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Schrum, Lynne – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1999
Examines technology professional development for preservice and inservice teachers. Reviews the current status of technology in our schools, professional development for teachers and for technology, and research on efforts to increase preservice teacher use of technology in appropriate ways. (Contains 61 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Literature Reviews
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Wager, Walter – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1997
Discusses four factors related to the use of technology by teacher educators: motivation, when and where to use technology, how to use technology, and factors that affect the integration of technology. Examples of the use of technology in both teacher education and in public-school education are provided. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Educational Technology
McCombs, Barbara L. – 2000
This paper argues that it is time to think differently about assessing the role of educational technology in the teaching and learning process. The first section addresses the question, "What is learning?" The second section examines the purpose of education. The third section discusses the knowledge base needed to apply educational…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Brunner, Cornelia – 1992
This article examines distance learning from a gender perspective. In any new area of enterprise, expectations have an important effect on planning, implementation, and evaluation. When it comes to distance learning, a variety of images of what this exciting new technology will look like and what it can empower us to achieve will determine how we…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Design Preferences, Distance Education, Educational Planning
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Conlon, Tom – Scottish Educational Review, 1997
Technology enthusiasts and politicians portray the Internet in unrealistic and misleading ways that inflate its suitability for school education. The Internet is not a library, "community," or panacea for difficult problems of teaching and learning. Determining the benefits and pitfalls for education requires extensive research and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Criticism, Educational Benefits, Educational Resources
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La Follette, James J. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1992
Discusses the failure of schools to effectively use instructional technology and the contribution of teacher education programs to this problem. Literature on using technology to deliver the teacher education curriculum is reviewed, and several proposals for integration of technology into schools and teacher education programs are presented. (MES)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Greening, Tony – Educational Technology, 1998
Examines the role of educational technology from a constructivist perspective. Discusses the subset of computer-based technologies, especially the Internet, that are changing the way interactivity is defined, and examines how these technologies interface with constructivist approaches to pedagogy. Explores the place of constructivism as a…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Shaffer, Mary Jo – 1998
This paper discusses the use of technology in gifted students' curriculum, methods that have been successfully used in classrooms, and the wealth of technological resources available to both the teacher and student. The paper describes how technology has been used to teach science, art, and enhance other subjects. Internet Web sites and various…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Campoy, Renee – Educational Technology, 1992
Considers the role of educational technology in two views of the school reform movement: one that demands more from the existing educational system, and one that calls for restructuring of the existing system. The effectiveness of technology is addressed, models for technology use are described, and technology and constructivism are discussed. (31…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
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Fisher, Sherrilyn K.; Gardner, J. Emmett – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1999
Explores an integrated approach to technology, examines the transition of individuals with disabilities from historical and current perspectives, and provides an introduction and philosophical base for the articles which follow. Key provisions in federal legislation that affect transition and the technology applications are analyzed. (CR)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Wyatt, David H. – 1982
This paper on the application of principles to computer-assisted language learning (CALL) first clarifies the the relationships between the capabilities of the computer (and computer-controlled technology) and the main approaches to second language learning. Fourteen common types of CALL programs are briefly reviewed. A "relational" classification…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Moll, Marita – Education Canada, 1999
Challenges the assumption that new technologies in the classroom are superior to traditional ones. Argues that new technologies serve business-related goals of education, which currently overshadow social and individual-development purposes of learning. Suggests that the notion that new technologies are "just a tool" is an oversimplification and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Criticism, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Strang, Kirk D. – 2002
This paper--part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002--is an outline of a presentation on monitoring the activities of students and school personnel. The dilemma, according to this paper, is that public schools are obliged to prevent persons under their supervision from…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Civil Liberties, Crime Prevention, Discipline Policy
Jackson, Valery L. – 2003
This paper explores the apparent "digital divide" in information, communication, and/or assistive technology availability that exists between special needs students and their mainstream counterparts. A literature review indicates that although great advances have been made in public schools during the last decade in acquiring computers and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Technology, Computer Uses in Education