The Digital
Divide
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Dr. Maureen Brown Yoder (MaureenY@aol.com)
is an associate professor in Lesley University’s
Technology in Education
Master’s Degree program. She teaches
telecommunications, multimedia,
and media literacy courses, and is the program director of
the Online
Technology in Education program. Reach her at Lesley
University,
29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; 617.349.8421.
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From the
Fields to the Laptop
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Jeri Kinser (jeri_kinser@estrella.org)
is instructional technology specialist for ESTRELLA and
has a strong
interest in the area of professional development. She has
been involved
in migrant education for 14 years. Previously, she was a
classroom
teacher in the public schools for nine years. Jeri is a
doctoral
candidate at Southern Illinois University in Teacher
Education (Dr.
Joyce Killian, chair). Reach her at the Illinois Migrant
Council,
28 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60604;
312.663.1522.
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Brenda Pessin (Brenda_Pessin@msn.com)
is director of ESTRELLA and of Migrant Education Services
for the
Illinois Migrant Council. She has worked for the Illinois
Migrant
Council for the past 15 years. Before that, Brenda worked
for the
Illinois State Board of Education as an evaluator, where her
interest
in migrant students began. She has a strong commitment to
migrant
education and to interstate and intrastate coordination as
the means
to provide the needed continuity of services to U.S. migrant
students.
Reach Brenda at the Illinois Migrant Council, 28 E. Jackson
Blvd.,
Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60604; 312.663.1522. |
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Pat Meyertholen (pmeyerth@tmail.tea.state.tx.us)
is program director for the Texas Education Agency. As
program director,
she coordinates Project SMART, a nationwide distance
learning program;
New Generation System, a multistate information network for
migrant
students; and a variety of projects geared to strengthening
interstate
coordination for Texas’ home-based migrant students.
Reach Pat
at the Texas Education Agency, 1701 N. Congress Avenue,
Austin, TX
78701; 512.463.9067. |
Migrant
ESL High School Students Succeed Using Networked Laptops
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Carolyn Knox, PhD (cknoxq@oregon.uoregon.edu),
has been working to use technology to support diversity in
the classroom
for more than 15 years. In addition to her research with
ESL students,
she uses the same system to support hearing-impaired
students at
the community college level. She teaches a course entitled
Computer-Supported
Collaborative Learning Environments in the College of
Education
at the University of Oregon (Eugene).
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Lynne Anderson-Inman, PhD (lynneai@oregon.uoregon.edu),
is director of the Center for Advanced Technology in
Education at
the University of Oregon (Eugene). She is a nationally
recognized
expert on technology applications to the teaching of
reading, writing,
and studying, with a special interest in using technology to
help
struggling students. |
Now That
You Know the Basics: Meeting Professional Growth Targets Part 2
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Doug Johnson (djohns1@isd77.k12.mn.us)
has been the director of media and technology for Mankato
Area Public
Schools for the past 9 years and has served as an adjunct
faculty
member of Minnesota State University, Mankato, for the
past 10.
His teaching experience has included work in Grades
K–12 in
the United States and Saudi Arabia. He is the author of
two books
and numerous articles. Doug has presented and conducted
workshops
in the United States, Malaysia, Kenya, Thailand, and
Canada. Visit
his Web page at www.doug-johnson.com.
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Marking
Time with Math: Putting Geometry Concepts into Context
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Mary C. Enderson (mcenders@mtsu.edu)
is an educator in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
at Middle
Tennessee State University. Her professional interests
include history
of mathematics, using technology as a tool for mathematics
teaching
and learning, assessment, and teacher change. She can be
reached
at MTSU, Department of Mathematical Sciences, PO Box
X-039, Murfreesboro,
TN 37132; 615.898.2616.
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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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Kids ’n
Music: Meeting Standards through Project-Based Learning
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Joseph Slowinski (joe.
slowinski@chadwick-k12.com) recently joined
Chadwick School,
a K–12 school in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California,
as director
of technology. Throughout his career, he has worked as a
K–12
teacher, teacher trainer, education technology policy
analyst, and
researcher, including experiences at Co-nect, the North
Central
Regional Educational Laboratory, and Indiana University.
Joe is
well published with nearly 40 articles and serves on the
editorial
review board of the international journal Information
Technology,
Education & Society and Young: Nordic Journal of Youth
Research.
His most recent education technology articles appear in
THE Journal,
the WebNet Journal, First Monday, Technology Source, and
Techknowlogia.
