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Maryland State Plan for Postsecondary Education
2002 Update of the Maryland State Plan for Postsecondary Education
National Survey of Student Engagement
Community College Survey of Student Engagement
- Key Findings (2002)
- EDUCAUSE Survey Identifies Current IT Issues (2003) (pdf)
Higher Education Trends for the Next Century: A Research Agenda for Student Success
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Institute for Learning Technologies
EOE Home Page "The Educational Object Economy (EOE) is a community of Educators, Developers and Businesses working together to use, create, and collaborate upon Educational Java objects on the web. Currently, there are over 2400 educational Java objects in the library, covering virtually every subject area. These interactive simulations, illustrations, and exercises are available at no cost for anyone with web access to use."
The Learning Decade (January, 2003)
Instructional Management Systems Project "The IMS Project is developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online activities such as locating and using educational content, tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems. These specifications will increase the range of distributed learning opportunities and they will promote the creativity and productivity of both teachers and learners in this new environment."
eClass "Classroom 2000 is an attempt to study the impact of ubiquitous computing on education. We have built a prototype classroom environment and the necessary software infrastructure to seamlessly capture much of the rich interaction that occurs in a typical university lecture. By capturing the different streams of activity in the classroom and presenting an easily accessible interface that integrates those streams together, we reduce the need for mundane note-taking, allowing the student to engage in and better understand the classroom discussion. Our ultimate goal is to revolutionize the classroom experience through the evolutionary introduction of a natural and useful capture, integration and access service."
THE FUTURE OF HIGHER (LIFELONG) EDUCATION: For All Worldwide, a Holistic View by Parker Rossman
- Volume I - The Future of Higher (Lifelong) Education and Virtual Space
- Volume II - Research On Global Crises, Still Primitive?
- Volume III - Future Learning and Teaching
The Future of Higher Education: An Interview with Parker Rossman , The Technology Source, January/February 2003
NEA - The Future of Higher Education
Computer Addiction Services "A college freshman gets a mid-term warning because he is not keeping up with course work. Instead, he is spending every evening on the Internet communicating with all his family and former high school classmates, and rarely joins in social activities on campus."
The Future That is Already Here by Phillip Clark, April, 1999. "The field of education is poised for changes that will affect almost every institution and individual within it. New institutions will spring up; old ones will die away. New professions will spring up to serve new markets, while demand for old professions will shrink. The debate should no longer be about the possibility of change—the future of higher education is already in place. Instead, the debate should focus on how to harness, where possible, the driving forces behind this change."The Future of Learning: An Interview with Alfred Bork (Educom Review, July/August, 1999)
"Peter Drucker predicted that universities will die in thirty years because universities will not compete successfully with companies. A few may, but not with current strategies. Small wealthy colleges will probably survive.
Universities are too stuck in their current ways of doing things to be able to compete with well-developed material from "outside." Most university faculty and administrators do not appreciate the current problems of learning and so are not prepared for these future directions."
Another View "Since their inception, community colleges have been adaptive and responsive to society and community needs. The colleges of the future will remain constant in their philosophical commitment to access and quality. Community college leaders, however, will be faced with crucial choices that are far from constant in planning for the future of their institutions. These choices will shape not only the organization and delivery of their respective programs, but the type of institution the community college will become."
anticipating the future This is a course developed by Professor Roger L. Caldwell, Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona.
Coroporate eLearning Trends (pdf)
"This article provides a working definition of e-learning, discusses some of the related issues, and explores five of the key corporate e-learning trends as identified in the current literature."
National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education "Our Committee was appointed with bipartisan support on 10 May 1996 to make recommendations on how the purposes, shape, structure, size and funding of higher education, including support for students, should develop to meet the needs of the United Kingdom over the next 20 years. We were asked to recognize that higher education embraces teaching, learning, scholarship and research." A Vision for Twenty Years: The Learning Society
National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
National Center for Postsecondary Improvement
- Report calls for robust research into higher education (January 8, 2003)
- Beyond Dead Reckoning: Research Priorities for Redirecting Higher Education (pdf file)
Corporate University Xchange "Corporate University Xchange, Inc. is an education research and consulting firm that assists organizations in optimizing their education and training resources."
