From: "TNC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:39:55 -0400
TNC Times Volume 3, Issue 1 ______________________________ All of the following features appear on the homepage -- http://www.newcurriculum.com. (unless otherwise marked) ============================== THE EDITOR'S COLUMN: "Redefining the Reality Principle" by John Raymond "Call it a crisis, a problem or simply an enduring state of affairs, many children just don't get interested in school. Children of all ages fidgeting, daydreaming, passing notes or "acting out" are a part of teachers' daily routine. Will this year be any different? Not if you believe the words that distinguished educator and computer scientist Seymour Papert spoke at a recent conference titled "Learners, Laptops and Powerful Ideas". Papert, an advocate of constructionist learning, explained that today's youth are "getting used to getting information when they want it," and followed with the relevant question: "Can these kids sit still in a traditional classroom?" If Papert is correct in suggesting that electronic media shapes students' expectation of quick and easy access to information and that this conditioning runs deep in their minds, then there is indeed a problem in today's conventional class setting..." ============================== TNC INTERVIEWS: This issue inaugurates a new feature at TNC, interviews with leaders in the field of technology in education. Interviewees will range from technology directors to state education commissioners, school principals to directors of innovative non-profits. This week we speak with Craig Nansen, Technology Director at Minot Public Schools in Minot, North Dakota. http://www.newcurriculum.com/2002/int9-3.htm ============================== TNC POLL: "The Ideal Computing Model" "What computing model do you think works best in grades 6-12?" Please add your response on the homepage: http://www.newcurriculum.com ============================== BEST OF THE WEB: "Primary Source Collections for History Teachers" The US Library of Congress continues its torrid pace of digitization of collections in various media. View videos of the furnaces at the Westinghouse factories in Pittsburgh in 1904, a 1774 map of New England and thousand of other texts, audio clips, videos and images. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ The history department at Mount Holyoke College has done a great service to history teachers everywhere by collecting thousand of online historical documents on topics ranging from Jammu and Kashmir to the Cold War to pre-1868 US foreign policy. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ The Internet History Sourcebooks Project, founded and maintained by University of North Florida history professor Paul Halsall, is the big daddy of primary source collections on the Web. It covers a wide range of topics including the history of science, Indian history and Ancient history, among others. It also includes links to secondary sources and reference materials in addition to its extensive primary source links. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ ============================== TNC EDUCATORS' FORUM: Try out our user-friendly discussion board, designed to facilitate discussions on issues in educational technology that we all care about. Here's the URL (http://www.newcurriculum.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl), or visit the homepage and click the "TNC Forum" link in the left hand column. Hope to see you there. _____________________________ John Raymond Editor, http://www.newcurriculum.com ************************************************************************* If you want to unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS
