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Still yet another toughy facing those of us who are potential "consumers"
of all the quantification noted in the issues below is seeking better
strategies for using your findings in everyday practice. When this
conference was first posted, its very title, "Balancing Research and
Practice" was a powerful one to me.  Having worked in an R&D environment in
a K-12 district for a number of years now, it is still appalling to me that
many incredible and signficant findings have not made their way into
Georgina Hincklegroupe'rs 5th grade science class in Room 12.  Simply put,
translation of findings into practice happens slowly if at all.
r/Kam


>I think a number of tough and unique issues are facing evaluators today --
>in many ways it seems that they are between a rock and a hard place. A few
>come to mind...
>
>        -there are significant  pressure on evaluators and educators to
>quantify the effects of using technology in the classroom.
>
>        -the real need is to evaluate not the technology but its
>contribution to the learning environment for the teacher and the student.
>
>        -we want to understand the impact of technology but in fact the
>bigger issue is how the teacher uses this resource to enhance the
>students' learning experience
>
>        -how do we evolve our evaluation criteria and assessment
>strategies to reflect where we want to go in education vs. continuing to
>evaluate the traditional factors that forward looking educators are
>trying to change or even eliminate?
>
>        -quantifying that "improved learning experience" is a real
>challenge -- there are benefits we want to assess that we haven't
>traditionally evaluated such as students feel increased control over their
>learning process and students perceiving their learning to be more
>relevant etc.
>
>Laurie Maak

Kam Matray - PI, Virtual Canyon Project
Research & Development Group
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
Box 1031 * 700 Pacific Street
Monterey, California  93942-1031
voice 408.899.9414    fax 408.899.3224
kmatray@nps.navy.mil
kmatray@monterey.k12.ca.us

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