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Direct linkTinker, Robert; Horwitz, Paul; Bannasch, Stephen; Staudt, Carolyn; Vincent, Tony – Educational Technology, 2007
This article introduces two contrasting ways of using highly mobile information technology for educational purposes. The first example uses mobile devices and scientific probes to gather information; the second uses a combination of mobile and desktop computers to disseminate it by way of podcasts. The examples also show that mobile devices…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewedTinker, Robert; Vahey, Philip – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2002
Discusses the role of ubiquitous and handheld computers in education. Summarizes the contributions of the Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) and describes the ubiquitous computing sessions at the CILT2000 Conference. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Zucker, Andrew A.; Tinker, Robert; Staudt, Carolyn; Mansfield, Amie; Metcalf, Shari – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The Technology Enhanced Elementary and Middle School Science II project (TEEMSS), funded by the National Science Foundation, produced 15 inquiry-based instructional science units for teaching in grades 3-8. Each unit uses computers and probeware to support students' investigations of real-world phenomena using probes (e.g., for temperature or…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Effect Size, Virtual Classrooms, Grade 7
Download full textTinker, Robert – 2000
This paper discusses educational technology and the structural changes that society must make to accommodate it. The paper begins by examining technology trends, including the exponential rate of change in the information industry, the growing ubiquitousness of computers, inequities in U.S. schools, and technology characteristics (e.g., the open…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Orey, Michael; Tinker, Robert; McClintock, Robbie – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2002
This section of "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" profiles centers and institutes that carry out research and development in the field of instructional technology. Both the Concord Consortium and the Institute for Learning Technology at Columbia University are working hard to use media and technology to transform teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Consortia, Educational Development, Educational Media
