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Monthly Archives March 2003

Internet Safety

One of the more useful sessions I attended at SITTE was provided by Michael and Ilene Berson. The Bersons combine the expertise of a Psychologist and Educational Technologist and share an interest in risky and inappropriate Internet behavior. They suggest that typical approaches such as filtering (attempting to block or control access) and AUPs (rules) [...]

Posted 31 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Web Inquiry Projects

Most students taking Ed Tech couses have probably heard of WebQuests. The WebQuest project was proposed by Dr. Bernie Dodge and encourages a structured (scaffolded) approach to student web explorations. Dr. Dodge is continuing to refine the idea of web inquiry and now is advancing an approach called the WIP – Web Inquiry Projects. Basically, [...]

Posted 28 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Ed Faculty as Technology Users

Teachers teach as they are taught. This is likely true for many reforms including the classroom integration of technology. Karleen Goubeaud of Long Island University reported a study on the integration of technology be education faculty at SITTE. The report was based on data taken from the National Study of Postsecondary faculty and drew on [...]

Posted 26 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education

Cindy and I are about to take the blog on a road trip. We leave early tomorrow for Albuquerque and the Sitte conference. Site (SITTE) is an affiliation of teacher educators and is associated with the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE – lots of acronyms). We plan to offer some comments [...]

Posted 24 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Report on Internet

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has released the results of a survey of children’s use of the Internet – Connected to the Future. While the report demonstrates the continued existence of the digital divide, the report concludes that underserved groups are connecting. Some findings: Home use of Internet by income level – high income – [...]

Posted 23 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

No Child Left Behind

Learning Time offers an interview of John Bailey – U.S. Department of Education Director of Educational Technology. The Learning Times Network does require that you register before you will be allowed to connect. Note that a direct link to this presentation is not available available. If the link to the “No child left behind” interview [...]

Posted 21 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Turn It In

I am visiting my mom for a couple of days. She uses a webtv box to access the Internet. This system uses a standard tv as a monitor, a very simplified computer (not storage device), and connects to the Internet through a built-in modem. It is kind of the model for some of the educational [...]

Posted 19 March 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °