From bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net Wed Feb 2 07:33:17 2005 From: bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net (bridging_the_divide@touchsmart.net) Date: Wed Feb 2 07:33:25 2005 Subject: [Digital_Divide] Fwd: February/March Issue of Innovation Now Available Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > From: "James L. Morrison" > Date: February 2, 2005 2:45:33 AM EST > To: "Jason Barkeloo" > Subject: February/March Issue of Innovation Now Available > > The February/March 2005 issue of Innovate is now available at > http://innovateonline.info > > Innovate is a peer-reviewed, bimonthly e-journal published as a public > service by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova > Southeastern University. It features creative practices and > cutting-edge research on the use of information technology to enhance > education. > > We open the issue with a conversation between two Innovate board > members. Elizabeth Hawthorne interviews Seng Chee Tan, who works for > the National Institute of Education in Singapore. Tan describes the IT > masterplans that generously supply public schools there with hardware > and software, teachers with technology training that emphasizes sound > pedagogy, and students with an incredible range of learning resources. > > June Brown, Jan Bryan, and Ted Brown follow with an article on the > expanding concept of literacy in the 21st century. Global, visual, > information, and digital literacy--all are crucial in this era of > connectivity. The authors highlight technology tools and resources > that can help modern students sustain the classical Greek ideal of a > community of literates. > > Librarians are crucial to student literacy, as Lesley Farmer reminds > us. She examines two administrative roles that will dominate K-12 > libraries by 2015: school library media specialist and cybrarian. Tom > Peters takes us away from school settings to the world of online > public libraries. In an interview with me, he discusses > LibraryCity--an ambitious effort to make thousands of e-books > available to an interactive global readership. > > We all know that information and communication technologies have > measurable effects on teaching and learning. Bruce Ingraham argues > that ICT could also change traditional scholarly discourse. In a > thoughtful analysis, Ingraham suggests how the academic community > might create, disseminate, and evaluate scholarship in multimedia > forms. > > Technologically savvy scholars are a unique resource for their > academic departments. Colleen Reilly enumerates the benefits of having > "faculty peers" conduct workshops and support technology use among > their colleagues. This kind of work can be part of routine faculty > tasks, Reilly says--and it should count in tenure and promotion > considerations. Nikki Finlay would be an admirable faculty peer for > teaching colleagues how to use mimio boardCast. Based on experiences > in her online and on-campus macroeconomics courses, Finlay touts the > software as a useful graphing tool and lists its advantages over > similar programs. > > Joseph Ugoretz identifies an unlikely source for productive learning > in online classes: digression in asynchronous discussions. According > to Ugoretz, digression can lead to far-reaching, active learning > experiences that may prove even more valuable than the intended > dialogue. > > Our final offering is the first column in a new series by Stephen > Downes. In "Places to Go," Downes will review Web sites that promote > and/or exemplify creative uses of IT in teaching and learning. His > first choice is IncSub, a site dedicated to open-source content > management systems and learning support tools. > > Logging on is simple--but we invite you to do more than simply read. > Use the journal's one-button features to comment on articles, share > material with colleagues and friends, easily obtain related articles, > and participate in Innovate-Live webcasts and discussion forums. Join > us in exploring the best uses of technology to improve the ways we > think, learn, and live. > > Please forward this announcement to appropriate mailing lists and to > colleagues who want to use IT tools to advance their work. > > Many thanks. > > Jim > > ---- > James L. Morrison > Editor-in-Chief, Innovate > http://www.innovateonline.info > Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership > UNC-Chapel Hill > http://horizon.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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These webcasts are produced > as a public service by our partner, ULiveandLearn. If you wish to > participate in the webcasts, please register at > http://www.uliveandlearn.com/innovate/ > > All times are Eastern Time zone. You may use the world clock at > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ to coordinate the time with > your time zone. > > The schedule for the February Innovate-Live Webcasts is provided below. > > The K-12 Cybrary at Work > Lesley Farmer, author; James Shimabukuro, moderator > February 16th, 2:00pm ET > > The Future of the Digital Library: An Interview with Tom Peters > Tom Peters, author; James Morrison, moderator > February 17th, 3:00pm ET > > As you know, if you register for the February webcasts, you can > participate by typing your questions/comments in the chat area of the > screen. If you would like to interact with the author using audio, you > can do so but you will need to have the proper equipment and training > to use the Macromedia Breeze conferencing program. Please go to > http://www.uliveandlearn.com/innovate/ for details. > > If you cannot attend a webcast, note that it will be archived within > the features section of the article itself shortly after the webcast. > > Many thanks. > > Jim > ---- > James L. Morrison > Editor-in-Chief, Innovate > http://www.innovateonline.info > Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership > UNC-Chapel Hill > http://horizon.unc.edu > --- Jason Barkeloo President TouchSmart Publishing, LLC 6522 Waldorf Place Cincinnati, OH 45230 http://www.touchsmart.net t: 513.225.8765 f: 206.666.4856 This electronic mail (email) communication, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential, and intended solely for the indicated recipient(s). 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Help us raise funds to support the programs >> and services now being offered through the NFB Jernigan Institute and >> celebrate a brighter future for the 1.1 million legally blind persons >> in this country. >> >> For more information about this event and Sponsorship Opportunities >> or to receive a Sponsor Form contact: >> >> Jerry L. Lazarus, Director of Special Projects >> Jernigan Institute, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND >> (410) 659-9314, ext. 2297 >> Email: jlazarus@nfb.org >> Web site: www.nfb.org --- Jason Barkeloo President TouchSmart Publishing, LLC 6522 Waldorf Place Cincinnati, OH 45230 http://www.touchsmart.net t: 513.225.8765 f: 206.666.4856 This electronic mail (email) communication, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential, and intended solely for the indicated recipient(s). Any review, use, or distribution by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. 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