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From: Jessica Millstone <jmillstone@mediaworkshop.org> Subject:
Media Workshop Edu-Tech News Digest -- August 1-31, 2000
To:
edutech-news@www.mediaworkshop.org
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 03:21:30 -1000
Welcome to the August issue of the Media Workshop Educational Technology News Digest. I hope you've found this summer's monthly compilations to be a useful resource for news and information about educational technology. We'll be announcing our fall publishing schedule in early September. Have a good Labor Day weekend!
======================================================
Topics
covered in this issue:
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN & OUT OF SCHOOL (11
articles)
HIGH TECH TRENDS IN SCHOOLS (4 articles)
TECHNOLOGY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS (5 articles)
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION
PLATFORMS (5 articles)
ONLINE COURSES (9 articles)
DIGITAL DIVIDE (7
articles)
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August 2000
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN & OUT OF SCHOOL
A collection of
articles about how what kinds of technology students are using in and outside
of schools, how teachers and schools are incorporating technology into the
curriculum, and the concerns parents and teachers have about the use of
technology in the classroom.
"Teched out For School: PowerPoint, Other Tools are Making Poster Board
a Relic for History Books"
Paula Felps
Dallas Morning News,
http://dallasnews.com/technology/129857_backtoschool_0.html
August 3, 2000
"Taking the Mystery out of Science"
Katie Dean.
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38134,00.html?tw=wn20000817
"Choosing Quick Hits Over Card Catalog"
Lori Leibovich
New York
Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/circuits/articles/10thin.html
August 10, 2000
"For the New College B.M.O.C., 'M' Is for 'Machine'"
Lisa
Guernsey
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/circuits/articles/10dorm.html
August 10, 2000
"Teens getting wired"
Anand Vaishnav
Boston Globe,
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/233/learning/Teens_getting_wired+.shtml
August 20, 2000
"Growing concern about Web sites for kids: banality"
Paul Van
Slambrouck
Christian Science Monitor,
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/01/p4s1.htm
August 1, 2000
"Industry Group's Education Study Draws Conclusions and Critics"
Rebecca Weiner
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/cyber/education/30education.html
August 30, 2000
"Sales Pitches for Technology Inundate Schools"
Sandy Coleman
Boston Globe,
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/234/nation/Sales_pitches_for_technology_inundate_schoolsP.shtml
August 21, 2000
"Educational hazards" (OP-ED)
Steven Levingston
Boston
Globe,
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/228/business/Educational_hazardsP.shtml
August 15, 2000
"Web Ads in School Worry Parents"
Keith Ervin
Seattle
Times,
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/education/html98/adve20m_20000820.html
August 20, 2000
"Costs Do Not Compute"
Kristen Philipkoski
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,38079,00.html
August 17, 2000
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HIGH TECH
TRENDS IN SCHOOLS
This section highlights some of the more experimental
uses of technology in the classroom, include new programs for digital TV and
handheld computers.
"WISH TV: A Wish Come True for Schools and Students?"
Andy
Carvin
Benton Foundation Digital Beat Extra,
http://www.benton.org/News/Extra/edt080100.html
August 1, 2000
"Handheld Computers Turn to Schools As Producers See Lucrative New
Market"
Pui-Wing Tam
Wall Street Journal Interactive,
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB965169335851601846.htm
(paid subscription required)
August 2, 2000
"Palm Reading Goes Educational"
Elisa Batista
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38065,00.html
August 15, 2000
"New Toys for Cheating Students"
Elisa Batista.
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38066,00.html?tw=wn20000818
August 18, 2000
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TECHNOLOGY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS
These articles address the ways in
which teachers are being trained to use technology, including summer internship
programs and online professional development courses.
"Teachers Spend Summer in High-Tech Internships"
Lori Aratani
San Jose Mercury News,
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/iisme080400.htm
August 4, 2000
"Summer Jobs Give Teachers a New Look at Skills"
Kenneth J.