Pangaea Network "The Pangaea Network is a learning community of communities, one that serves colleges, schools, companies, associations and businesses in a shared environment. In such an environment these organizations can learn from and serve each other, as well as have their own private spaces—their own online campuses, schools and training centers—to do their own work of teaching and learning"
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Maryland State Department of Education
Aiming Higher: The Next Decade of Educational Reform in Maryland (January, 2002) pdf file
National Association of State Boards of Education
Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace -Taking the Lead on e-Learning Policy
The Report (PDF format) (October, 2001)
Agency for Instructional Technology "AIT is a nonprofit education organization established in 1962 to develop, acquire, and distribute quality technology-based resources and to provide leadership to the educational technology policy community. AIT fulfills this mission by being the largest single provider of instructional TV programs and by being a major player in the development of curriculum products. AIT has established a national model for contextual learning materials."
AskERIC " ... a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world. It began in 1992 as a project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology and is now, with the ERIC Clearinghouse, a component of the Information Institute of Syracuse at Syracuse University. Today, AskERIC encompasses the resources of the entire ERIC system and beyond. Got an education question? AskERIC!"
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD "ASCD is an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan education association committed to the mission of forging covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners. Founded in 1943, ASCD provides professional development in curriculum and supervision; initiates and supports activities to provide educational equity for all students; and serves as a world-class leader in education information services."
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning "The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning is a nonprofit organization dedicated to turning the teaching practices that are known to work into teaching practices that are widely used. We ensure that professional development is organized around what teachers need to know to improve the learning of their students."
CEO Forum on Education and Technology " ... was founded in the fall of 1996 to help ensure that America's schools effectively prepare all students to be contributing citizens and productive workers in the 21st Century. To meet this objective, the Forum issued an annual assessment of the nation's progress toward integrating technology into American classrooms. The Forum, a five-year project, closed its doors in December 2001."
- Reports
- Key Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century (2001)
- Year 3 Report - School Technology and Readiness (Summer 2000)
(a focus on digital learning)Consortium on School Networking "The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) promotes the use of telecommunications to improve K-12 learning. Members represent state and local education agencies, nonprofits, companies and individuals who share our vision."
- Is the Digital Divide the New Civil Rights Issue? (February 22, 2001)
CRITO : CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS "The Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) * is concerned with information technology (IT) as it generates major transformations in organizations, society and the world."
- Teaching, Learning and Computing "This site distributes research information from the national survey, Teaching, Learning, and Computing--1998, a study of teachers' use of computer technology, their pedagogies, and their school context. More than 4,000 teachers and related technology coordinators and school principals participated in the study. The study included schools and teachers from a national probability sample and also included purposive samples of schools and teachers because of their participation in major school reform programs or their unusually high amounts of computer technologies available. Findings will be released throughout 1999 ..."
Education Development Center, Inc. "At EDC, we attach a broad and inclusive definition to the word “education.” Our view of education is not bound by the walls of a school or university or focused only on children and young adults. Instead, our projects reach around the world and across the lifespan—from early childhood development to professional development and job training, from elementary school science and mathematics to adult literacy."
"In addition to designing curricula and other educational tools and systems, EDC works to improve the conditions for learning. We manage projects focusing on nutrition, environmental protection, substance abuse, and injury, violence, and disease prevention. And we collaborate with communities, institutions, and governments to create environments in which ongoing learning is valued and nurtured."Education World '' ...they created a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators could find information without searching the entire Internet. They created an information source on the Web with news from USA Today, monthly site reviews and employment listings to keep educators up to date. And they created original content such as lesson plans, articles written by education experts, and information on how to make the best use of technology in the classroom, so that educators could find ideas at the click of a mouse."
