Christina Miller
Wilmington College
EDT 6020
Snyder, John. (1999, March). Teaching With New Eyes. Milken Family Foundation.[Online] Available:
http://www.mff.org/edtech/article.taf?_function=detail&Content_uid1=133
The fact that students need to
acquire technology skills does not mean that they must sacrifice other
skills. The fact that we need to help students learn to act ethically,
kindly, and responsibly does not mean that we need to neglect other areas.
Good teaching is still good teaching and kids are still the focus. If we
can use technology to shape their assumptions about connections to the
community, we will have given them a treasure that will be measured in
their lives, transformed by insight.
Trotter, Andrew. (2000, September). Effectiveness of Computers Still Open To Question. Education Week. [Online] Available:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=03techupdate.h20&keywords=technology
Computers are reshaping children’s
lives at home and at school, in profound and unexpected ways. Common sense
suggests that we consider the potential harm, as well as the promised benefits
of this change. Many questions arise as to the best way to use computers.
The effectiveness of educational technology varies depending on the level
of the students access to technology, the software design, the role of
the educators, student grouping, how it’s used with different student populations
and educator training.
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Walsh, Mark. (1999, December). High Court Hears Arguments Over Aid to Religious Schools. Education Week. [Online] Available:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=15helm.h19&keywords=technology
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to
hear a Louisiana case involving government aid to religious schools in
the form of computers and other educational materials. The case could have
important implications in the debate over school vouchers, and even a narrow
dealing with the inclusion of religious school students in a federal aid
program would have an impact beyond that program. The big question in this
case is whether the Supreme Court is going to continue to apply the principle
that direct government aid to religious schools is unconstitutional.
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Zehr, Mary Ann. (2000, June). Laptops For All Doesn’t Mean They’re Always Used. Education Week.
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Johnson, Margaret. (2000, January). New Roles for Educators. Milken family Foundation [Online] Available:
http://www.mff.org/edtech/article.taf?_function=detail$Content_uid1=290
While recent K-12 publications
have devoted columns to describing the best uses for technology in our
classrooms or to exposing ill-advised practices, many creative teachers,
students and school systems are busy determining for themselves the usefulness
of technology. When access and opportunity converge, the users themselves
(whether adults or children) will determine the ultimate utility of any
resource. Many of the same technology tools that are revolutionizing science
and research are now available to and facilitating new roles for both adult
and young learners as well as providing new opportunities for all learners
to recap intellectual, creative, and financial rewards.