Educational Technology Cooperative

Other Current Technology Topics

From time to time, the Educational Technology Cooperative provides information and guidance on some focused topics not addressed in other areas on our Web site. Prompted by interest, these topics will appear here.

Rural Education and Technology Use

Technology Use in Rural High Schools Improves Opportunities for Student Achievement	Technology Use in Rural High Schools Improves Opportunities for Student Achievement. SREB. March 2005. http://www.sreb.org/programs/EdTech/pubs/PDF/05T01- TechnologyUseinRuralHS.pdf
Goals for Education: Challenge to Lead	SREB's landmark report, Goals for Education: Challenge to Lead, outlines an aggressive set of goals that embrace both progress for students from rural schools and use of technology to promote teaching and learning. The goals challenge the 16 SREB states to bring all children to high levels of achievement. In focusing on all students, Challenge to Lead emphasizes that students from all subgroups can reach high standards. And, while it calls attention to students from the familiar subgroups of race, gender and income, it categorically recognizes that “Geography matters, too.” In fact, SREB has identified performance of rural students as one indicator of progress in bringing all students to high standards. http://www.sreb.org/main/Publications/catalog/ CatalogDisplay.asp?SectionID=13
Survey of Technology Use in Rural High Schools	This survey was completed by rural high schools in SREB states in 2004. The results are included in an SREB report to the Southern Governors' Association, supported by funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Information from this survey is also reflected in the SREB publication, Technology Use in Rural High Schools Improves Opportunities for Student Achievement. http://www.sreb.org/programs/EdTech/OtherTopics/ SURVEY-TechnologyUseRuralSchools.doc
Rural Education and Technology Use: A Bibliography of Resources	This selected bibliography provides a number of resources that address key topics in a new SREB report — Technology Use in Rural High Schools Improves Opportunities for Student Achievement. This bibliography is not inclusive and does not represent the only quality resources on any of these topics. It is provided solely as a reference and starting point. http://www.sreb.org/programs/EdTech/OtherTopics/ruraleducation.asp

Web 2.0

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? By Bryan Alexander. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 2 (March/April 2006): 32-44.

“Many people-including, or perhaps especially, supporters-critique the “Web 2.0” moniker for definitional reasons. Few can agree on even the general outlines of Web 2.0. It is about no single new development. Moreover, the term is often applied to a heterogeneous mix of relatively familiar and also very emergent technologies.”

http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm06/erm0621.asp?bhcp=1

Web 2.0 and Education

Web 2.0 and Education. By Graeme Daniel. wwwtools for Education.

A list of links to information about Web 2.0 and education. wwwtools is designed to keep you informed and to save valuable time in tracking down information and resources on the World Wide Web. Each article is on a particular topic or issue related to Web-based teaching and learning. The articles take a skilled researcher between 10 and 20 hours to research and prepare.

http://magazines.fasfind.com/wwwtools/magazines.cfm?rid=2756

For more information, e-mail Bill Thomas at bill.thomas@sreb.org.