Edu-Link "Edu-Link's Smart Schoolhouse presents an online learning experience developed by educators, technologists, multimedia experts and visual designers. By providing a dynamic integration of exciting educational content, information management and communication services, EduLink's proprietary educational programs will be positioned to become the premier learning tool of the new millennium."
International Society for Technology in Education " The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the largest teacher-based, nonprofit organization in the field of educational technology. Its mission is to help K-12 classroom teachers and administrators share effective methods for enhancing student learning through the use of new classroom technologies."
- National Educational Technology Standards Project
- Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology CARET
Learner.org "Advancing Excellent Teaching in American Schools
Annenberg/CPB, a partnership between The Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. Annenberg/CPB videos help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. The programs are also intended for viewers at home and students in the classroom. All Annenberg/CPB videos, however they are used, exemplify excellent teaching."Lightspan.com "Education policies and priorities change, but one thing that has remained constant is Lightspan's commitment. Since 1993, we have been supporting educators in ways that help all students increase their achievement, and we've developed an approach that works. In fact it's been proven successful in independent studies in more than 1000 schools nationwide."
McREL - Making a Difference "The Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) consists of three affiliated entities: the Laboratory, McREL Institute, and MCL, Inc. Although each entity has different projects and funding sources, they share a common mission: to make a difference in the quality of education and learning for all through excellence in applied research, product development, and service. Established in 1966, McREL now maintains a staff of around 100 in their main office in Aurora, Colorado."
National Education Technology Plan
"The No Child Left Behind Act charges the Secretary of Education with developing the nation’s third National Education Technology Plan.
The Plan will establish a national strategy supporting the effective use of technology to improve student academic achievement and to prepare students for the 21st century. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress our nation has made as a result of a decade of increased federal, state, local and private investments in connecting classrooms to the Internet, providing students with computers, and equipping teachers with the skills they need to use technology as an instructional tool."
National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) "The National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) consists of 17 settings in 15 states. Some settings involve one institution of higher education in partnership with local P-12 schools. Other settings involve two or more institutions of higher education in partnership with P-12 schools."
National Science Teachers Association - "to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all."
Nuffield Curriculum Centre (UK) "Our aim is to explore new approaches to teaching and learning by developing, managing and supporting curriculum projects. Increasingly our projects are run in partnership with others."
- The Assessment Reform Group (1992-1999)
- RAND Education "Building on more than 25 years of research, RAND Education's mission is to improve educational policy and practice from kindergarten to higher education. In 1991, the Lilly Endowment awarded RAND a five-year grant to form the Institute on Education and Training, now known simply as RAND Education. Since that time, the research agenda has been based on the conviction that the challenges of education and training today require a new approach--not only examining individual components of education and training, but also looking at the enterprise as a system of related parts.
TeacherWeb - your online bulletin board
techLEARNING.com "Serving educators with ideas, tools, and resources for integrating technology into the K-12 school, classroom and curriculum."
- Technology & Learning Magazine
- Are Your Teachers "Highly Qualified"? (June, 2003)
- Web Resources for Accountability (June, 2003)
ThinkQuest "ThinkQuest Materials include web sites created by pre-collegiate students from around the world. These web sites are designed to stimulate your thinking, but they may not necessarily be authoritative sources of information. Like all pre-collegiate students, ThinkQuest participants are not yet professionals in any field."
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation "The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform, as well as significant education reform projects in Dayton, Ohio and vicinity. It has assumed the work of the Educational Excellence Network and is affiliated with the Manhattan Institute. (The Foundation is neither connected with nor sponsored by Fordham University.)"
- Charter School Authorizing: Are States Making the Grade? (June, 2003)
- No Child Left Behind: What Will it Take? (February, 2002)
- National Education Reform Issues
The Gateway to Educational Materials "The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites."
Big Chalk "We want to make a difference in education. We're committed to providing teachers, students, parents, and their surrounding community with the very best applications, products, and services available. And we'll make sure that they're appropriate, accessible, and easy to use."
Education with New Technologies: Networked Learning Community "Welcome to Education with New Technologies (ENT). This networked community is designed to help educators develop powerful learning experiences for students through the effective integration of new technologies.
