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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 436 405 SE 062 986 AUTHOR Thorson, Annette, Ed. TITLE Integrating Technology in the Classroom. INSTITUTION Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Columbus, OH. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. REPORT NO ENC-99-003 PUB DATE 1999-00-00 NOTE 85p.; The subtitle of this series is "A Magazine for Classroom Innovations." CONTRACT RJ97071001 AVAILABLE FROM Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, 1929 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1079. Tel: 800-621-5785 (Toll Free). PUB TYPE Collected Works - Serials (022) -- Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) JOURNAL CIT ENC Focus; v6 n3 1999 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Calculators; Computer Uses in Education; Educational Resources; *Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; *Mathematics Education; Resource Materials; *Science Education; World Wide Web ABSTRACT The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) helps teachers by offering a broad assortment of, services to enable them to quickly locate educational resources. This theme issue of the serial "ENC Focus" is designed to give educators information about curriculum resources available for teaching math and science in K-12 classrooms. Each issue of ENC Focus presents a selection from the Clearinghouse collection focused on a theme topic of particular interest to math and science teachers. In addition to meeting general requirements for inclusion in the ENC collection, curriculum materials listed are appropriate to the specific topic of the issue, support hands-on, active, inquiry-based methods of instruction, and are readily available. This issue offers thirteen articles (pages 16-40), and a sample of useful materials and other resources on the theme of integrating technology in the classroom and the best ways to use technology to enhance teaching and learning in mathematics and science. A description of each resource provides an abstract of the contents, subjects addressed, grade level, publication date, ordering information, price, authors, and related resources. (ASK) ENTIREDOCUM NT POOR PRINT QUALITY Reproductions supplied by EDRSaT-eTrieBEst-thtrt-caa.b. made from the original document. er0D(1,cin,a, vators Magazine 0 0 ' NTEGRA TECHNOLOGY-RELATED MATERIALS FROM THE ENC COLLECTION NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS BECOMING A CRITICAL CONSUMER OF THE WEB SEARCHING FOR GENDER EQUITY IN COMPUTER GAMES STUDENTS CREATE WEB SITES AND MUCH MORE To sign up for your FREE SUBSCRIPTION Just turn the page! 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C::) Yes My area is (Check only one): My primary role in education is (Check only one): math/science education , elementary education librarian/media specialist teacher mathematics education library science administrator computer specialist educational technology science education college/university faculty parent other computer science student curriculum specialist other 10 TEACHERS, circle those grades you teach: 9 K Pre-K 4 8 2 6 7 12 3 5 11 1 ADMINISTRATORS, circle those grades for which you have responsibility: ST COPY MULE TEACHER EDUCATORS, circle those grades for which you prepare teachers: C) private institution I work in a (choose one): 67 public institution Years of K-12 teaching experience: Paperwork Burden Statement OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1880-0529. 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If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time-kitimate or suggestions for improving this form please write to: U.S. Department of Education, your individual submission of this form, write directly to: Carol Cullerhvaluator, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, 1929 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1079 Approved by OMB - No. 1880-0529 Product Request 8 8b 06/10/98 To receive your free subscription to ENC Focus: A Magazine for Classroom Innovators, please complete the entire form on the reverse of this card, or call toll-free at (800) 621-5785. You can also go to http://www.enc.org/order/ to get on our mailing list. en4 PLACE STAMP Eisenhower National HERE Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education http://www.enc.orgi ENC Focus: A Magazine for Classroom Innovators The Ohio State University Eisenhower National Clearinghouse 1929 Kenny Road Columbus, OH 43210-1079 00000000i C7 D To receive your free subscription to ENC Focus: A Magazine for Classroom Innovators, please complete the entire form on the reverse of this card, or call toll-free at (800) 621-5785. You can also go to http://www.enc,org/order/ to get on our mailing list. PLACE STAMP Eisenhower National HERE Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education httpdiwww.enc.orgl ENC Focus: A Magazine for Classroom Innovators The Ohio State University Eisenhower National Clearinghouse 1929 Kenny Road Columbus, OH 43210-1079 ISOM 0.1g4A is to identify effective curriculum resourc create high-quality professional develo r,tferot materials, and disseminate useful informa and products to improve K-12 mathema and science teaching and learning. ral,--:-\\ ,-------7 / (). ___Sevivesall K-12_edu6tors,,parenis,_and students with free products and services. ACCNACreS and catalogs mathematics and science curriculum resources, creating the most comprehensive collection in the nation. PrOVildeS the best selection of math and science education resources on the Internet. Coll[laborra.aes