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Center Shares Latest Research on Technology in the K-12 Classroom

Technology use, reading news online or via e-book, has been cropping up in classrooms all over the country. Kent State's Center for Educational Technology has developed a DVD-ROM to help educate teachers on how to harness the power of these tools in their lessons.

Palm pilots, PCs, cellular phones — technology permeates all aspects of our lives, including the American classroom. Kent State University’s Research Center for Educational Technology, a national leader in the study of ubiquitous computing, has developed a DVD-ROM to educate current and future teachers.

The DVD, titled “Ubiquitous Computing: How Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone Computing Is Changing Education,” recently was distributed to every K-12 school and teacher education program in Ohio. The disc was developed to support teaching, professional development and research as it relates to the impact of technology-rich environments on teaching and learning.

Funded by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation in Cleveland, the DVD-ROM is part of a larger project in the area of ubiquitous computing that includes additional content on the Research Center for Educational Technology Web site.

The new DVD follows the Research Center for Educational Technology’s previous CDs — “Palm Education Pioneers: Examining the Potential of the Handheld Computer” and “Technology and Education: The Research on Where We Have Been, A Vision of Where We Are Going.” The DVD, like the two CDs, informs practitioners and other interested parties about how to use technology most effectively to improve students’ learning.

In addition, researchers with the Research Center for Educational Technology recently co-edited a book featuring findings from the major researchers in the field of ubiquitous computing. The book, titled Invisible Technology, Visible Impact: Ubiquitous Computing in K-12 Education, will be available in August from Erlbaum Publishing.

For more information about these products, or for expert sources on learning and technology, contact Dr. Dale Cook, Summit Professor for Learning Technology and director of the Research Center for Educational Technology, at 330-672-0611 or dcook@kent.edu. Visit Research Center for Educational Technology Web site for further information about the Research Center for Educational Technology.