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In order to help you be successful in EDIT6150, the following links are provided to support your learning: This site includes tutorials for PowerPoint as well as other useful content. This site provides you with useful
information about html, the collection of platform-independent
styles that define the various components of a World Wide Web
document. (HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee who recently
won a MacArthur prize.) This site describes the KIE Project
which focuses on educational uses of the Internet and World Wide
Web for middle and high school science instruction. This project
exemplifies the "learning with" technology (cognitive
tool) approach you will investigate in this course. This site is the homepage for
Ron Oliver, the author some of the readings in this course and
one of the primary leaders in the field of educational technology
in Australia and around the globe. This site is the homepage for
Mable Kinzie, one of the most creative people in the field of
educational technology. Among her many achievements, she is the
creator of the Interactive
Frog Dissection web site. This site was created by four
graduates of the UGA Instructional Technology program. It contains
a wealth of information about this media and technology in education.
This site describes an innovative
project at the University of Missouri which puts the spirit of
the cognitive tools movement into practice in several Missouri
school systems. This site is a scholarly and
thought-provoking electronic journal about the Internet, including
many articles with direct relevance to the content of this course.
This site provides an online encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology. This site from the University of Washington provides links to documents that provide step-by-step gudies to many popular computing tasks. This site provides an online handbook: An Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools & Classrooms. In an effort to facilitate the movement from one state to another, the UK College of Education attempts collect the teacher certification requirements for the 50 States. In September 1996, the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future proposed to the nation an audacious goal: "By the year 2006, America will provide all students in the country with what should be their educational birthright: access to competent, caring, and qualified teachers". If you are really serious about computers in education, you should try to attend the Georgia Educational Technology Conference held each spring. Many of the online documents used for readings in this course are in Adobe Acrobat formats. For help in understanding this powerful tool for sharing documents on the WWW, go to this online support page. |
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