Weekly Reader 1: Web-based Education Commission

Read through Section 1 (PDF format) of their 186-page report on
"The Power of Internet for Learning." Share your summations and opinions
 If needed, Click for a free Acrobat Reader

FYI: Home Page &  full report  (5 MBs PDF format)

(If for any reason you are unable to open a PDF file, move to another week's reading assignment, and notify your instructor of your problem)

Weekly Reader 2: Select an educational technology source below, read a recent article of interest, share a summary of it along with your views and a link

Education Week
eSchool News
Pew Research Foundation
CNN Education
Electronic School

Weekly Reader 3: Education Development Center

Read Myths and Realities about K-12 Technology

Share your summations and opinions

Weekly Reader 4: Feedroom (PC users only)

Quicktime Educational TV (For Mac and PC users)

      Video streaming is becoming more common on the Internet with the increase of broadband, but requires updated video plug-ins to be installed on your computer (see Week 3). First try the sites. If you cannot view the videos, Mac users may need the latest Quicktime download.  PC users may need the latest Real Player and/or Microsoft's newest Media Player.

     If you are successful at viewing streaming media, discuss how you might use it in your classroom.

    If you are unsuccessful at seeing streaming media at either site and are unsure about downloading and installing plug-ins, you may instead comment on your failed attempts to view these videos and share your frustrations. Give general commentary on the state of video streaming today.

Weekly Reader 5:  River Deep
More teachers are assigning homework reading from the Internet. Here is a collection of news stories for teachers and students alike. If you cannot decide on an article, consider Cow Power

Weekly Reader 6: MIT Technology Review
Internet2 The Once and Future Net

 FYI: Internet2 Home Page

     What is Internet2 and how do you fell it will change education?

Weekly Reader 7: San Francisco Gate

Internet filtering in schools: Dad, Can I borrow the Browser?

(if article cannot be found above, read PDF version)

Weekly Reader 8: Copyright & Fair Use summary, University of Texas

 Fair Use Law -- Read it all, bookmark it, and commit it to memory. Pay close attention to the sections on "Individual Liability," "Rules of Thumb," and the "Four Factor Test"

While at this University of Texas site, consider exploring other pages dealing with copyright and fair use

Week 3