This will be one of core concentrations. For those of you who'd like to know more, I'll articulate my own ideas, as well as what I find in the media and the Web here.
'Models, like myths and metaphors, help us to make sense of our world', writes Martin Ryder, from the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver. This is a link that you can't get out of easily. It reminds me of the time I used to get lost in the Journal section at the library back home.
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/idmodels.html Absolutely fascinating and brilliant!
At some point in time, you may want to know more about the following people listed in
To access the 'Favourite Technology in Teaching Sites' from the Web Tools Newsletter, click:
http://webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/favourites1.htm
"Education for an Information Age" by Bernard John Poole covers basic ideas and
applications concerning technology use in the K-12 classroom. You can download his book about IT free of charge from his website at http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/InfoAgeindex2.html
To visit the Technology and Training Magazine, click:
To see visit the Instructional Technology Forum Past Discussions and such, click on:
http://itech1.coe.uga.edu/ITForum/home.html
The mission of EDUCAUSE is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. You can visit them at:
http://www.educause.edu
The Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology has launched the Cycle of
Improved Practice in Educational Technology - a Web-accessible database of
over 130 of the most effective resources available today for post secondary
educators who wish to make better use of educational technology. These carefully chosen resources include
articles, research, Websites, books and courses, all collected and rated by
Canadian educators. To visit the Cycle of Improved Practice in Educational Technology, click below:
http://www.c2t2.ca/cycle/
http://www.ittrain.com/