with the National Network of Eisenhower Regional Consortia and Clearinghouse and many other organizations to promote education reform. Supports teachers' professional development Eisenhower National Clearinghouse in math, science, and the effective use of technology., for Mathemacics and Science Education BEST,COPYAVAILABLE Ok This icon invites you to visit the Internet for more information, 0 more resources, more ideas for your own classroom innovations. The online version of this publication will help you get started. Visit http://www.encorg/focusiedtedV Update: Around the Clearinghouse and the Nation This section features educational news, editorials, essays, classroom stories, columns on topics of interest to classroom innovators, and other information of the sort formerly published in our newsletter ENC Update. Editorial 4 A Multimedia Magazine by Annette Thorson and Tracy Crow 5 Calling All Classroom Innovators: Write for ENC! o Turn here for information on future topics and on how teachers and students can contribute to this publication. GZ ' 3 -.3N:D ENC's Partners 6 r;=1 NetTech 4 by Juyong Poe This regular column features organizations that collaborate with ENC. ec3 W Eisenhower Regional Consortia and ENC Demonstration Sites 8 Check here for complete contact information for ENC's primary partners. 10 ENC in Action One District's Math and Science Solution by NancyVoltmer A library media specialist in Iowa finds a variety of ways to use ENC's products and services to help teachers all over her district. fiees 11 Using the Internet in the Classroom Becoming a Critical Consumer of the Web by Kimberly S. Roempler How teachers can learn to evaluate the Internetand help their C students find the worthwhile materials hidden there. on Internet xtenslve li st of web sites that See an extensive evaluation 14 Innovators' Forum Online Participate in ENC's electronic discussion for all those interested in educational improvement. 14 Going for Grants Foundations by Tracy Crow N Check this regular column for information about finding and applying for money to support innovative projects in mathematics and science education. 2 IsEST-COPY-MAILABLF 34 Why Use Calculators (and Other Technologies) in the High Sr.hoOl'Math ClaisrooM? by,. Judy Spicer Focus On: Integrating Technology in the Classroom Check this article for, insights from experienced teachers This section presents articles on the theme of this issue. who approaCh technology with,a sense of adventure. 16 Technology in the Classroom: Fintadditional resources to help you use technology Asking the Right Questions creatively at: http://www.enc.org/focus/edtects/ by Lynne Schrum 37 UsingTechnology to Help Chiklren Form The president of the International Society for Technology in Education believes that teachers must take the lead to find the Representations of Mathematical ConceptS' best ways to use technology to enhance teaching and learning. by Stephen This teacher ethicator describes how technology can be 18 ISTE National Educational Technology Standards used to support,the development otmathematicaliunder- and Student Profiles standing in:students., from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 39 Students Go Wireless to Save Creek Concrete guidelines on building technology know-how in youngsters from preschool through grade 12. by Steve Paulson A Montana middle school science class helps clean up a 20 Help! I just got my first computer! polluted creek using computer interfacing and wireless technology. by Gay Gordon ENC's Associate Director of Publishing offers advice for novices to the world of educational technology. 1Vvo additional articles about Integrating Technology in the Classroom are available online: 23 Beyond Point and Click: The Search for Gender Equity in Computer Games Evolving with the Internet: by Megan Murray and Marlene Kliman Taking Technology for GrantedFinally Computer games have the power to educate. What does a good by Kristine Mueh gamefor both boys and girlslook like? A science teacher in Boulder, Colorado, who has used computers with students for years, reflects on how 28 Diary of an Educational Technologist advances in technology have increased its value in the class- by Judith DavidsonWasser; Kevin McGillivray, room. See it now at: http://www.enc.org/focus/edtech/ and Elizabeth T McNamera Excerpts from an article originally published in the Using Technology and Real-World Connections to TERC newsletter Hands On! help define the new role Teach Secondary Mathematics Concepts of educational technologist. by Hollylynne Stohl Drier, Kara M. Dawson, and Joe Garofalo Some specific advice on how to use technology to make Link to the complete article "Diary of an Educational Technologist" math relevant to students. See it now at: as originally published in Hands On! by visiting: http://www.enc.org/focus/edtech/ http://www.enc.org/focus/edtech/ 30 Want a Web Site? Let Students Take Charge! by Jessica Byrd and Cara Spicer A high school student in Idaho and a high school student intern at ENC describe how they have benefitted from creating web sites. Focus On: The Collection 31 The Shape of Things to Come This section presents abstracts of materials from the ENC by Linda S. Hallenbeck Collection chosen to illustrate this issue's theme, Integrating A fifth grade teacher in Ohio shows how collaboration eases the Technology in the Classroom. use of geometry software in the classroom. 