Computers, the Internet, and other tools offer the promise of significant improvements in teaching and learning, but fulfilling that promise can be difficult. Through this ENT website, you will have access to thoughtful colleagues, interactive tools, detailed examples of technology-enhanced education, and a valuable collection of on-line resources. The site will help you navigate the expanding territory of new educational technologies with guidance from established principles for teaching and learning (e.g. Teaching for Understanding) through processes for integrating new technologies."
The Digital Education Network: A resource for teachers and students
"Education is rapidly undergoing a progression from traditional curricula to innovative and increasing interactive learning. ACT360° Media is addressing this issue by providing quality content and new methods of interaction through the Digital Education Network. With DEN, teachers and parents can access timely content for classroom or home use, and introduce students directly to the Internet education experience.
Right now, ACT360° Media is offering seven exciting DENs. Each DEN offers up-to-date information and interactive features that encourage students to learn, think, and participate in the online community.
MathDEN - presents challenging math problems.
WritingDEN - teaches students how to write effectively.
NewsDEN - presents current events in exciting new ways.
GraphicsDEN - introduces students to cool digital art.
SkyDEN- offers a visually stunning introduction to basic astronomy.
InternetDEN - shows teachers how to use Internet Explorer 4.0.
TestDEN - creates personalized study guides for TOEFL students"
FrontPage in the Classroom
Outlook Express in the Classroom
PowerPoint in the ClassroomThe Apple Learning Interchange "The online resource for teaching, learning, research, and collaboration. This is the place for educators interested in professional development, creating and sharing curriculum resources, and building a worldwide community of people committed to finding even better ways to teach with technology."
The Learning Space Online Teacher Network "Vision: To create an on-line learning community that improves education in Washington State. The global connections for learning which the Learning Space develops are integral to the restructuring efforts currently underway in Washington State. As a first step, this project will train teachers and administrators to be skilled in the usage of telecommunication technologies. Additionally, it will provide educators with a telecommunications infrastructure, thereby improving collaboration and communication for the support of instruction and the increase of student achievement."
Learn NC "LEARN NC, the Learners' and Educators' Assistance and Resource Network of North Carolina, is a statewide network of educators using Internet technologies to deliver professional development opportunities and learning resources that increase student achievement, enhance teacher proficiencies, and foster community participation in the educational process."
TheatreLink "TheatreLink is a curriculum-based Web project that connects high schools in different regions in the U.S. for a five-month period to create and study theatre together. This site is used as a resource and communications center by the participating schools."
Distance Learning Resource Network "The Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN) is the dissemination project for the Star Schools Program, a federally funded distance education program which offers instructional modules, enrichment activities and courses in science, mathematics, foreign languages, workplace skills, high school completion and adult literacy programs."
TechLearning.com - "The Resource for Educational Technology"
Professional Development: 21st Century Models (August 15, 2003)
National Grid for Learning an outstanding UK site
TAPPED IN™ "is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaboration with colleagues"
Learning Network - New York Times
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Education Resources For Teachers, Administrators, Students and Parents prepared by Ted Panitz. Scroll down the page to get to the hyperlinks.
NetDay Compass - your guide to ed tech resources "NetDayCompass.org is a comprehensive education technology web site designed for technology decision-makers working in K-12 schools. NetDayCompass.org is an initiative developed by NetDay (http://www.netday.org/), a national non-profit organization that works to connect every child to a brighter future by helping educators meet educational goals through the effective use of technology."
Millennium Project - From Debate to Understanding: The Evolving Role of Technology in Learning "The purpose of the Millennium Project is to engage the community at large, educators and policy makers, researchers and learners, in the U.S. and throughout the world, in an ongoing, mediated discussion of the evolving role of technology in education. In doing so, we hope to create an atmosphere in which all voices, representing the widest range of experience and perspective, can be heard. The ultimate success will depend on you, the participants, who have the power to create a rich resource to help inform the policies and practices of education in the next millennium."
