Integrating Technology
James G. Lengel, Hunter College CUNY, 12/04/08
A recent survey of American college students and faculty finds that the overwhelming majority feel that technology is critical to their ability to study -- from 100% of the engineering majors, down to 73% of the liberal arts majors report they simply can't succeed without it. And yet fewer than one-third report that these technologies are sufficiently integrated into their academic work. Why?
Building an Online Course
James G. Lengel, Hunter College , 12/01/08
This article shared some suggestions and guidelines for building an online course and for posting study materials online for a face-to-face course.
Distance Learning, Revisited
James G. Lengel, Hunter College, CUNY, 11/20/08
This article looks at five different kinds of distance learning components and what component offers to teachers and students.
Troubleshooting Tech 101
Dr. Merle Marsh, Guest Columnist, 11/13/08
School administrators and teachers should master basic tech troubleshooting techniques, which may be as simple as restarting a computer or printer, or flipping a circuit breaker.
How to Become a Software Expert
Dr. Merle Marsh, Guest Columnist, 11/06/08
How do teachers become tech experts in software programs they want to use with their students? They don't hesitate to dive into the programs and experiment with them, they test what the programs can do, and if they need help, they know that most of the time, they can find it online.
Research Strategies - Technology Competency #4
Jim Lengel, 10/30/08
This article looks in more detail at yet another technology competency – research strategies – including why it's important, and how to master it. It's full of practical advice on how to find information online, employing efficient search strategies that can help you find the needle of wisdom in a haystack of data.
Organizing Information
Jim Lengel, Hunter College School of Education , 11/14/08
This week’s article is full of practical advice on how to organize information graphically, and prepare documents that you can use in teaching and learning
Quantitative Analysis
Jim Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 10/31/08
This week's article is full of practical advice on how to do simple quantitative analysis with a spreadsheet, and prepare documents that you can use in teaching and learning.
Learning Documents
Jim Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 10/10/08
Among the technology skills that every teacher should possess is the ability to produce electronic learning documents which take advantage of the medium and enhance learning. Learn how to master this competency and why it is important to do so.
Learning Online
Jim Lengel, Hunter College and Boston University, 09/22/2008
Providing learning materials online is growing at the high school level, a reflection of what's already happened at many colleges - not just textbooks, but assignments, quizzes, exercises, problem sets, etc. In most cases it's the same content made available more efficiently; in some cases it allows new forms of learning to take place but only if the materials are suitable for this medium.
Educating Parents
Guest Columnist Dr. Merle Marsh, 09/18/2008
If you've done your homework educating parents about parent/teacher communication and using digital communication to let them in on the wonders of your classroom, you’ll find that when problems arise, you'll be working as a team to solve them.
Free Speech vs. Privacy: A Battle Online and Offline
Guest Columnist Dr. Merle Marsh, 09/12/2008
Free speech and privacy are confusing issues when it comes to online communication. Internet Providers, social networking sites, and other sites that involve interaction through communication try to keep their products free of controversy, but in doing so, are they limiting free speech? Are rights of privacy being violated in the name of free speech? Find out what your students think – it's important.
Digital Opportunities
Jim Lengel, Hunter College and Boston University, 06/30/2008
Want to create more offer digital opportunities in your teaching? Start with your syllabus, look for digital opportunities, and then find the software and hardware to enable their integration into your course.
Wikis at Work in Education
Guest Columnist Molly Dubois, Music Teacher, Chenery Middle School, Belmont, Massachusetts, 06/23/2008
Here are some practical ideas for putting wikis to work as collaborative documents for teachers and students.
Student Engagement
James G. Lengel, Hunter College and Boston University, 06/16/2008
A small and but growing minority of teachers are finding ways to build deep engagement with serious subject matter by employing technology in carefully crafted presentations and assignments. These teachers report increased commitment and stronger interconnections among students and their subject matter. I see them spelling engagement with the five Ps outlined here.
Capturing Presentations
Jim Lengel, Hunter College, CUNY, 06/04/2008
Here's a low cost solution for capturing a lecture or presentation with a video camera.
The Power of Images
James G. Lengel, Hunter College and Boston University, 05/21/2008
This week's article attempts to describe the different ways of using images in a presentation, with an eye to the educational value of each method.
A Study on the Leaders of Technologically Innovative Schools
Guest Columnist Rachelle R. Wolosoff, Ed. D., 05/02/2008
Guest columnist , Dr. Rachelle R. Wolosoff discusses her new study on the role of leaders in technologically innovative schools and some of the obstacles they face.
From PowerPoint to Podcast
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 04/14/2008
This article looks at the practical steps needed to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a podcast.
Teachers, Technology, and Competence
Jim Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 04/09/2008
Teachers are focusing the light of the new technologies first on themselves, so that they might develop some new skills of their own. Then they proceed to refract and redirect the light of their own clusters of students, previously shining on trivia and trash, toward more serious and academic subjects.
Students
James G. Lengel, Hunter College, CUNY, 03/31/2008
What are students up to with technology these days?
Competence
James G. Lengel, Hunter College, CUNY, 03/25/2008
This article looks at what some of the skills that people will need to succeed down the road a few years when the new technologies have permeated and saturated our workplaces.
Why Technology?
James G. Lengel, Hunter College CUNY, 03/19/2008
Some impressions of why technology integration in education is so important at this juncture of history.
Foreign Language (Part 2)
James G. Lengel, Hunter College CUNY, 03/10/2008
In the first article on this subject, we looked at the importance of learning foreign languages, and suggested some new technologies that might help in the process. This week we continue the discussion with a look at how these technologies mesh with what we know about language learning.
Foreign Languages (Part 1)
James G. Lengel, Hunter College, 03/03/2008
To thrivein a global marketplace, we need to understand the role of language. Themonolingual worker is at a disadvantage today, and will be more so in the future. And yet a majority of American youth are not studying a foreignlanguage, and few become fluent in anything but their native tongue. We need tofix this, and technology can help.
Serious Pursuits
James G. Lengel, Hunter College CUNY, 02/25/2008
Students attend school not simply to practice the technology techniques they already know, but to learn new modes of analysis and to see how they can use those familiar tools to dig deeper and see further. To grow in that way, they need to couple their technical facility with the guidance of a wise faculty.
Meta Data
James G. Lengel, Hunter College, 02/19/2008
These days modern librarians talk about metadata more than microfiche; your computer makes metadata every moment, and uses it to find things later. Now find out how you and your students can use it to stay organized and search more efficiently.
Backup
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 02/11/2008
Some say there are two classes of computer users: those who have crashed their hard drives, and those who soon will. Here are some ideas for protecting yourself.
Seven Habits
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 01/31/2008
In my travels around the country and the world, I have learned what the successful schools do technically that make them good places in which to teach and to learn. I call these the seven habits of highly successful schools.
Filebusters
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 01/28/2008
Find out how to use PDF format to send large files.
Copy, Right?
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 01/22/2008
Digital technologies and the world wide web have brought millions of teaching artifacts to the fingertips of our students and ourselves. It’s time to make Fair Use of them without fear.
E-Books
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 01/14/2008
The emergence of new E-book devices on the market has sparked new discussions about the importance of reading.
What's the Question?
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 01/07/2008
This week's article suggests some ideas for posing the right questions in a technology-rich classroom environment.
Central Powers
James G. Lengel, Hunter College School of Education, 01/04/2008
Here’s a true story that points up while digital technologies are good at moving quickly through information, finding things fast, and collecting factual material. They are not so good at setting goals, providing direction, or relating means to ends.
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