LEARNING CONNECTIONS
Science
28 Make Science Real
Jared Mader and Ben Smith
Digital Citizenship
34 Students Dig Up Dirt to
Learn about Internet Safety
Jesse Morehouse
Multidisciplinary
30 Fostering Information Literacy
Jennifer Thomas
36
Computer Science
32 Students Teaching Students
T. J. Wolfe
Tip
QR Codes Help Students
Navigate the Internet
Aaron Atwood-Blaine
Volume 39 Issue 2
Editorial
Editor .................................................... Kate Conley
kconley@iste.org
Acquisitions Editor ........................... Anita McAnear
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Senior Editor ........................................ Diana Fingal
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Managing Editor ..................................Paul Wurster
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Associate Editor.............................. Andra Brichacek
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Art Director .......................................... Tamara Kidd
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LEADING CONNECTIONS
4
Issue Oriented
Excellent Educators
Everywhere
Kate Conley
Research Windows
38 What Does the
Research Say?
Clare Strawn
Point/Counterpoint
Is Cursive Writing
Worth Teaching?
Lee Ann Potter
and Sharon Eilts
45 Coming Next Issue
6
8
Readers Respond
As I See “IT”
46 Most Don’t Realize Just
How Sophisticated School
Networks Are
Susan Poling
9
ISTE News
Voices Carry
10 Harness Your Energy
for Advocacy
Hilary Goldmann
Member Profile
47 Claudia Uribe de
Piedrahita: Spreading Ed
Tech to Spanish-Speaking
Educators
Diana Fingal
Bloggers Beat
11 The Remedy for Bored
Teachers? Engagement
and Trust
Diana Fingal
ISTE in Action
48 Technology, Coaching,
and Community
Jayne James
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Buyer’s Guide
40 Digital Cameras
Maureen Yoder
Review
42 Cabanga
Margaret L. Niess
44 What’s New
Columnists
Connected Classroom................................ Glen Bull
Bloggers Beat...................................... Diana Fingal
Research Windows ...............................Clare Strawn
Voices Carry................................... Hilary Goldmann
Curriculum Specialists
Computer Science ........................ Chris Stephenson
IC T....................................................... Julie Lindsay
Language Arts.................... Julie Duffield, Lisa Wahl
Mathematics ................................ Margaret L. Niess
Physical Education and Health ............... Ken Felker
Science............................... Jared Mader, Ben Smith
Social Studies........................................... Judy Britt
Special Needs........ Joan Thormann, Cindy Anderson
Visual and Performing Arts ............. Savilla Banister
World Languages ............................Kathryn S. Land
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