Volume 41 Issue 3
Science
26 Powering Up Homemade
PowerPoint Games
Jason Siko and Michael Barbour
Professional Development
30 Good Grief! Be Supportive
of Teachers When
Implementing Tech
LeAnne Wagner
Multidisciplinary
34 Blogging in Ancient Rome
Joanne Barrett
LEARNING CONNECTIONS
LEADING CONNECTIONS
Issue Oriented
4 Engaging Excellence
Kate Conley
Point/Counterpoint
6 Can the Common
Core Prepare Students
for Future Careers?
Brian Coffey and Steve Taffee
7 Readers Respond
8 ISTE News
Member Profile
9 Bill Selak: Turning
STEM into STEAM
Makes Ordinary
Lessons Sing!
Diana Fingal
Connected Classroom
10 Creating a Visual Telegraph
with the PicoBoard
Glen Bull and Jonathan Cohen
As I See “IT”
38 A Whole New
Blend of Learning
Don Hall
Know the NETS
40 Standard 3: Research
& Information Fluency
Talbot Bielefeldt
45 Coming Next Issue
ISTE in Action
47 ISTE–HP Partnership
Spreads STEM Education
Across the Globe
Clare Strawn
48 Last Byte
Buyer’s Guide
42 Robotics Kits
Maureen Yoder
Apps
36 Try See. Touch.Learn.
Pro for Assistive Ed
Beth Greer
Tip
37 Get Free E-Books for
Tablets and Laptops
Shannon McClintock Miller
Editorial
Editor .................................................... Kate Conley
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Columnists
Connected Classroom................................ Glen Bull
Know the NE TS and Research Windows...... ISTE R&E
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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