1
Telecommunications in the Classroom
David Swift
©1991 Educational Technology Publications, Inc.
MSU: LB, 1044.84, T45, 1990
Pg.40: "...it is prepared ahead of time, by persons who do not know us and who cannot forsee all teh questions which might arise as we listen to or watch the presentations."

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Virtual Classroom
Lynette R. Porter
©1997 John Wiley & Sons 
MSU: LC, 5805, .P67, 1997  ISBN:0-471-17830-6
Pg.3: Unobserved online work is best suited for those who do are not required to do it.  Can work at own pace.  Can pick and choose what to do in what order.  Drawback: must try to check mastery themselves.
Pg.105: Email is useful because of its flexibility.

3
Physics at the Crossroads
Author?
American Association of Physics Teachers, Sept. 1996
Call#?
Pg#?Students need the ability to be flexible in solving problems.  Repetitive problem solving is of less importance.

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Integrating Telecommunications into Education
Roberts, Blakeslee, Brown, Lenk
©1990 Prentice-Hall
MSU: LB, 1044.84, I58, 1990    ISBN: 0-13-468547-4
Pg.116: "Students need to be able to find and use relevant information, share and discuss data and ideas, and collaborate on problem solving."

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NET LESSONS: Web-Based Projects For Your Classroom
Roerden
©1997 Songline Studios, Inc & Roerden
MSU: LB, 1044.87, .R64 (or might be .K64), 1997
PAGE?Use the "Big Twelve" tools: Project Collaboration, Web Survey, Keypals by email, Web Mentor, Cooperative Challenge ( to solve some problem), Web Resource (like Yahoo), Social Action (address social issue), Community Connection, Simulation (or re-creation), Web Publishing, Multimedia, Student Created Projects

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Integrating the Internet Into Your Classroom
M.D. Roblyer
©1997 Prentice-Hall
MSU: LB, 1044.87, .R636, 1997   ISBN: 0-13-700253-X
Use text AND internet.
Pg.18: Textbook is super portable and well researched.  Internet is easily updated and can be interactive.
Pg. 19: Use textbook for fundamentals.  Use web for group work.  Use both together, book first.

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Postal Two-Way Communication in Correspondence Education
Baath
©1980 John A. Baath
MSU: LC, 5556.A2, B32      ISBN: 91-40-04766-0 
Pp. 91-2: In a correspondence intro physics course, *Those who started out from the beginning (not late starters) performed better and were more likely to turn in work.  *Only 40% completed the class.

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Teaching and Learning in the Information Age
Schrum & Berenfeld
©1997 Allyn & Bacon
MSU: LB, 1044.84, .S37, 1997      ISBN: 0-205-19801-5
Pg.29: NSF funded project called "Global Lab", connecting 300 classrooms in 30 countries to give students a "global context". 
Pg.69: The group became a "functioning community".
Pg.71: USES- Welcome new members, host communications, help the teacher, spread community traditions, provide role models...

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Web Teaching
David W. Brooks
©1997 Plenum Press, NY
MSU: LB, 1044.87, .B76, 1997        ISBN: 0-306-45552-8
Pg.25: Multiple approaches are useful because students may be exposed to a style of learning that suits them well.

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Innovations in Physics Teaching - A Cautionary Tale
John Mottmann
Feb.1999, American Association of Physics Teachers...published in The Physics Teacher vol37,#2
Pg.74 Innovations always seem to be touted as wonderful improvements.  Seem to always have good results.
Professor taught both methods (traditional lecture & new student driven "studio" sections)
Pg.75 The grades in the Studio section were .24 of a grade point (on a 4 point scale) higher during the class.  However, this difference DISAPPEARED in the next physics course taken.
Pg.76: About 2/3 later said they preferred the traditional lecture method.

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The Dynamic Physics Virtual Learning Environment
Robert M. Dimeo & Paul E. Sokol
Feb.1997,AAPT, The Physics Teacher vol35,#2
Pg.84At Penn State the authors teach sections of a class that exists primarily on computers.  They claim that it improves student's grasp of material (no specific results listed).
Pg85: Students work in small groups.  Assignments online, labs online, tutorials, software packages
Pg.85: One group is required to report the day's activity at end of period to bolster accountability.

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Using Digital Video Analysis in Introductory Mechanics Projects
Priscilla Laws & Hans Pfister
May1998,AAPT, The Physics Teacher vol36,#5
Pg282: Students get approval for projects (often cartoon analysis, sports)
Pg283: Students see "real world" applications
Pg283: Use pixels to measure things on screen, then use size of a known object to extrapolate
*---Lecture OnLine application with Quictime Movies

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