VCU ADMS 647

An excellant referance source. This site includes a compendium of articles from the "Journal of Technology" and the "Journal of Industrial Teacher Education."

I love the way technology has given students with special needs a voice and a way to participate in school and life.

This article provides a great historical synopsis of computers in education but the conclusion on page 10 sums it up nicely. For the past 15 years since I have been in a public education system I am constantly feeling like I'm behind the "8 ball' when it comes to technology because its use and constant changes are ever demanding.

I thought this was an interesting article about the rising use of the interactive whiteboards in classrooms. The use of this assistive technology has increased in the last several years. I was amazed to see that in 2008, 70% of schools in UK already had these in their classrooms. Many of our classes in Henrico have recently gotten them.

This article, published in 1996, discusses how using the "World Wide Web" in the classroom can provide multiple historical perspectives and access to thousands of primary source documents. The downsides? The speed of downloading and finding quality websites.

I remember when floppy discs really were floppy.

This is awesome! I remember when they were really floppy, too! It's funny that in my 7th grade English textbook resources, which were published in the last 6 years, the term "floppy disk" was still incoporated. My students stumbled upon the term this year, and I had to tell them it was esentially the same as the "memory sticks/jump drives/thumb drives" they use now.

Some tips for school leaders as history marches forward.

Here's an exerpt from an article about LaserDiscs being used (or not being used) in the classroom.

Amusing little video that goes through a cartoon timeline of the technology used in classroom pre-historic up to present day.

One of my faves. Thanks for sharing it!

LOTS of links on digital learning

Redefining future instruction

Technology Access

Interesting, and concise, presentation on the historical development of technology in the classroom.

This was a pretty cool site I stumbled upon. It gives a pretty general overview of major technological advances in a particular year. Who knew that Hewlett Packard was founded in 1939 and produced a device that Disney used for sound effects in the movie "Fantasia" in 1940?! And that the "Speak and Spell" was invented in my birth year of 1978. The timeline stops at 1994 for some reason. Interesting nonetheless!

Many articles on dealing with educational technology from 1872- present. Wednesday is Digital Learning Day!

Another video presentation that captures the past as well as the future. It is amazing how much we have grown. We still have a long way to go...