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August 2006 • Volume 10 • Number 1

Hot Technologies for Learning

Features

Hot Technologies for Education: What's Happening Now and Later?
Consortium for School Networking
Perhaps the greatest promise of emerging technologies is their potential to transform learning. What's on the horizon?

Member AccessPodcasting: Connecting with a New Generation
Jeanne Halderson
Podcasting has forever changed the landscape of one classroom in Wisconsin.

Member AccessWhen Digital Natives Come to School
Brenda A. Dyck
Today's students speak a new language of learning, and it behooves teachers to catch up with them.

Member AccessEducation—Industry Partnerships Make a Mark
Sandra H. Harpole & Lori Hill Kerley
A partnership between a middle school, local industry, and university helps teachers develop new ideas for teaching math and science.

Member AccessUsing Improvisational Storytelling in the Classroom
Thomas N. Turner
Using storytelling into the classroom helps students develop critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills.

Member AccessIndividualized Goal Setting for At-Risk Students
Linda Pincham
A goal-setting program for at-risk middle school students in Chicago proved to be the difference between moving forward and dropping out.

Member AccessSurviving Your First Year in the Classroom
Karen Rice
A veteran teacher looks back at lessons learned through the years.

Departments

Member AccessEditor's Note
Patricia George

Perspective
Sue Swaim
Working Together for Young Adolescents

Member AccessNews to Use
Information to promote effective middle level education.

Member AccessTeams in Action
April Butcher and Jennie Yearick
Teacher Spotted Wearing Mohawk … Film at 11

Member AccessHot Links
Brenda A. Dyck
Differentiation: Where Our Rubber Meets Their Road

Member AccessTeaching in the Middle
Rick Wormeli
Making Field Trips Matter

Member AccessThe Mark of Leadership
Nita Paris
The Metaphor of Emotional Bank Accounts

Member AccessReviews & Resources
Books and resources of interest to middle level educators.

Member AccessMy Opinion
Kevin C. Julius
Zeros Are Zeros—And Nothing More

Member AccessMegaphone
Amusing, interesting, and provocative comments from the field of middle level education.

Spotlight on Health and PE
Tim McCord and Rhonda Wagonseller
PE4life Gets Kids Moving Every Day

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