Integrating Technology

May 02, 2008

A Study on the Leaders of Technologically Innovative Schools

Guest columnist , Dr. Rachelle R. Wolosoff discusses her new study on the role of leaders in technologically innovative schools and some of the obstacles they face.

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April 14, 2008

From PowerPoint to Podcast

This podcast looks at the practical steps needed to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a podcast.

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April 09, 2008

Teachers, Technology, and Competence

Teachers are focusing the light of the new technologies first on themselves, so that they might develop some new skills of their own. Then they proceed to refract and redirect the light of their own clusters of students, previously shining on trivia and trash, toward more serious and academic subjects.

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March 31, 2008

Students

What are students up to with technology these days?

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March 25, 2008

Competence

This article looks at what some of the skills that people will need to succeed down the road a few years when the new technologies have permeated and saturated our workplaces.

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March 19, 2008

Why Technology?

Some impressions of why technology integration in education is so important at this juncture of history.

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March 10, 2008

Foreign Language (Part 2)

In the first article on this subject, we looked at the importance of learning foreign languages, and suggested some new technologies that might help in the process. This week we continue the discussion with a look at how these technologies mesh with what we know about language learning.

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March 03, 2008

Foreign Languages (Part 1)

To thrivein a global marketplace, we need to understand the role of language. Themonolingual worker is at a disadvantage today, and will be more so in the future. And yet a majority of American youth are not studying a foreignlanguage, and few become fluent in anything but their native tongue. We need tofix this, and technology can help.

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January 28, 2008

Filebusters

Find out how to use PDF format to send large files.

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January 22, 2008

Copy, Right?

Digital technologies and the world wide web have brought millions of teaching artifacts to the fingertips of our students and ourselves. It's time to make Fair Use of them without fear.

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January 07, 2008

What's the Question?

This week's article suggests some ideas for posing the right questions in a technology-rich classroom environment.

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January 04, 2008

Central Powers

Here’s a true story that points up while digital technologies are good at moving quickly through information, finding things fast, and collecting factual material. They are not so good at setting goals, providing direction, or relating means to ends.

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