Educational Technology News is a biannual newsletter published by the Center for Technology at the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). The following topics are discussed in this issue: (1) TechPOINT: Measure Progress, Achieve Technology Proficiency; (2) New in the Center for Technology: Five-Year Research Project Identifies Key…

Streaming audio and video present new challenges and opportunities for museums. Streaming media is easier to author and deliver to Internet audiences than ever before; digital video editing is commonplace now that the tools--computers, digital video cameras, and hard drives--are so affordable; the cost of serving video files across the Internet…

Calls upon the innovators of the communications field to look in the rear view mirror to see the businesses left behind in the information expansion race. Puts forth a model utilizing social learning theory to define a framework for "road service," getting the small business "resister" up to the information superhighway speed…

Describes a strategy for curriculum review that guides teachers through integrating technology into an existing curriculum plan. Based on a prewriting activity called SCAMPER, SCAMPER-CR offers a frame in which to review and revise existing units and unite literacy and technology. (LRW)

Provides examples of best practices in technology integration from five Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG) programs, funded through the Department of Education to meet the No Child Left Behind technology goals. Highlights include professional development activities in Louisiana and New Mexico; collaborative learning applications; and…

Discusses implementing information technology (IT) into education in Kazakhstan based on the work of the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KIMEP). Topics include KIMEP's status as a leading higher education institution and stages of IT development, including…

This paper reviews the use of technology in career counseling from the early use of computers to the current use of the Internet. Counselors need to become electronically and technologically competent to appreciate career development, job hunting, and employment difficulties in the twenty-first century. Internet resources are provided for use by…

Presents expert advice on computer component wiring installation strategies that can help lessen the confusion within a school's ceilings and floors. (GR)

Considers the characteristics of orality and literacy developed in the work of scholars such as Walter Ong to consider computer-mediated communication (CMC) as the potential site of a "new orality" which is neither purely oral or literate. Notes that the medium of CMC is writing, which has traditionally represented the…

It is a fair assumption that most teachers in the United States have, by now, had some exposure to technology in the classroom. And most educators who have worked with technology in their schools will likely agree that simply having technology doesn't guarantee its effective use.

Over the past few years, we have worked with teachers to help them better integrate technology into their classrooms, and we have come to realize that more attention needs to be paid to this during the planning process if it is to be the result of good curriculum design. As we designed professional development workshops to address this need, we…

This article shares examples of how technology has been integrated into the curriculum. The impact of technology has personalized and differentiated instruction. This document provides some suggestions for others and concludes with possibilities for the future. At University Primary School, the use of technology as Mindtools has been a…

This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a two-year randomized evaluation of the program using a sample of 97 schools and 5,201 children. Overall, the program seems to have…

This study examined teacher technology skill levels and the impact that skill level has on technology integration in the classroom. There have been many studies that have focused exclusively on the importance of principals, teachers, and students attitudes toward technology. However, much less information is available regarding the effectiveness…

This research review reports on articles presenting empirical research in the area of how teacher-training institutions work on preparing future teachers for the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in their future classrooms. It was conducted mainly in English and French and covers research in 11 OECD-countries during…