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	Since we are in Millennium and Information Technology Era, as teachers we need to equipped ourselves
	with knowledge about computer and others which are related to Information Technology and ICT.
	Therefore, during my degree program in Malaysia National University (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia),
	I would like to take this opportunity to gain as much as I can to learn more about Computer in Education
	and related topics to ensure I graduate as a successful students in IT.

Thanks to all the lecturer who let me shared their knowledge and valuable experiences.
Hopefully one day I will be one of the IT expert in my place of work.

The computer is no longer just the tool of scientists and engineers. Technological literacy is now mandatory to qualify for most jobs that will earn a decent living. For Sweetwater, technological literacy means computer skills and the ability to use computers and other technology to improve learning, productivity and performance. For students to successfully use technology for learning, teachers must lead the way. We feel it is essential that we must first train our teachers to use it in the classroom and embed it into core curriculum. Integrating technology into classroom learning requires district commitment in two key areas: providing computers in classrooms and training teachers in educational technology.

Computer in Education Sites: There are a number of sites that are devoted to the topic of computers in education. Some have a subscription service: Technorealism FromNowOn (Subscribe to From Now On) Teachers First EdTech News Educational Technology Resources Global Schoolhouse Classroom Connect Education Planet: The Education Web Guide Sites arranged around a variety of topicsand for various users: students, teachers, and parents. Milken Exchange (Has research and practice on integrating technology into America's schools. Some excellent articles and archived reports) The Electronic School (A software review section is quite useful.) The Ten Best Web Sites for Educational Tehnology(Jamie McKenzie) CTER's White Papers on Technology Issues for Educators (Includes privacy, copyright issues(U.S. laws), gender bias, computer crime, commercialism and so on.) Education With New Technologies Community Library A library, reports, gallery, resources, special reports.... Magazines: Tech Learning: The resource for Education Technology Leaders A Teaching and Learning Magazine Technos Quarterly A journal which provides a forumfor the discussion of ideas about the use of technology in education,with a focus on reform. Past issues are viewable here as well as a selection from the current issue. Subscription information is located on the site. Articles to read: Articles discussing technology integration into the curriculum The Impact of Technology, Surveys, Bibliographies, Literature Reviews "Netbabies: using the Internet grades K-2" Internet Education: today's fad or tomorrow's future The Computer Delusion by Todd Oppenheimer Grazing the net: raising a generation of free range students by Jamie McKenzie Nobody believe it's the quick fix for America's K-12 ills Networking Schools: Managing Quandaries, Dilemmas and Conundrums by Jamie McKenzie The benefits of information technology (Eric Digest) The School Librarian's Role in the Electronic Age by Carol Simpson “Technology Symposium: Panacea or Pandora's Box” A symposium for presidents of the locals of the NSTU, Halifax, N.S. November 1998 Ten Stages to Web -Use Nervana School Cyberlibraries (Voices of the Web article by Kathleen Rutkowski) Computers and School Libraries Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology in Education: The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology Perspectives on Technology and Education Research: Lessons from the Past and Present 1 Summary of Current Research and Evaluation Findings on Technology in Education Useful Quotations: I have a number of favorite quotes related to the use of computers and the Internet in education that I have used in talks and presentations: "The Internet is revolutionary, but not Utopian. " "For every empowering or enlightening aspect of the wired life,there will also be dimensions that are malicious, perverse, or rather ordinary. "Information is not knowledge." "Wiring the schools will not save them." Technorealism "The use of the Internet by our children in school is only as good as the guide, or teacher in the classroom." Netbabies Factoid #1. There are approx.10 million kids on-line under the age of 18. Almost half of these children access the Internet at school and this will only increase as many more schools hook up during the big push of 1998 and early 1999. (Multimedia Schools, Jan/Feb, 1998, pg. 14) http://www.aea2.k12.ia.us/Tutorials/NetBabies/Net_Babies.html

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