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Erin Rosenberg (erosenberg@co-nect.net)
is a curriculum and research specialist at Co-nect in
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Prior to her work at Co-nect, she was an elementary school
teacher
in the Cobb County Schools in Marietta, Georgia. She holds
an EdM
in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard
University
and a BA in elementary education from the University of
Pennsylvania. |
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Formerly a member of the educational
technology group
at BBN, David Reider (dreider@co-nect.net)
has been advancing music education with technology and new
learning
styles, and exploring teaching and learning in online
environments.
With Co-nect he developed Memphis Kids ’N Blues, in
which the
arts can lead to classroom study in all other curricular
areas while
developing general learning expertise. He directs the Kids
’N
Salsa project in South Florida as well as the Kids ’N
Music pilot
initiative, working with schools nationally. Previously a
professional
musician, he taught at the college conservatory and high
school levels,
toured extensively both nationally and abroad, recorded in
both jazz
and classical idioms, and composed for film, video, and
dance. He
has also written extensively on jazz and jazz
performance. |
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Bruce Goldberg (bgoldberg@co-nect.net)
is founder and chief education officer of Co-nect in
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He is a former division scientist at BBN (now a subdivision
of GTE
Internetworking) and has served as a policy advisor to many
organizations,
including the U.S. Department of Education, the Gates
Foundation Education
Initiative, the Grammy Foundation, and the Education
Commission of
the States. Dr. Goldberg was co-director of The Center for
Restructuring
at the American Federation of Teachers in Washington, D.C.,
has served
as a research associate at the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies
in La Jolla, California, and has taught at both the
community college
and university levels. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the
University
of Colorado. |
So
Many
Stars, So Little Time
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Marilyn Wall teaches fourth grade at John Wayland
Elementary
School (Shenandoah Valley, Virginia). She has been
satisfying her
quest for new teaching and learning adventures for some 30
years.
Adventures so far have included participating in
NASA’s GlobalQuest
II video, in NASA’s program, and as a Virginia
V-Quest Lead
Teacher for Math, Science, and Technology. Marilyn has
received
several awards.
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Parents
and Cartoons Help Bridge Delaware’s Digital Divide
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Ted Ammann (tammann@redclay.k12.de.us)
manages the State of Delaware/Capital School District
Challenge
Grant and oversees professional development in all
participating
schools. He taught elementary school for the district, won
the district’s
Teacher of the Year award in 1996, was among Apple’s
50 Distinguished
Educators in 1998, and testified before the U.S.
Congressional Committee
on Education and Workforce in 1999. He is a University of
Delaware
graduate and is completing an MBA in technology
management.
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Web Clippings
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Glen Bull (GlenBull@virginia.edu)
is a professor of instructional technology in the Curry
School of
Education at the University of Virginia. Contact Glen at
Curry School
of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
22903.
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Gina Bull (GinaBull@virginia.edu)
is a computer systems engineer in the Information
Technology and
Communication (ITC) organization at the University of
Virginia.
Contact Gina at University of Virginia, ITC-Astronomy
Building,
PO Box 400324, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4324.
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Steve Whitaker (whitaker@virginia.edu)
is a graduate instructor in the instructional technology
program in
the Curry School of Education. Contact Steve at Curry School
of Education,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA 22903. |
Software
Reviews
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Michelle Johnson (mjohnson@barren.k12.ky.us)
is a third- and fourth-grade “looping” teacher,
currently
in the third-grade part of the loop, which means she will
teach
her current class for two years. She has degrees from
Western Kentucky
University in Elementary Education and Learning and
Behavior Disabilities
as well as certification in teaching “Introduction to
Computing”
in the elementary grades. Michelle has fulfilled positions
from
special education teacher to school instructional
specialist and
classroom teacher.
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Software
Releases
Judi Mathis Johnson, PhD (judimj@iste.org),
software editor, has evaluated educational software since 1979.
Judi is
currently a core faculty member for the technology in education
division
at Lesley University. She has published with ISTE since 1986 and
continues
to edit the Educational Software Preview Guide. Contact her at
2749 Birdsong
Ln., Powhatan, VA 23139; 804.598.6138.
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The Learner
and Teacher Sides of the Digital Divide
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Dave Moursund, PhD (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 (IACE) to form
ISTE. He currently
serves as executive officer of research and evaluation.
Visit Dave’s
Web site at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/.
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