Cooper
Washington Post,
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46421-2000Aug6.html
August 7, 2000
"Teachers Learning ABCs of Technology for Classes"
Crayton
Harrison
The Dallas Morning News,
http://dallasnews.com/technology/140545_t1teachers_13e.html
August 13, 2000
"City School System to Offer Online Courses to Teachers"
Abby
Goodnough
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/080800ny-levy-edu.html
August 8, 2000
"Technology-savvy Schools: Teachers Face the Challenge of Incorporating
Digital Education"
T.J. Grewal
Business 2.0,
http://www.business2.com/content/magazine/numbers/2000/08/22/17468
September 12, 2000
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GOVERNMENT
EDUCATION PLATFORMS
With education (and specifically educational
technology) one of the biggest issues of the 2000 Presidential election
campaign, a number of news articles are focussing on government agendas for
supporting education.
"GOP Signals Platform Shift On Education"
Erik W. Robelen
Education Week,
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=43conventions.h19
August2, 2000
"Clinton Stresses Differences In Parties' Schools Agendas"
Joetta
L. Sack
Education Week,
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=43dems_clinton2.h19
August 15, 2000
"Bush and Gore Stake Claims to Federal Role in Education"
David E.
Rosenbaum
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/083000wh-educ-edu.html
August 30, 2000
"Federal Meddling or Local Empowerment? Congress and Educators
Disagree"
Rebecca Weiner
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/cyber/education/02education.html
August 2, 2000
"Clinton's Right-Click Woman"
Peter Catapano
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38078,00.html
August 17, 2000
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ONLINE
COURSES
K-12 schools and school districts are launching virtual schools,
universities are increasing their online offerings for this fall, and the
home-schooling movement is using the Internet to support non-traditional
learning environments. These articles look at the successes and failures of
online teaching and learning, as well as specific examples of distance learning
classes.
"Click 'n learn"
Mark Clayton
Christian Science Monitor,
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/08/15/fp15s1-csm.shtml
August 15, 2000
"No Lectures or Teachers, Just Software"
Joshua Green
New York
Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/circuits/articles/10prof.html
August 10, 2000
"Schools Turn to Web to Prepare Students for High-Stakes Testing"
Elizabeth B. Guerard
eSchool News Online
http://www.eschoolnews.com/archive.html?XP_PUB=eschoolonline&XP_TABLE=2000081405.db&XP_RECORD=938437005
August 14, 2000
"An Ever-Changing Course: Taking Admissions Tests on a Computer"
Lisa Guernsey
New York Times EDUCATION LIFE
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/080600edlife-guern-edu.html
August 6, 2000
"The Battle in Cyberspace: Universities and Professors Debate Ownership
of Materials on the Web"
Abby Ellin
New York Times EDUCATION LIFE
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/080600edlife-ellin-edu.html
August 6, 2000
"Kansas Educators Turn to the Web to Create a Unique 'Virtual'
School"
Rebecca Weiner
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/cyber/education/16education.html
August 16, 2000
"The Principal Is Your Virtual Pal"
Robin Clewley.
Wired
News,
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38077,00.html?tw=wn20000817
August 17, 2000
"Click 3 Times: No Place Like Home"
Kendra Mayfield
Wired
News,
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,38161,00.html
August 22, 2000
"Online Schools Mean Business"
Elisa Batista.
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38262,00.html?tw=wn20000818
August 18, 2000
======================================================
DIGITAL
DIVIDE
Examples of how organizations and individuals are addressing issues
of technological illiteracy, particularly in urban and rural areas.
"High-Tech Summer Boot Camp Puts Students a Step Ahead"
K. Oanh
Ha
San Jose Mercury News,
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/solar081700.htm
August 16, 2000
"Tech Boom a Bust for Teachers"
Katie Dean
Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,37722,00.html
August 1, 2000
"Program Will Bring Web to Poor Children"
Diane Rado
St.
Petersberg (FL) Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/072900/State/Program_will_bring_We.shtml
July 29, 2000
"Can Dot-Coms House the Poor?"
Katharine Mieszkowski
Salon
Magazine,
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/02/housing/index.html
August 2, 2000
"It Takes the Internet to Raise a Cambodian Village"
John
Markoff
New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/07bern.html
August 7, 2000
"Closing the Digital Divide"
Alec Klein
Washington Post,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32559-2000Aug15.html
August 16, 2000
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