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Integrating Technology Articles

• Educational Leadership Magazine
  • September 2000, Differentiated Instruction
    • Reconcilable Differences  (Carol Ann Tomlinson)
    • Web Wonders—Differentiation in the Classroom
    • On the Road to Differentiated Practice (Kim L. Petty)
    • Baby Steps:  A Beginner's Guide (Kari Sue Wehrmann)
    • Research Link - Preparing Teachers for Differentiated Instruction
  • November 1999,  The Constructivist Classroom
• February 1999,    Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
  • Web Wonders
• November 1998,  How the Brain Learns
• Education World
  • Archive of Great Sites for Teachers
  • Let's Put the Pedagogy First: Technology as a Tool to Support Instruction
  • Are You a Techno-Constructivist?
  • Incorporating Technology Into Classroom Curriculum
  • Learning on the Fly: On-Line Tutorials Teach It All!
  • Take a Museum Field Trip -- Without Leaving Your Classroom!
  • Scavenger Hunts: Searching for Treasure on the Internet!
• Learning & Leading with Technology archive
  • April 1999 (Project-Based Learning)
  • May 1999 (Electronic concept mapping and assessing teacher’s use of technology)
    • Computer-Based Concept Mapping -A Tool for Negotiating Meaning
    • Levels of Technology Implementation: A Framework for Measuring Classroom Technology Use By Christopher Moersch
  •  November 1999 (Models for Technology PD)
    • From Computer Lab to Technology Class - A Formula for Transformation
    • Integrating Technology: Some Things You Should Know
    • Ten Powerful Ideas Shaping the Present and Future of IT in Education
    • Eight Steps to Success: Technology Staff Development that Works
    • Advanced Technology Training - Multimedia Institutes Go to the Museum District
    • Project-Based Student Technology Competencies
    • Archive of Previous Issues
  • Jan 2000 (collaborative classrooms)
    • Collaborative Classrooms
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  • May 2001
    • FOCUS: Five Rules for Writing a Great WebQuest
• Link to Learn
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• Plugged In - Choosing and using Technology in Education 1995
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  • Stages to technology integration
  • Teaching with Technology
  • Educational Technology
    

Advocates for Educational Technology

• David Thornburg
• Jamie Mckenzie - From Now On                                                
  • The Information Literate School Community
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Information on Computer Viruses

It has been my experience that many schools are in the habit of  prohibiting students from transporting their files between home and the school (by diskette or email) because of the threat of computer viruses. These viruses are a real threat to the well being of a computer system but preventing students from transferring files is not the answer to this problem because it inhibits the students progress at the same time.

The solution is that all computers should have adequate and current AntiVirus software installed and set to regularly check all files on the computer. These programs should be updated regularly, at least weekly, and all computer users should be trained how to recognize suspicious email messages. Disks being transported between computers should always be scanned for viruses before opening any files.

With these precautions in place there is little or no danger of computer viruses spreading. 

For more information on computer viruses, explore the links below.

Understanding Viruses

• How Stuff works- Understanding Viruses
  • History of Computer Viruses
  • How Viruses Work
  • How do viruses and worms spread in email?
  • Why do people create viruses?
  • Overview of the Melissa virus
  • Overview of the ILOVEYOU virus
• Northern Light, Special Edition: Computer Viruses.
  • The Virus Bulletin

Protecting Your Computer From Viruses

• CompUSolve.com Virus Centre
• How Stuff works
  • Preventing Viruses
  • Fighting Computer Viruses
  • Virus protection sites
• Symantec 
  • Symantec AntiVirus Research Center
    • Download Virus Definition Updates
    • http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mimail.a@mm.html
    • http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_MIMAIL.
  • For assistance in the detection and removal of a Worm virus you can visit:
    • http://housecall.antivirus.com http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
    • http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/tools.list.html
    • http://support.shaw.ca/networks/virusinfo.htm

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