Thanks Caroline. A few days ago Prof. Jacobs added a lecture on the effectiveness of technology on teaching and learning. That is great!
It is easy to get confused while working on a community service project like Sugar Labs that just because we are _trying_ to do great things... what we are doing is not necessarily great. Everything requires critical assessment, especially something worthy of passion. david On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Caroline Meeks<[email protected]> wrote: > I am taking "Teaching for Understanding" this semester and this reading > stands out as a good introduction for those of you creating activities for > 4th grade math. It covers the debates on technology in schools, provides > pointers to good resources and summarizes research. For instance > improvements in math outcomes is only associated with increased computer > usage when computers are used for more then drill and practice and offer > opportunities to explore math concepts. > > Zucker, A.A. (2008) Chps. 1 & 2 in Transforming Schools with Technology, > Harvard > > Education Press, Cambridge, 1-26, 27-49 > > Let me know if you want me to keep an eye out for more readings that are > relevant to 4th grade math. > Thanks, > Caroline > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > FourthGradeMath mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/fourthgrademath > > _______________________________________________ FourthGradeMath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/fourthgrademath
