Education
The Technology Gender Gap : How does software design affect the technology gap between boys and
girls?
IOTA Interview: Nicole
Pinkard, Director of the Gender and Learning Technologies Research Group.
Community Technology Centers : Is the information revolution leaving some people behind?
IOTA Interview: Mara Rose,
director of Playing 2 Win, a successful community technology center in New York City.
Lifelong Learning : How can the Internet help extend the reach of universities to educate
workers for the latter two-thirds of their lives?
Did you know? UNext
is is working with a consortium of leading universities to make world-class education
available anywhere, anytime.
IOTA Interview: Don Norman, CEO of UNext,
consultant for the Nielsan Norman Group,
professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and a former executive at
Apple Computer and Hewlett Packard.
Inquiry-based Science : How do you support 30 kids engaged in their different projects?
Have you seen? The U-M Digital Library's Teaching and Learning Project
- a virtual libary focused on Earth and Space Science resources for grades 6-12.
For more information, curricula and interactive science-related resources visit the Center for Highly Interactive Computing
in Education site. Hi-ce is an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff and students
at the University of Michigan that promotes the pedagogy of inquiry, or project-based
science.
Did you know? The level at which technology is currently found in
our country's schools. For a recent survey, visit Education Week's Technology Counts '98.
Data on Michigan
can be found here.
IOTA Interview: Elliot
Soloway, Professor of Education and Computer Science at the University of Michigan,
and his colleague Barry Fishman.
Virtual Universities: What is the future of higher education?
How can you fit continuing education into your busy life? The Consumer's Guide to
Choosing College Courses on the Internet can help you think through ways different
online programs can fit your specific needs.
Did you know? You can find out about 1000s of distance independent
learning programs on the Internet.
One place to start looking is the Peterson's
Guide to Distance Learning.
IOTA Interview: Michael
Gibbons, Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Pueblo: How can
an elementary school use the Internet?
Did you know? Students as young as elementary school are building
their own virtual communities and using computers to connect with outside mentors.
Have you seen? The Pueblo project in Phoenix,
Arizona.
IOTA Interview: Danny
Bobrow, Researcher, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
Wiring Across America: Are schools across America getting equal Internet access?
Have you seen? Education Week's special report, Technology Counts.
Cybermentoring:
How can computers and the Internet connect students with teachers?
Did you know? Companies like Hewlett Packard work with K-12
students around the world through cybermentoring.
Have you seen? Cybermentoring programs like University of Michigan Detroit
Murray Wright Connection uses the Internet to connect students with mentors.
Connecting America: How will Internet access change the traditional classroom?
Did you know? Congress may pass a law that mandates universal
access to the Internet in schools and libraries by the end of the century.
Have you seen? The United States Department of Education Goals 2000: Educate America Act
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