40 Choosing Educational Technology to Promote e., For more details on how this teacher uses geometry software with Learning Excitement her fifth graders, visit: http : //www.enc.org/focus/edtech/ by Terese Herrera 33 Teachers Connect Online: Professional-Development 42 List of Featured Resources Through Collaborative Networks' by Leah Poynter 74 Software Evaluation Criteria Teachers who use technology for their own learning quickly find ways`to use it for the benefit of students in their elassroorn.§. You'll find more information on how these networks operate when AMIABLE MT COPY. you access this article at: http://www.enc.org/focUs/edtech/ Around the Clearinghouse Len Simutis DIRECTOR: and the Nation editorial ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Thomas Gadsden Collaboration: Kimberly S. Roempler Instructional Resources: Tf_mailamom Publishing: Gay Gordon OEM Publications Manager: Tracy Crow by Annette Thorson and Tracy Cron; ENC Publishing Doug Line Manager of Electronic Production: The medium is the message. Editor: Annette Thorson Production Editor: Julia Harris Terese Herrera Content Specialist: When this phrase was first plucked from Marshall McLuhan's sem- Graphic Designer: Lisa McLymont inal 1964 book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, few Interactive Media Specialist: Nagarajan Gopalan understood what he meant by media, let alone how meaning Juyong Pae, Leah Poynter Contributing Editors: Senior Abstractors: Judy Spicer, Lynda Titterington embedded in the method by which a message is transmitted might Karen Plummer, Nima Shafaieh, Linda Trombetti Catalogers: supercede the message itself. There was perhaps even greater con- Dennis Beaudry, Pam Bentley, Kelvin Tref', Acquisitions Specialists: fusion when, in 1967, McLuhan took his ideas one step further in Deb Schneider Electronic Publishing: The Medium is the Massage. Information Services: Laura Brendon, Orville Martin Collaboration: Gail Hoskins, Steve Weaver Although McLuhan's writings remain controversialand difficult Computer & Network Services: Karen Abhari, Roger Cunningham, Richard Huggins,Tom Marker to understandhis ideas have recently gained renewed interest. Ayanna Bandele,Vickie Shepard Fiscal Services: Clearly, he was ahead of his time in his thinking about the way elec- Administrative Support: Frances Burkett, Joyce Francis, tronic communication shapes meaning. One can't help but wonder Linda Price, Carol West what McLuhan (who died in 1980) would think of the potent com- ENC MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARDS bination of personal computer and Internet that we face today. Mathematics Consultant to the Michigan State Charles Allan, Department of Education Certainly, no one can ignore the impact of that medium on the way Senior Editor, SciLINKS; National Science Erma Anderson, its messages are understood. This is especially true for educators Teachers Association trying to integrate technology in their classrooms, and it is an Researcher and Teacher Educator, Ronald Anderson, University of Colorado underlying message in many of the articles in this issue. Researcher and Teacher Educator, Jerry Becker, Southern Illinois University It is difficult for those of us who grew up before the computer age Director, Center for Instructional Jo Ann Carr, to understand how technology is perceived by youngsters who Materials and Computing, know how to program the VCR while they are still in diapers. University of Wisconsin, Madison (Teletubbies coming on during naptime? No problem, Daddy! You Joan Countryman, Head, Lincoln School, pop in a tape, and little Courtney will show you what buttons to Providence, Rhode Island push.) Coordinator, ENC Capital Collection & Shirley DeLaney, Demonstration Site, George Washington University In a recent conversation, Lynne Schrum, president of the Researcher and Teacher Educator, Susan Friel, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), remarked University of North Carolina that the school children of today are the first generation to have Arlene Hambrick, Program Associate, Midwest Consortium learned the language of technology at that magical stage when lan- for Mathematics and Science Education guage is so easily acquired. Teachers, and all current adults, learned Presidential Awardee and Retired Elizabeth Horsch, Teacher of High School Science, Wyoming technology as a second language, with all the struggles that entails. Director, Futures Academy, Patricia Hosken, (See her article and the ISTE National Educational Technology Redondo Beach, California Standards starting on page 16.) Director, Merck Institute for Science Education Carlo Parravano, Presidential Awardee and Vast}aRosenblum, Teacher of Elementary Mathematics, Alabama Let us know how ENC can serve you by calling or sending a message via email or US mail to the following departments: Director of Publications, Harry Tunis, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Acquisitions General Information Reference Desk Telephone: (614) 292-9734 Monday-Friday: Telephone: (614) 292-8389 Hours: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 8 a.m.