Learning and Leading

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

English Language Learners

28 Alligators in the Sewers?

Really?

Joy Egbert

Science

31 DIY Space Exploration Kaya Hardin

Foreign Language

32 Spicing Up Spanish Class Cawood Cornelius and Terri Vest

LEADING CONNECTIONS

4

ISTE at a Glance

5

Issue Oriented Effective Technology Integration Anita McAnear

6

Readers Respond

7

ISTE News

8

Point/Counterpoint Is Blogging Worth the Risk? James Maxlow and Lisa Nielsen

Connected Classroom

10 Personal Fabrication Systems: From Bits to Atoms

Glen Bull with Joe Garofalo

As I See “IT”

13 LEAD Your Team to Success

Don Hall

Multidisciplinary

34 Giving Reluctant Students a Voice Reynold Redekopp and Elizabeth Bourbonniere

English Language Arts

36 Writing for Real Purpose Chinwe H. Ikpeze

Reading

38 Let Them Choose Their Own Books Kaya Hardin

Bloggers Beat

39 Should Your Students Be Your “Friends”? Diana Fingal

46 Coming Next Issue

47 Member Profile Derek Kelley

ISTE in Action

48 Evaluating the Fruit of Your Labor Talbot Bielefeldt

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

40 Buyer’s Guide Data Loggers

42 Reviews Hamilton USB Transfer Express J.V. Bolkan

44 What’s New

Volume 36 Issue 7

Editorial

Editor .................................................... Kate Conley kconley@iste.org

Acquisitions Editor ........................... Anita McAnear amcanear@iste.org

Senior Editor ........................................ Diana Fingal dfingal@iste.org

Managing Editor .................................. Paul Wurster p wurster@iste.org

Assistant Editor .............................. Andra Brichacek abrichacek@iste.org

Communications Intern........................ Kaya Hardin khardin@iste.org

Art Director .......................................... Tamara Kidd tkidd@iste.org

Senior Designer...............................Beth Scandalios escandalios@iste.org

Graphic Designer ..................................... Jeff Wilcox jwilcox@iste.org

Columnists

As I See IT................................................... Don Hall Connected Classroom................................ Glen Bull Research Windows ....................Christine Greenhow Voices Carry................................... Hilary Goldmann

Curriculum Specialists

Computer Science ........................ Chris Stephenson Foreign Language ...........................Kathryn S. Land ICT....................................................... 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

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