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ERIC Number: ED459688
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 192
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1536-6324
EISSN: N/A
INSIGHT: Vision & Leadership Inaugural Issue, 2001.
McGraw, Tammy, Ed.
INSIGHT, v1 n1 2001
This publication focuses on promising new and emerging technologies and what they might mean to the future of K-12 schools. Half of the volume contains articles devoted in some way to "Vision," and articles in the other half are under the heading of "Leadership." Contents in the "Vision" section include: "Customizable Content" (Walter Koetke); "Extending the Prospects of Evidence-Based Education" (John Willinsky); "Pervasive Computing: Enhancing Learning in the Classroom and Beyond" (Bill Mark); "The Next Generation Internet and the Schools" (Louis Fox and Ron Johnson); and "The Tyranny of the Quantifiable" (Jaron Lanier). This section also includes an interview with Jeanne Moreno, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Citrix Systems, Inc. Articles in the "Leadership" section include: "Paper and Pixels...In Search of the Ultimate Textbook" (Tammy McGraw and John Ross); "Ask Smartypants! An Evidence-Based Education Project" (Krista Burdette; Tammy McGraw; and Christopher Corallo); "Combining Telephony and Interactive Television To Facilitate Effective Communication between Schools and Families" (Tammy McGraw; John Ross; Steven Greenspan; David Weimer; Andrea Basso; and Soleill Gregg); "Internet2: Putting New Technologies To Work in the Schools" (Louis Fox, Comp.); "Extending the Use of Collaborative Virtual Environments for Instruction to K-12 Schools" (Tom Morgan; Ron Kritz; Steve Howard; Fernando das Neves; and John Kelso). This section also includes an interview with Mary Baker, Manager of Emerging Technology, Broward County Public Schools, Florida, and Nancy Barba, Director, Program Development and Alignment, Broward County Public Schools, Florida. (AEF)
INSIGHT Editor, IAETE, P.O. Box 1348, Charleston, WV 25325-1348 ($50). Tel: 304-347-0400; Tel: 800-624-9120 (Toll Free); Fax: 304-347-0487; e-mail: insight@iaete.org; Web site: http://www.iaete.org/.
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: AEL, Inc., Charleston, WV.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A