Milken Exchange on Education Technology "Technology - and telecommunications in particular - is transforming all aspects of our lives. The necessary knowledge and skills to live, learn and work successfully have also shifted dramatically.
Today the American public education system represents the only opportunity for the disadvantaged to succeed. Indeed, intelligent and creative use of technology in schools and homes can mean greater fulfillment for everyone as well as the chance of a better future.
But that opportunity is not currently available in many, many schools today.
It is this challenge that educators, policy makers, community members and business and industry must meet if this nation is to compete globally. The aim of the Milken Exchange Web site is to facilitate, encourage and direct the multi-faceted process of meeting this challenge for change must happen from within a system, at the local level, but the broader educational community must build and support the capacity of schools, districts and states to succeed."
National Educational Technology - Standards for Students "The primary goal of the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) project is to enable stakeholders in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for the educational uses of technology that will facilitate school improvement in the United States. The NETS Project will develop standards to guide educational leaders in recognizing and addressing the essential conditions for effective use of technology to support PreK-12 education."
Electronic School "Welcome to Electronic School, the award-winning technology magazine for K-12 school leaders. Electronic School is published quarterly as a print and online supplement to The American School Board Journal, in cooperation with the Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education (ITTE), a program of the National School Boards Association."
Nation1 " ...with the help of the MIT Media Lab and 2B1, a group of young, very wired individuals are going to bend, twist and distort some barriers with the hope those barriers will undo themselves. We are going to create a country in cyberspace, not defined by geography or race, but by technology and age - Nation.1 - a country populated and run by kids."
2B1 "We see connecting the children of the world as a significant step--indeed the biggest possible step--towards creating a unified planet. Our vision projects a world whose people understand one another and are accustomed to sharing conversations, friendships and projects across what are still barriers of nationality, geography, culture and language. In our vision, people treat the entire planet as their home, and are accustomed to seeing its care as their personal concern. Perhaps what is most special is that we see children playing a significant role in achieving this state of the world because they are the "computer generation" and because they are innately the best long-term advocates for global values."
Project 2061 "To make sure that its work was grounded in the front-line experience of teaching, Project 2061 formed partnerships with six geographically and demographically diverse school-district teams of K-12 teachers and administrators. In 1990, the teams set to work designing curriculum models based on Science for All Americans. They soon realized that they needed to pin down a specific set of learning goals at several grade levels within the K-12 span. Their attempt to do this became the basis for Benchmarks for Science Literacy, published in 1993. Benchmarks expanded the science literacy goals of Science for All Americans into specific learning goals for the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12."
- Project 2061: Press Release: Heavy Books Light on Learning (9/17/99) "Not one of the widely used science textbooks for middle school was rated satisfactory by Project 2061, the long-term science, mathematics, and technology education reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). And the new crop of texts that have just entered the market fared no better in the evaluation."
- Algebra Textbooks - A Standards-Based Evaluation
The Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online "The Annenberg/CPB Project is the nation's leader in helping colleges, universities, high schools and community organizations use telecommunications technologies to improve learning for all students, including the growing number of older and part-time students, and informal learners in their homes."
NASA Classroom of the Future Program "COTF's mission is to develop curricular materials that improve mathematics, science, geography, and technology education in ways consistent with the national educational reform movement. The COTF
- develops high-quality, technology-intensive curricular supplements that incorporate NASA expertise and datasets;
- incorporates in these supplements current research findings on the effective application of technology to educational settings;
- delivers model, in-service programs that improve the technological competence of educators;
- and, provides networked tools that ensure equitable access to NASA resources by all learning communities "
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home "TeleRead is a nonpartisan plan to get electronic books into American homes--through a national digital library and small, sharp-screened computers--in an era of declining literacy."
MarcoPolo "The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, and classroom activities. Sites include materials to help with daily classroom planning, brief and extended lesson plans, reviewed and expert-approved links to related high-quality sites, and powerful search engines."
MarcoPolo - Spotlight Site by Steven Downes, Technology Source (July/August, 2000)
"A luxurious Web site rich in detail and imagination, MCI Worldcom's MarcoPolo illustrates the potential of the Internet in the classroom and at the same time highlights problems with corporate-sponsored content."
