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Posted 28 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Compatibility Issues!

Cindy had an experience while teaching one of her classes that gave me an idea for a demonstration. She was working with pre-service teachers creating simple web pages and experienced some “issues” while trying to work back and forth creating web pages with multiple programs. Her students were generating web pages by converting a Word [...]

Posted 27 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Another Research Paper

Another research paper commenting on technology use in schools has surfaced – Zhao and Frank (2003). Factors affecting technology use in schools: An ecological perspective. American Educational Research Journal, 40, 807-840. The authors argue that much of the previous work has evaluated single variables through correlational studies and more complex approach is required. The description [...]

Posted 26 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

It is still about access

I think it is fair to say student use of technology in K-12 settings is still very limited. This a concern because of the lost opportunities and because money is being spent without seemingly accomplishing much. I encourage you to read a recent Journal of Research on Teaching article (2003, 36, 15-27) attempting to generate [...]

Posted 20 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Flickering Mind (again)

I continue to work my way through Todd Oppenheimer’s “Flickering Mind.” It takes a while and I try to read carefully to process the various arguments that are advanced. I think it is a good exercise for tech advocates. I also think I could probably create the same kind of book for other expensive programs [...]

Posted 19 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Technology and Losing the Past

Stewart Brand is one those big thinkers who seems to have the capability to get others to share his vision. He has a new venture , Long Now, that deals with concerns that the accelerating pace of change threatens our ability to ground outselves in history and plan thoughtfully for the future. His perspective plays [...]

Posted 15 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

THE Journal – Blogs

THE Journal (Feb 2004) contains an article (Ferdig and Trammell) entitled “Content Delivery in the Blogosphere. The article provides practical suggestions of how blogs might be used and be useful in classroom settings.

Posted 14 February 2004 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °