Case+Study+Proposals

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Michael Tener here. What I am interested in is making "Distance learning" possible ane practical. My school wants to be able to have students be able to learn and complete graduation requirements on-line with occasional face-to-face meetings.

02/18/2009 Kevin McCall: I intend to research and prepare my case study presentation on the evolution of text messages from early alpha-numeric pagers only to their current use on practically every cellular or smart phone device. Texts can be used to relay educational information, news and weather updates, and emergency bulletins such as amber alerts for abducted children.

02/22/09 Jorge Alvarez. I am interested in studying the evolution of the chalk board in the classroom, and how this essential instrument has inspired the creation of various technology devises to enhance the education of students. I believe it is going to be exiting to review how the dirty, dusty, and allergy stimulating chalk board evolved first into the white board, the overhead projector, the LCD projector, the smart boards, and now touch screens. Our district has equipped our new schools the the highest technology available and it is very interesting to visit old and new school classrooms and observe the evolution of technology in them. I'd like to focus my attention into how to use this technology to maximize the learning of the students that we teach.

2/22/09 Josh Parsons: I am interested in the race to the $100 dollar laptop and its implications for education both here and overseas. I would like to focus on the idea behind the laptop, the key players in its creation and the ethical considerations involved in its development and use.

2/23/09 Andrew Mitchell: I'd like to look at how cell phones have changed the way people communicate. I'd like to focus on the use of texting and camera phones, since every cell phone has a camera on it. Should the classroom cell phone ban in California stand or is it out-dated? How can this technology be used in the classroom?

2/23/2009 Sandy Glick: I am interested it researching when computers were brought into the classroom. I wonder if we today can live without the technology of an computer in our classrooms. The questions that should be asked are should we or should we not have computers in the classroom for our children to use.