The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology, 2000 [electronic resource] : Measuring Impacts and Shaping the Future. [Proceedings] (Alexandria, Virginia, September 11-12, 2000)
This conference focused on the effective use of technology in schools by examining the following issues: (1) What value-added does technology bring to schools? (2) What does it take at the system level to enable learners, teachers, administrators, and communities to use technology effectively? (3) W...
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| Summary: | This conference focused on the effective use of technology in schools by examining the following issues: (1) What value-added does technology bring to schools? (2) What does it take at the system level to enable learners, teachers, administrators, and communities to use technology effectively? (3) What assessment strategies and designs are currently being used to capture the value-added technology brings to schools? and (4) How do schools need to evolve in order to become a high-tech, high-performance enterprise that builds the capacity of learners, teachers, administrators, and community members to use the emerging technologies wisely and effectively? The first two sections present the conference agenda and information on featured speakers. The third section contains profiles of Spotlight Schools. The fourth section provides summaries of demonstration projects, and the fifth section describes several evaluation tools. The sixth section contains the following conference white papers: "Expanding International Education through the Internet: No Longer Limited to the Global Studies and Foreign Language Curriculum" (Edwin H. Gragert); "Assessing the Role of Educational Technology in the Teaching and Learning Process: A Learner-Centered Perspective" (Barbara L. McCombs); "Developing Assessments for Tomorrow's Classrooms" (Barbara Means, Bill Penuel, and Edys Quellmalz); "New Designs for Connected Teaching and Learning" (Margaret Riel); "A Lesson from Richard Nixon: Observations about Technology Policy and Practice in Education (Saul Rockman); "It's Time To Upgrade: Tests and Administration Procedures for the New Millennium" (Michael Russell); and "Ice Machines, Steamboats, and Education: Structural Change and Educational Technologies" (Robert Tinker). The seventh section is a report on the conference entitled "Measuring Impacts and Shaping the Future," that addresses several critical questions. The final section contains the full text or outlines of several conference presentations. (MES) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED452828. Availability: For full text: http://www.ed.gov/Technology/techconf/2000. ERIC Note: For individual papers, see IR 020 669-679. Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under edition 1.310/2:452828. |
| Physical Description: | 365 pages. |