NotationStation "GVOX, the leader in developing proprietary interactive music technology, is pleased to announce the May 10, 2000 debut of the NotationStation.net™ website–-the online musical notation environment that will change the way music is taught in America."
Project Zero "Harvard Project Zero, a research group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has investigated the development of learning processes in children, adults, and organizations for over 32 years. Today, Project Zero is building on this research to help create communities of reflective, independent learners; to enhance deep understanding within disciplines; and to promote critical and creative thinking. Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as in humanistic and scientific disciplines, at individual and institutional levels."
MITA Center (Multiple Intelligence Teaching Approach) "The MITA Center upholds visions for secondary and higher education learning, based on new paradigms and brain research. Profound differences exist about what people espouse as excellent learning and teaching practices. The MITA Center will partner with diverse scholars and learning communities in order to identify and support best practices. The center celebrates and values gifts, abilities and interests of all who share at its roundtables."
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) "We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to generate an interest in science and engineering among today's youth. Currently, our primary means of accomplishing this goal is through our annual robot competitions, which began in 1992. We are also in the process of opening a science and technology facility in downtown Manchester, NH."
- Virtual High School: Conference Agenda June 13, 1998
"Statement of Team Hypothesis - Francisco Hernandez
"Based upon our feasibility analysis, we believe there is a sufficient convergence of the available technologies, curricular components, and interest in addressing the need, that now is the time to develop a pilot project to demonstrate the feasibility of a California virtual high school."Two More Universities Start Diploma-Granting Virtual High Schools( December 10, 1999)
Interactive University "The Interactive University Project is a campus and community collaboration whose aim is to identify how the University can best use information infrastructure (e.g. the Internet) to provide community service. Forty campus departments curren tly participate as Interactive University Partners. Community Partners include the Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts, and community based organizations and public libraries in Oakland. The project serves as t he technology partner of the Berkeley Pledge. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carol Christ is the project sponsor and principal investigator. Project activities are coordinated by UC Berkeley's Information Systems and Technology."
Virtual High-School Programs Begin Looking for Students Overseas (Chronicle, 4/13/00) "Class.com, a for-profit company created by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, has struck a deal to advertise its courses on Edunexo.com, a portal site that operates in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Spain. And Stanford University's Program for Gifted Youth is working with another portal, called NextEd, to offer courses in Australia and various Asian countries."
More States Create Virtual High Schools, With Virtual Universities' Help (The Chronicle 8/28/00)
Critical Issues in Education and Technology "The documents reviewed in this paper present important, yet often ignored perspectives on the impact of educational technology which might assist us in anticipating some of the effects. They have been selected for their potential to bring new perspectives to the theme and lead readers to further documents around the subject -- to go beyond the "how" to ask critical questions such as "why" and "at what cost" when evaluating the role of technology in education. Although the focus of this review is on the use of technology in the K-12 classroom, the relevance of many of the citations extends well beyond the elementary/secondary level."
Developing Educational Standards "The growth of the Internet has given us the chance to index the sources of information about standards in one place and place that information at anyone's electronic fingertips. We have established this page as a repository for as much information about educational standards and curriculum frameworks from all sources (national, state, local, and other) as can be found on the Internet."
Dimensions of the Workforce 2008: Beyond Training and Education, Toward Continuous Personal Development by Tom Hill. " To gain a 5 - 10 year perspective, this research paper uses a dimensional approach in the identification of trends in learning and interactive technologies as seen today in young people ages 10 - 19 years. For learning processes, the author identifies cognitive and social elements of a highly developed script or schema that young people seem to demonstrate on the 'use of technology'. The 'use of technology' script supports their quick adoption, learning and control of new technologies and network applications at an astonishing pace. "
The Digital Divide by Leslie Bennetts, FamilyPC (July 9, 1999) "Some children are reaping the benefits of the information age, while many others don't have access to computers and the Internet. What will happen to them--and to our society--if they don't get online?"
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