Can you hear me now? The digital divide is alive and well. It's just more complicated. Teachers are under attack and the digital divide is even worse than before.I have had lively discussions with educators , friends of mine , who tell me that I am dedicating time to a useless cause. They say the digital divide is solved , and talk about the new technologies as if everyone has access, knowledge, and information. They tell me that the reason funding is short is because there has been a … [Read more...]
New Science Education Co-Chair
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Scott Slough has been selected as the new Co-Chair of the Science Education SIG here at SITE. Scott has a history of being active in both ASTE (Association of Science Teacher Educators) and SITE. Scott is an Associate Professor of Science Education at.... … [Read more...]
Science Education NTLI Winner
Hello! I am David Slykhuis, as John Park mentioned in an early post I am the new Chair of the Science Education SIG here at SITE. One of the first things that I am happy to do is to present the winner of this years NTLI (National Technology Leadership Initiative) Award from ASTE (Association of Science Teacher Educators): Rebecca Schneider of the University of Toledo. Each year at the ASTE Meeting.... … [Read more...]
Welcome to the Science Education Category
Hello everyone. Thanks for visiting. I am John Park, the outgoing chair of the Science Education SIG, and Associate Professor of Science Education at North Carolina State University. Your new chair for the SIG is David Slykhuis. He is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University in Virginia. We are looking forward to communicating with you using this blog. Feel free to use this space to discuss anything dealing with technology in science education. Although I am the outgoing chair, … [Read more...]
Get a Second Life!
With all the activity that the Second Life (SL) has generated in the larger community, this year's SITE conference would be a great opportunity for members to learn more about it by playing around in an SL environment. Some SITE members have already mentioned SL in this blog. For example, Jeremy Koester has provided a great resource at http://secondlife.com/. Now Sean McKay has offered to really kick things off by moving us into SL at the SITE conference. Sean has put a lot of work in this, … [Read more...]
