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Mark Marcantonio's MyMac.com column for last week, Technology in Education: A Reality Check, takes a good look at the content of High Tech Heretic. Mark's observes that the book serves as "an excellent counter-weight to my tech-teacher mind set," and that "Stoll goes after the foolish implementation of computers in the classroom as a savior for education." I ran a link last February to an interview with Clifford Stoll, author of High Tech Heretic. Ken Kashmarek had sent along the URL to FamilyHaven.com interview at that time. As of last Monday evening, the link to the interview was still good. For those of us who find ourselves deeply involved in technology in education, Mr. Stoll's criticisms of what has occurred in some schools can serve as a good road map of what not to do. A column in the Washington Post by Margaret Webb Pressler caught my eye last Sunday. Getting Ready for Back-to-Cool tells about retail back-to-school sales trends and how retails decide what fashions to carry. The New York Times Diana Jean Schemo tells in Neediest Schools Receive Less Money, Report Finds (free registration required) about a recent report by the Education Trust, a nonpartisan group that represents schools in poor urban districts. The report, , The Funding Gap: Low-Income and Minority Students Receive Fewer Dollars (415K PDF document) and Ms. Schemo's column describe the disparity in funding between wealthy and poor school districts. It's the old story of "The rich get richer." New from the SchwabLearning.org New on the Schwablearning.org site this week is Seven Sparkling Ways to Encourage Kids' Writing. As always, links to all of the new and updated SchwabLearning.org articles are available in the Schwab Learning Online Newsletter (link expires 8-18-02). Software I ran across an interesting Macintosh shareware last week, Punctuate This! The $5 offering from Mattson Software offers a variety of levels of punctuation practice for elementary students.
Apple Updates Lineup As expected, Apple Computer released speedier G4 towers yesterday, along with some price reductions in the iMac (flat-panel) and eMac lines. Details are available on the updated Special Report for Educators -- Macintosh Pricing. Devotion For August 11-17, 2002 Zach Wood's weekly devotional for this week is Godly Sorrow or Worldly Sorrow. I hope it adds a bit of brightness to your week. Zach also maintains an archive of previous devotionals. If you have suggestions, news ideas, etc., please . |
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Pertinent Columns Two interesting articles on schools and web usage appeared online this week. Ghosts of Classrooms Past: A Web Teaching Tool Languishes (free registration required) on the New York Times tells about the rise and fall of school web sites. Writer Jeffery Selingo tells how school sites that once provided assignments, grades, etc. have fallen into disuse. Net savvy students to teachers: You just don't get it! by The Christian Science Monitor associate editor Tom Regan describes how some teachers effectively use the internet for instruction, while the vast majority miss the mark in getting the most of the net. Several other similar stories such as the Chronicle posting have been triggered by the recent Pew Internet and American Life Project report (173K PDF document) that found teachers' usage of the internet wanting. I'm downloading the report as I write, but the columns all point out how most teachers could make much better use of the internet as a teaching tool. I suspect that many, however, lack the time and/or hardware/broadband hookup to get the job done. As for me, I had several options for this evening, including doing a really great site update, doing some schoolwork, or spending time with my family. Instead, I just took a nap! I think the first week of school has me worn out. See you Monday!
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