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Norris, Cathleen; Soloway, Elliot – District Administration, 2008
How can children lead productive and satisfying lives in the 21st century if school teachers are having them use technology from the 20th century? The hallmark of the 21st century global workplace is the computer. According to a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project study, "The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap between…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Computers, Access to Computers
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Norris, Cathleen; Soloway, Elliot – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
While appropriate as an initial focus, it is time that the educational community move beyond an emphasis on 1:1 computing (each child having his/her own personal computer) to a vision of a handheld-centric classroom, where each child not only has his/her own personal, handheld computer, but also has access to networked PCs, probeware, digital…
Descriptors: Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Norris, Cathleen; Shin, Namsoo; Soloway, Elliot – Educational Technology, 2007
This article proposes three guidelines for mobile technology design that address the needs and goals of teachers who are considered mainstream with regard to technology use. Devices should be easy to learn and use, focused on the curriculum, and instruction-friendly. Only if the three guidelines are followed by hardware and software developers…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Computers