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Have you checked out our new section for ed-tech professionals? Here, youll find a monthly column for school or district technology leaders written by Miguel Guhlin, director of instructional technology for the San Antonio, Texas, school district; technology articles and resources from Bernie Poole, associate professor of education and instructional technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and a video of the week you can use in your professional development efforts. What more can we do for you? Let us know by emailing us at [email protected].

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Miguel Guhlin As we externalize our thinking, it becomes less of I am an expert expounding on what I know and more of I am a learner, just like you, sharing what I'm learning so we can learn together. Our understanding of learning is changing. We need to think of learning as an experience that happens when we connect with others."

Bernie Pooles Essential Microsoft Office 2007, a series of 10 tutorials with skill consolidation exercises, is designed to help pre-service and in-service teachers learn the set of applications that include Word (including mail merge), Excel (including graphing and charting and Lookup Tables), Access (including searching, sorting, and reporting), and PowerPoint in the context of the K-12 classroom. They also include a lesson on the Office 2007 drawing and diagramming tools.

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Earth If digging to the center of Earth is not an option, let the resources of the Web take you on a tour from the mesosphere to the inner core. Through diagrams, charts, and pictures, your students will discover that Earth is alive with motion.

Earth from Space Maps Students use photo images from space to create a large map of Earth. They then label where they live and some other places they know.

A Techtorial Todays classrooms include learners with a variety of needs and abilities. With just a few free computer-based tools and online resources, teachers can ensure that every any student can use technology successfully."

Interactivity A private space where teens can create, develop, store, and share innovative ideas.

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Bernie Poole Integrated education works best when it is well planned, well-integrated, closely monitored as to its effectiveness, and given a fair chance. A fair chance only can be guaranteed, however, if computer-based teaching and learning is constructed on these ten pillars of success."

Brenda Dyck Internet-based technologies have the potential to enhance and extend the principles of good language teaching and to modify and adapt language activities that teachers have used in the past."

Doug Johnson I am not convinced that todays kids need constant entertainment any more or less than any of us do. But they are more insistent on learning that is engaging. We need to make engagement the focus of our instructional strategy improvements."

Nancy Willard It is necessary to consider the ability, authority, and responsibility of school officials when it comes to prevention of, and intervention in, cyberbullying in each of the locations where school related cyberbullying occurs."

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Online Games Make Math Fun Duane Habecker’s math resources allow students in grades 6-8 to practice math online.

Are Technology Conferences for Geeks Only? Afraid you're not techie enough for a tech conference? Think again! Four classroom teachers share how attending a national tech conference impacted their teaching.

Tech Solutions for Special Kids Members of the Education World Tech Team discuss the technology they use to help students with special needs keep up with their classmates, and to help students with special abilities extend their learning beyond the standard curriculum.

Total Reader: How Cool is That?

In My Classroom Art teacher Sheree Rensel's site is a gallery of masterpieces created by her special students.

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In his article The Ten Pillars of Successful Technology Implementation, Bernie Poole discusses what he considers to be the ten essential conditions for a successful ed-tech program. Do you agree with his conclusions? What pillars" would you add -- or subtract? Join the Conversation.


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