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IT Journal 1998
Table of Contents

  1. IT Connections
    © Marti Julian & Lisa Heaton
    A description of recent events in the IT program and its focus on community.



  2. A Recipe for Making Journal Reading Manageable
    © Kay Cutler
    Our faculty contributor this year, Kay Cutler, provides tips on locating prevalent journals and books in the field



  3. Suggested Readings in IT
    © IT Community
    Favorite Publications from the IT community. What book and journals have you found to be most relevant for research and development? (Add your favorite publications to our list)



  4. The Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education
    © Kara Dawson
    In 1997 a group of Curry faculty established a Center for Technology and Teacher Education. This article summarizes the history of educational technology in the Curry School, the foundation on which the Center was developed, and discusses some of the Center's philosophies and recent activities



  5. Hypertext: Dick and Jane Will Never Be the Same
    © Kevin R. McClain
    Hypertext is a contemporary technological development and promises to impact society in numerous ways. One area of impact is the relationship of the author and the reader. Theorists and literary critics speculate about three major areas of change: decentralization, democratization, and the development of a new literacy.



  6. A Report on Electronic Classrooms at the University of Virginia
    © Michael J. Reese
    Electronic classrooms are being built at an increasing rate on university campuses. This paper documents the design, administration, maintenance and uses of these classrooms at the University of Virginia.


  7. Book Review of Situated Learning: Peripheral Participation with Application to an Internet Listserv
    © Susan Santo
    In this article, Susan Santo reviews the book Situated Learning: Peripheral Participation by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. Susan then applies the author's social theory of learning to an Internet listserv on which she has been an active participant for more than six months


  8. Legislation and Technological Advances Come Together to Influence the Development of Assistive Technology
    © Dianne Franklin Simons
    Technology is closing the gap between persons with disabilities and the rest of the world. The profound and rapid development of assistive technology has resulted from the convergence of two important trends within the last two decades - the societal recognition of the civil rights of persons with disabilities and the rapid development of technology, particularly the microcomputer.




 

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