Welcome and Overview
What Do We Know Already?
Research
Related to Student and Educator Use of Technology and Online Collaboration
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Students |
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ICT Literacy Skills report (ETS, November 2006) |
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Listening to Student Voices (Education Evolving, 2004) |
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Our Voices, Our Future report (NetDay 2005) |
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Results That Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform |
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The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts (Civic Enterprises, March 2006) |
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Visions 2020.2 report (NetDay 2004) |
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Voices and Views from Today's Tech-Savvy Students (NetDay 2003) |
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Educators |
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The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2002) |
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The Educational Pipeline: Big Investments, Big Returns (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Policy Alert, 2004) |
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Teacher & Technology: Making the Connection [Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), 1995] |
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Online Collaboration |
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Executive Summary: Collaboration in K-12 Schools: Anywhere,
Anytime, Any Way (CoSN, 2006) |
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Getting Schools to Embrace Collaboration Tools (THE Journal, November 2006) |
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Riding the Waves of Web 2.0 (Pew Internet and American Life Project, 10-5-06) |
Web 2.0 Office Applications
Google Docs & Spreadsheets Tour
Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Zoho Office Suite
Resources
Video Tutorials
101 Fun and Relevant Ways to Use Spreadsheets in
K - 12 Classrooms: Developed by Dr. Alice Christie, these ideas can be expanded and enhanced through use of Web-based spreadsheets.
Google for Educators, Google Docs & Spreadsheets: This section of Google for Educators focuses on focuses on Google Docs & Spreadsheets in the classroom.
Global Warming Student Speakout: Student project co-sponsored by Google and Global School Network that included use of Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
Web 2.0 Tools for Busy Administrators: Web-based Breeze presentation describing how a technology planning committee used Web 2.0 tools (including Google Docs)
to revise the district technology plan.
Using Web-based Office Applications for Group Activities: A step sheet for setting up class documents. Written for college students, but appropriate for elementary and secondary
classrooms as well.
Team
Activity
Sharing
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Wrap-Up
