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FROM THE DIRECTOR:
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to Think, It all Began with Our Lovable Minnesota Rodent
Geoffrey Maruyama, Director, CAREI
CUSeeMe, Java, Netscape, Mosaic, The Web. Are we talking
Big Brother watching, coffee, or something out of Star Trek? The array
of new terms comes in a seemingly endless stream and technology advances
so quickly that what was here yesterday is already long gone. Gopher
changed the world but is already just a shadow.
Technology is dramatically changing the face of education;
as educators we must learn or become hopelessly obsolete. How can
schools draw upon technology effectively and systematically? How do
we realize the promise? In this issue, several outstanding contributors
consider those questions.
Special thanks to the leaders sharing their views with us:
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of
Education, Sharon Robinson;
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Commissioner of the Minnesota
Depart of Children, Families and Learning, Bruce Johnson;
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Chair, President, and CEO of
ADC Telecommunications, William Cadogan
Robinson and her colleague, Laurence Peters, give us an
intriguing glimpse at work currently supported by the U.S. Department of
Education. Johnson Provides both a vision of what Minnesota schools
will need to face the 21st Century and a summary of the technology appropriations
that came from the 1996 legislative session. Cadogan provides common
sense advice rooted in business experience. His advise is Nike-Like,
just do it.
We also hear from trainers and educators. Claudette
Rasmussen, Gilbert Valdez, and Jeri Nowakowski share with us their considerable
experience in helping educators choose and implement technology. Eight
classroom teachers share their experiences on the frontlines, piloting new
technology. Al Rogers takes us along on his visit to an exciting classroom
where technology is a real tool for learning.
Finally, don't miss the article by two individuals who have
become an integral part of CAREI and its activities. Schools need
visionaries to show the rest of us what we can accomplish. CAREI has
been fortunate to have Steve Collins, the technician and Chris, the teacher
to lead our efforts. Together, they have assembled, through their
sweat equity over the past two years, a vision of what technology can be
in the classroom.
The dynamism of the web reminds me of an ocean beach, for
every day the beach changes as new things come ashore and old things wash
away. Maybe that's why people talk about surfing the web!
—Geoffrey Maruyama
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