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?

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

When 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.

Education—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.

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

Individualized 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.

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

Departments

Editor's Note
Patricia George

Perspective
Sue Swaim
Working Together for Young Adolescents

News to Use
Information to promote effective middle level education.

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

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

Teaching in the Middle
Rick Wormeli
Making Field Trips Matter

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

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

My Opinion
Kevin C. Julius
Zeros Are Zeros—And Nothing More

Megaphone
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