This paper gives the details of The Appalachian College Association, a non-profit organization made up of 34 four-year colleges and universities in the central Appalachian region. The member institutions range from under 700 students to over 3,000 students within multi-campus environments. These colleges and universities are located in some of the…

The toolkit contains print and electronic resources, including (1) "eMERGing Literacy and Technology: Working Together", A 492 page curriculum guide; (2) "LitTECH Interactive Presents: The Beginning of Literacy", a DVD that provides and overview linking technology to the concepts of emerging literacy; (3) "Your Preschool Classroom Computer Center:…

Faculty engaged in instruction integrating the World Wide Web continue to invest time to adapt different technologies towards meeting the mandate of increased interactivity. This paper reports on what the results of these efforts show and what the payoff is for the investment of time. The results of an informal survey of students in Web-based…

This document contains the following papers on concepts and procedures from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 conference: "Using School District Standards To Develop Thematic Lessons for Electronic Portfolios" (Cindy L. Anderson and others); "Using Adobe Acrobat for Electronic Portfolio…

This document contains the following papers on diversity and international issues from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 conference: "Using Technology To Support Teaching for Social Justice in a Preservice Program" (Barbara Beyerbach); "Integrating Technology into a Teacher Education…

There is continued pressure for the application and integration of computer technologies into learning and teaching. For such innovations to be successfully implemented, students themselves must have the confidence, ability, and willingness to engage with computer technology. In some disciplinary and professional contexts such as the arts,…

This article explores ways computers can be used in special education resource rooms. Discusses management of computer access, integration of computer into curriculum, software selection, and negative computer practices. Models of computer use, including use of computer as individual learning center and use of computer as a cognitive "tool kit" …

The National Society for the Study of Education encourages serious study of educational issues and makes the results of such studies available for informed discussion of the issues. In this volume, the issues associated with technology in the schools are placed in the context of technology as a significant and pervasive feature of contemporary…

A case study investigated an instructional model that incorporated the personal computer and Hyperstudio (tm) software into an assignment to write and illustrate an interactive, multimedia story. Subjects were 21 students in a fifth-grade homeroom in a public school (with a state-mandated minimum 45% ratio of minority students achieved by busing…

The technology data collection provides fundamental information on Iowa public schools with respect to various aspects of technology. Responses to the survey were received from 100% of the 379 Iowa public school districts during the 1996-97 school year. The survey was conducted to provide baseline information on a central core of technology…

Intended for use in an introductory computer course for educators, this textbook contains the following chapters: (1) "Introduction to Using Computers in Education"; (2) "Communications, Networks, the Internet, and the World Wide Web"; (3) "Software Applications for Education,"; (4) "Hardware Applications for…

This paper reports on the findings of two surveys, one year apart, that examined the experiences and attitudes of teachers in a University of Hong Kong English Centre related to the prospect of a curriculum increasingly mediated through information technology (IT). The responses bear witness to the problems teachers experienced in attempting to…

This publication summarizes the lessons learned during 2002 in a collaborative project that had two central goals: (1) to assess the current thinking on sustainability and outlays for educational technology (edtech) investments by using as national case studies the cities of Chicago, Cleveland and Milwaukee; and (2) to highlight critical issues…

This document contains the following papers on educational leadership from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2002 conference: (1) "Personality Assessment of Educational Leaders via Technology" (Pamela T. Barber Freeman and Michael L. McFrazier); (2) "Contributions and Concerns of SITE Participants: A Survey of…

This 2000 Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) conference proceedings first highlights keynote speakers and describes the pre-conference workshops. The conference papers and abstracts that follow discuss: strategic planning for faculty, staff, and student development; a network lab; the Blackboard course delivery system;…