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EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE

         

The Education Enhancement Committee works closely with administrators of those educational programs and institutions that provide a focus on technology education ... as well as technology in education.

Aside from public schools at the K-12 level, this outreach would include qualifying home schools, private schools, religious schools, and institutes of higher learning such as junior colleges, community colleges, and universities. Through the NSTA Speakers Bureau, the Education Enhancement Committee makes available professionals, space scientists, astronauts and corporate leaders of top technology companies to student assemblies.

If you are interested in joining this committee, contact Education@nsta.info.

TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS

The Digital Generation

"Although a staggering 97 percent of young people play games, and more than 50 percent tend to their profiles on MySpace and Facebook, the DGers (Digital Generation) also actually generate stuff: They build Web sites. They make movies, music, games, and works of art. And they do most of this work at home. Three out of four American kids surf the Web from home rather than school. Small wonder that some educators rarely recognize, let alone honor, their students' technological talent. The kids' voices, pronounced and distinct online, fall on deaf ears in schools." Read more.

 Connected Kids ... a Global Generation!
As "X-Y-Z Generations" come of age in school together (K-College/Trade School), we now have a full generation population that has never experienced a disconnected life culture. The Internet/World Wide Web and all the peripheral spin-offs (Bluetooth, WiFi, WiMax, etc.) have covered the entire youth culture from its very beginning. Project Tomorrow, through its annual national survey known as "Speak Up," asked students in grades 6-12 in its 2009 survey, "For what purposes do you use web-based tools outside school?"  THE Journal, August 2010

Survey: "Districts should focus on bringing technology to class"
The 21st Century Classroom Report, produced by CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education, notes that "High school students say technology is vital to their education and their future, but schools are not meeting their needs." Eighty-four percent of high school students surveyed noted that technology is "vital" to their future, while 43% say that their schools are not adequately preparing them for that future. More facts and stats at CDW.com News.


RESOURCES

The following Resources do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of NSTA's leadership or its members. This is an ever-growing list of sources, provided here as a service to our readers. If you are aware of other sources, please submit them to

News@nsta.info for our review.


Edutopia magazine
New Horizons for Learning
N. Central Regional Labs
Int’l Soc. For Tech. in Edu.
Tech in Edu. Res.Ctr.
Ofc of Educational Tech.
Tech & Learning
THE Journal
Journal of Tech. Edu.

Tech. in Edu.-Colorado

JHU Ctr. for Tech Edu.

Project Tomorrow

Oracle Education Found.

CITEd Ctr. for Tech. Edu.
Visions Tech. in Edu.

MagPortal (current articles)

 

BOOKS:
Technology in Education: Looking Toward 2020 – by Raymond S. Nickerson, Philip P. Zodhiates

Technology in Education: A Twenty Year Retrospective – by D Lamont Johnson, Cleborne D. Maddux  

Type II Uses of Technology in Education – by Cleborne D. Maddux, Dee LaMont Johnson

 

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NSTA is an organization of organizations, an association of associations in the broad industry of Advancing Technology.
Our "Associate Partners" are non-profit, tax-exempt organizations that either represent the industry of advancing technology in some capacity, or have partnered with NSTA in full support of our Vision & Mission and wish to show public support of the same. Partnership with NSTA does not necessarily reflect our support of their philosophies in all matters, but we do recognize their role in the community in which they serve and their commitment to education and information relative to technology's positive impact on our lives and our culture worldwide.