LEARNING CONNECTIONS
English Language Arts
28 Inspire Your Students
through Inquiry, Collaboration,
and Global Awareness
Diane Titche and Joanne Rowe
35
Apps
Go with the Flow to
Build Thinking Skills
Maureen Peters
Tip
31 Use PollEverywhere to
Ignite Your PD Sessions
Aditi Roa
English Language Arts
36 Add Pizzazz to
That Research Paper
with Prezi!
Tim Peters and Karen Hopkins
Volume 40 Issue 8
Editorial
Editor .................................................... Kate Conley
kconley@iste.org
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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Acquisitions Editor Emeritus............. Anita McAnear
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Multidisciplinary
32 I-imagine Opens Up a World
of Possibilities for Students
Julie Jaeger and Bernajean Porter
38
History
What if Abraham Lincoln
Had a Facebook Page?
Brant Glover
LEADING CONNECTIONS
4
Issue Oriented
How to Use
This Magazine
Kate Conley
Voices Carry
12 Stepping Up
State Advocacy
Hilary Goldmann
6
Point/Counterpoint
Are Drill-and-Practice Apps
an Appropriate Use of
Educational Technology?
Caitlin McLemore
and Kendra Grant
Dr. Eval
27 Who Needs a
Needs Assessment?
ISTE R&E
7
Readers Respond
8
ISTE News
Student Profile
40 Meridan Boyd:
Who Knew Writing
Could Be This Much Fun?
Diana Fingal
ISTE in Action
10 Combine the Common
Core with the NETS
Carolyn Sykora
41 Know the NETS
47 Coming Next Issue
48 Last Byte
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Maureen Yoder
46 What’s New
Columnists
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Dr. Eval and Research Windows...........ISTE R&E Staff
Voices Carry................................... Hilary Goldmann
Curriculum Specialists
Computer Science ........................ Chris Stephenson
IC T....................................................... Julie Lindsay
Language Arts.................... Julie Duffield, Lisa Wahl
Mathematics ..................................................... TBA
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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