement: “Teacher,
I can’t
find my file!” Ivan presents an innovative way to teach
students
at all levels to keep track of their files. And, he provides
a template
that you can use in your classes.
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Software Reviews
by Judi Mathis Johnson
It would be nearly impossible to completely examine every
multimedia
encyclopedia before making a purchasing decision—by the
time
you even started to really dig into one, the next version
would be
released. Judi worked with technology coaches to analyze
five popular
multimedia encyclopedias for their school district. Read the
evaluation
criteria and results.
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Software
Releases
by Judi Mathis Johnson
Judi’s descriptions of new releases in educational
software are
now available online.
Powerful Lesson
Plans
by David Moursund
David describes interdisciplinary information technology (IIT)
lesson
plans. These powerful lesson plans relate back to his powerful
ideas.
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Student Technology Leadership
Program
by Elaine Harrison
See description above.
The Mystery of the Missing
File
by Ivan W. Baugh
See description above.
Predicting the Future:
Students Create Content for New Millennium
Newspapers
by Rose Reissman
With the rapid approach of the new millennium, help your
students bridge
generational gaps. Partner them with adults to share
predictions. Rose
and her colleague Elizabeth Gil put together a list of Web
sites, books,
and software that you can also use to harness students’
excitement
about the millennium.
A Slice of Data
by Juli K. Dixon and Mary M. Ruetten
A student-planned and -run pizza shop? Well, maybe a mock
pizza shop.
Juli and Mary describe an elementary school project in which
students
planned such a business. Read and download their student
worksheets.
Getting in the Technology
Game:
Home Runs or Strike Outs?
by Keith Wetzel
When it comes to using technology, do you sometimes feel like
the owner
of an expansion baseball team who has spent millions on
equipment, uniforms,
and facilities, but whose team is failing to win games? Keith
presents
some tips to prevent such a feeling and make sure you are
getting the
most out of your technology dollars. Visit the online
resources he provides.
The Universal
Solvent
by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, and Kara Dawson
Technology can dissolve the barriers between K–12 and
higher education.
Visit the sites that Glen and colleagues highlight as
forerunners of
this dissolution.
A Glimpse at the Past, An Eye
to the
Future:
Reviews of Three Video-Based Distance Education
Programs
by Elizabeth Kirby and M. D. Roblyer
Distance education of any type has its drawbacks, but the
three discussed
in this month’s Research Windows column provide successes
and lessons
for those planning such endeavors. One of the projects is the
federal
Star Schools program. Read about it online.
Software
Reviews
by Judi Mathis Johnson
See description above.
Software
Releases
by Judi Mathis Johnson
See description above.
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.
