i.e. interactive educator provides you with reliable information about implementing and using education technology in the classroom.

FEATURES:
Building Online Learning Communities 22
What are online learning communities, and how can they motivate students to learn?
Find out what they are, how they work and who’s finding success with them.
by Diane Curtis

To Blog or Not to Blog? You Decide 28
Do blogs and podcasts benefit learning? Wesley A. Fryer outlines the pros and cons of these tools and provides tons of resources to help you decide if they belong in your classrooms.
by Wesley A. Fryer

Tap into Your School’s Technology Mentors 34
Administrators from school districts around the United States explain how they are improving staff technology skills and promoting effective technology use through technology mentoring.
by Jacob Milner

COLUMNS
Point of View 38
Tech Trends 40
Product Watch 42
Digital Reviews 43
Web Resources 44
Education by the Numbers 46

Download i.e. interactive educator, Autumn 2006

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:

Diane Curtis is a veteran journalist and education writer based in Mill Valley, California. She has written for The George Lucas Educational Foundation focusing on technology in schools, and has worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, the San Jose Mercury, the Associated Press and United Press International, where she was a White House correspondent. She has won numerous awards, including Best in the West for editorial writing.

Wesley A. Fryer is an educator, author, digital storyteller, technology integration pioneer, husband and father. He is a national and international presenter and speaker and addresses a range of topics related to education, technology integration, distance learning and 21stcentury literacy.

Susan D. Patrick is the President and CEO of the North American Council for Online Learning. She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education and published the National Education Technology Plan to Congress.

Matt Miller is senior Web editor for Chapman University in Southern California and eNewsletter editor for a K–12 ed-tech magazine. He has been involved in print and online publishing for more than 10 years. He is currently pursuing a master's in education from Chapman, where he earned his BA in journalism.

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