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  • Instructional technology

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    I recently talked with a high school senior who wants to become an elementary teacher. “Working with younger students, one thing I won’t have to think about is technology,” she said. She certainly has some…

  • Time and technology

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    I’m using probes in some of my chemistry labs, although I’m sure I could be doing more with them. In addition, I’m still trying to learn how to enhance lessons with the interactive board that was installed this year. I…

  • Teaching with technology

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    Back in the 1990s, when I was a technology director, a school board member asked me “What technology should our students use to prepare them for the workforce?” I responded that what our current elementary students…

  • Technology topics

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    As the summer months disappear, I’m finally getting caught up on my reading, thanks to some time at the beach—although I did not see many others reading educational journals there! As a member of ISTE, the…

  • Connecting with technology

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    Having been a technology coordinator in a previous career, I saw two different interpretations of the theme. Several of the articles deal with connecting students to the technology in their lives. For example,…

  • Science, Technology, and National Security: Helping Students Explore Vital Connections Between Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy

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    In this article, the author grafted discussion of scientific ideas onto students' natural enthusiasm for public policy issues and selected scientific concepts as the front end for a course that explores issues in…

  • Research on the River: High school and university students use technology and integrated science to study the quality of the James River

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    This project—the JAMES (Joining Across Miles Environmental Systems)—gave high school students the chance to do research involving technology and integrated science and allowed university science methods students the…

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