-5 p.m. ET Email: ENC Focus is published by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Toll free: (800) 621 -5785 Science Education. ENC is funded at least in part through Contract No. RJ97071001 with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and improvement (DER!). Publishing Technical Help Desk Telephone: (614) 292-7784 The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Telephone: (614) 292-9590 Telephone: (614) 292-9249 (614) 292-2066 Fax: Department of Education nor does the mention of tradenames, commercial products, or [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Email: Email: organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ENC welcomes readers' comments and questions. Please address them to: For the most up-to-date information on our latest projects, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse visit ENC's web site: http://www.enc.org/ for Mathematics and Science Education The Ohio State University, 1929 Kenny Road, 4 a Columbus, OH 43210-1079 AVAUBLE BEV QNWNI Calk UPDATE CilasSFOOND finGTOUeOTS: FO IEHCai \YNN rE ERIC invites readers to contribute articles That struggle is very much in evidence here at ENC. At the same time that for upcoming issues of E6 5C Focus: we have been improving our print products, like ENC Focus, we have also A Ecenzakine for Cilassroom Mammal:tors. been finding better ways to deliver our content online. Even as this magazine is published, ENC Online is undergoing a major revision to make it easier Topics and Deadlines: for teachers to use, more loaded with the content they need. We wrestle Math and Science in the Real World with what it really means to have both a print presence for ENC Focus and a Submissions due December 1, 1999 web site that delivers much of the same content but in a very different form. Educational Equity In her column "Using the Internet in the Classroom: Becoming a Critical Submissions due March 1, 2000 Consumer of the Web" (page 11), Kim Roempler points out that those who publish on the Internet should be expected to make best use of the medium. School-Business Partnerships Defining best use and making it happen is ENC's ongoing challenge. Submissions due June 1, 2000 As our print and online products mature, and as editorial and technical staff Topics and deadlines subject to change without notice. learn more about the Internet as a publishing medium, we are making progress. We have learned that it would be a terrible waste of the web to just Submission Guidelines: plunk a print page, unchanged, on the computer screen, even if that would Articles should be of interest to teachers of K-12 be most comfortable for many K-12 teachers, not to mention easier for us. mathematics and science. Content should be grounded in the new educational standards while We have also come to appreciate the boundless capacity of the World Wide being short (500 to 2000 words) and compelling. Web, which allows us to share everything ENC createsincluding Resource We particularly invite teachers to write about Finder, the database of ENC's huge collection of educational materials their classroom experiences, using first person and a with educators all over the world. If we tried to print and mail all of this conversational tone. Please note that library research papers written in academic language for graduate material, your copy would not fit in a postal service truck, let alone your school courses are unlikely to be selected for publica- mailbox, and the paper used would be fatal to our forests. The Internet tion. We do, however, encourage you to include a removes these concerns, giving us enormous freedomand a challenge to few, carefully selected references. All content must be original, and all quotations must be properly cited. organize the vast content ENC puts online in a way that will make it accessi- ble and useable, no matter what route teachers take to get there. We also publish essays by K-12 students about their successes in mathematics and science. Teachers are encouraged to assist students in writing and submitting So what will you find when you come to ENC Online and click on the topic materials for publication. Integrating Technology in the Classroom?You will find everything that you hold in your hands, plus more. Much of the content published only online Photos or other illustrations add interest, and good illustrations increase your chances for publication. wouldn't make as much sense in a print magazine. For example, although we However, we can use photos of students only if we do include lists of web sites here in the print version, online you will find receive written parental permission for those under longer lists complete with active links, plus other material that is specifically 18 years of age. about the web. Those considering submission of unsolicited manu- scripts are encouraged to send a proposal via email: We welcome your comments as we work to define what content is best for [email protected] the web site and what is best for the print magazine. With your help, we hope that each medium will serve your needs in its own unique way. Or by letter: FocusEditor Meanwhile, when you see invitations in this print publication to come ENC to for more, we hope you will take http: //www.enc.org/focus/edtech/ The Ohio State University advantage of this opportunity to explore a medium where the message is 1929 Kenny Road Columbus, OH 43210-1079 truly limitless. 0 Questions? Email [email protected] or Email the writers at [email protected] or [email protected] call (800) 621-5785 and ask for Annette Thorson. aS§VO 7API References McLuhan, M. and Fiore, Q., (1967). The Medium is the Massage. NewYork: Random House. McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding Media:The Extensions of Man. NewYork: McGraw-Hill. Coma to hatp://ammenc.orgNocusiedtschi For more information about McLuhan, visit the following web sites. to find live Oinks to all the web sites mentioned in this publication. Marshall McLuhan Center on Global Communications: http://vvvvw.mcluhanmedia.com/ The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, University ofToronto: http://wwvv.mcliihan.utoronto.ca/mm.htm focus voLd, no.3 ell BO I

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