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Wells, David – Principal, 2012
At the first meeting of a districtwide committee on integrating 21st century teaching and learning in their schools, the author asked the committee members if they thought educators could provide a 21st century education if all of the computers and devices suddenly broke. They agreed that teachers do not need computers to provide 21st century…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Computers, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
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Demski, Jennifer – T.H.E. Journal, 2012
When it comes to implementing a large-scale 1-to-1 computing initiative, deciding which device students will use every day to support their learning requires a significant amount of thought and research. Laptop, netbook, Chromebook, tablet--each device has enough similarities to make the decision seem easy, but enough differences to make a big…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Computers, Laptop Computers
Demski, Jennifer – Campus Technology, 2011
The burgeoning consumer-tech market is creating new challenges for higher education IT departments. As increased expectations of mobility and connectivity have students and faculty looking to consumer technology to meet their academic needs, IT must revamp operations and infrastructure to meet the demand, while keeping security risks and budgets…
Descriptors: Information Services, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Higher Education
Rushkoff, Douglas – School Library Journal, 2011
When asked what Facebook is for, kids will say that it's there to help them make friends. The kids the author celebrated in his early books as "digital natives," capable of seeing through all efforts of big media and marketing, have actually proven less able to discern the integrity of the sources they read and the intentions of the programs they…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Librarians, Teachers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
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Turkle, Sherry – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2011
The author has been a witness to the birth of the personal computer culture, with its intense one-on-one relationships with machines, and then to the development of the networked culture, with people using the computer to communicate with each other. In her most recent work on the revolutions in social networking and sociable robotics, she sees a…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Computer Networks, Social Networks, Computers
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Pence, Harry E. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
It has been over a decade since the computer moved from being primarily a computational and record keeping device to its present state as a communications hub. Some, including this author, have called the application of computing technology to classroom instruction revolutionary. Is this claim justified? More importantly, how will social…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Information Services, Educational Technology, Computers
Lim, Kenneth Y. T.; Chen, Der-Thanq; Hung, David – Educational Technology, 2010
This article describes some of the key affordances for learning of the generic class of handheld computers known variously as smartphones, palmtops, and thumbtops--using the Apple iPhone 3G as one of the most mature exemplars of this class--based on the authors' experiences with and reflections about the device over a period of a year. An argument…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Users (Information), Handheld Devices, Computers
Grush, Mary – Campus Technology, 2009
Increased demands for research and high-performance computing (HPC)--along with growing expectations for cost and environmental savings--are putting new strains on the campus data center. More and more, CIOs like the University of Notre Dame's (Indiana) Gordon Wishon are seeking creative ways to build more sustainable models for data center and…
Descriptors: Computers, Sustainable Development, Information Technology, Educational Technology
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Owston, Ronald D. – Educational Researcher, 2009
In this comment article, the author elaborates on three significant issues that Greenhow, Robelia, and Hughes (2009) identified but did not explore. First, the author discusses the need for research on the impact that youth's immersion in a digital world may have on metacognitive and social skill development. Then teacher learning with the Web is…
Descriptors: Internet, Skill Development, Educational Technology, Computers
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Nevin, Roger – Teacher Librarian, 2009
At Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute (CVI) in Peterborough, Canada, the Learning Commons is the school's central place for introducing new technology to students and teachers. This includes collaborative projects with teachers to develop curriculum that uses new technologies. Over the last few years podcasting as well as other online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Curriculum Development, Computers, Foreign Countries
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Gilbert, Jane – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2007
ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) are now widely used in schools: However, despite predictions, they have not revolutionized teaching and learning. Why is this? Does it matter? Should we care? This paper outline seeks to answer such questions and why we should care. School ICTs are informed by a range of different, and often…
Descriptors: Prediction, Curriculum, Information Technology, Computers
Livingston, Pamela – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2006
Visitors to the Peck School this year would see a very different scene than two years ago. The school has expanded its laptop program to include younger students, begun construction on two new buildings, and revamped the daily schedule. Laptops are moving into the lower grades, with younger students at a ratio of two students per computer and…
Descriptors: Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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Bode, Jerry G.; Johnson, William S. – Teaching Sociology, 1988
Traces the development of university faculty computer literacy and the extensive use of computer capabilities in undergraduate instruction in a sociology department. Computer applications and benefits are described in terms of teaching, administrative work, research productivity, faculty morale, and departmental image within the university.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Higher Education, Sociology
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Agnew, Brad – History Microcomputer Review, 1987
Describes one professor's problems in learning how to use a computer. Reviews several types of computer software and their functions. Calls for college professors to discover how a computer can help them utilize their time more efficiently. (BSR)
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Higher Education
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Regan, Alison – Computers and Composition, 1993
Argues that electronic mail and other forms of computer networking do not ensure equality. Explores the kinds of exclusions that still occur on synchronous networks. Describes certain kinds of network discourse as "classroom terrorism." Provides examples from actual classroom settings. (HB)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Electronic Mail, Freshman Composition
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