TECH IN CLASSROOM BENEFITS BUSINESS POTENTIAL - "Many
education experts are calling for more use of technology in the classroom to ensure that
today's students are better equipped as adults to enter the workforce. Many are also
arguing that these changes shouldn't be made just for the sake of business, but for the
kids themselves. After all, they are growing up in a digital world - shouldn't their school
experience reflect this?" In "Teaching with Technology" (Presentations, vol. 16, no 10,
Oct 02, pp. 28-30, 32, 36), Julie Hill shows how classroom teachers around the US
are using the same technologies that companies use in the workplace. Educators
quoted in the article emphasize that "one of the main obstacles to adding technology
of any sort into the classroom experience is teacher training." You can read the article
online at:
http://www.presentations.com/presentations/trends/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_
id=1761271 (CIT INFOBITS, Nov 02, no 53 - ISSN 1521-9275)

TECHLEARN CONTENT POSTED: The Masie Institute announces that over
140 hours of video and audio from the recent TechLearn Conference, along with
dozens of slide presentations are now freely available at: http://www.techlearn.com
(Techlearn Trends, 13 Nov 02)