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From: Larry Lucas <llucas@tenet.edu>

             TCET Collaborative Publication Project


The Texas Center for Educational Technology (TCET) is committed
to producing a publication that reports successful uses of
technology in education.  The title of the publication is:

          Practitioners Write the Book:
          What Works in Educational Technology

We want you, the practitioners/users, to write the book.  There
is no compensation beyond credit for your contribution, a copy of
the final published book, and the satisfaction of helping other
educators who are struggling with problems that you have already
solved and decisions that you have made.  The resulting
publication, like all TCET publications, will be distributed to
Texas public school educators through the Education Service
Centers (ESCs).  The only costs that might be incurred in
obtaining a copy would be copying and shipping costs.  (Such
charges are the discretion of the individual ESCs).  Text,
Wordperfect for DOS, and Word for Macintosh versions of the final
publication will be made available via anonymous FTP from
tcet.unt.edu, in the /pub/tcet/whatworks directory.  The
filenames will be, respectively: it-works.txt, it-works.wp, and
it-works.word.

The purpose of this book is to help other educators justify to
their school boards and school administrators the purchase of
expensive computer-based technologies.  We want to hear from you
about positive changes in student achievement, student behavior,
or teacher/administrator productivity that are a result of the
implementation of technology.  We also want to hear from you
about improvements in student test scores, attendance, tardiness,
attitude toward subject matter, and/or self-esteem that are
attributable to the use of technology.

There are four ways for you to share the successes you
know about relative to technology use in education:

1.   Teacher Observation/Reflection:
     Please tell educators about your personal observations of the
     impact of technology use on your students and on you.
     Perhaps you have kept your own personal notes about changes
     in student achievement, behavior, self-esteem, etc... but
     haven't published them anywhere.  Tell us the age range and
     grade level of the students you have observed and the content
     area of your class.  Tell us exactly what you saw/experienced
     in your class that led you to believe that students were being
     positively impacted by use of the technology.  Case
     studies/observations of a single student are also welcomed.

     You also may be aware of changes in your own teaching or
     administrating behavior resulting from your use of a
     particular technology.  Tell us how you have changed and be
     specific.

2.   Case Study:  Technology Infusion:
     Educators want to hear how you and your colleagues convinced
     your school board, your school administrators, and your fellow
     teachers to purchase and use particular technologies.  How
     did you persuade them?  Discuss any data you collected,
     presentations you made, meetings conducted, budgets and
     financing arrangements, and curricular infusion projects.
     Tell us about the process - the agonies of defeats and the
     joys of your successes.  What elements of your process were
     successful?  What would you do differently in the future?

3.   Quantitative data:
     Report numerical data.  Data about significant test score
     improvement, changes in self-esteem as measured by a certain
     instrument, hours saved/dollars saved by teacher and
     administrator use of software programs, etc... is
     appropriate.  Briefly tell us the method used to conduct the
     study and where further information about the study can be
     obtained.

4.   Qualitative data:
     Report the results of qualitative studies.  Briefly tell us
     how the data was triangulated (what data sources were used)
     and describe the method.  Tell us where further information
     about the study can be obtained.

Here's the format we'd like you to follow when submitting your
contribution:

A.   Your Name/School/District/Address
B.   Type of data you are reporting (i.e., 1 - Teacher observation/
     reflection, 2 - Case Study, 3 - Quantitative data, or
     4 - Qualitative data.
C.   Describe the technology used.
D.   Summarize results.
E.   Your Story (or report about the research).


Please submit a completed Participation Form (included below).

Your contribution may be forwarded to TCET via E-mail (to
llucas@tenet.edu), as  formatted files sent as E-mail
attachments, or by mailing a diskette to Larry Lucas at:

               TCET
               P.O. Box 13857, UNT Station
               Denton, TX  76203

Text files, Wordperfect files, Word for Macintosh files, or
Pagemaker files are the preferred formats, but we can handle most
formats (just label the diskette as to the hardware platform and
the specific application used to create the files).  Similarly,
indicate the platform and specific file format for any picture or
graphics files that accompany the text.  Actual photographs can
be mailed to the above address.

Submission of a contribution to the publication indicates your
permission for TCET to use the material.  TCET reserves the right
to edit contributions and will exercise the right to not use any
material that is deemed inappropriate to the theme.
Additionally, contributors will be required to fill out a short
data form and are requested to submit a vita.  Educators
considering participation in the project are requested to
indicate their intent to TCET by May 30, 1994.  (Please E-mail
participation intent and a short description of your forthcoming
contribution to llucas@tenet.edu, or fax it to 817/565-4425, or
mail it to the above address.)

All contributors will receive full recognition in the publication
and will receive a printed copy of the final book.


                        Project Timetable


MAY 31,1994 --
     A tentative table of contents (TOC) is listed below.  We
     would appreciate receiving comments and suggestions
     about the project as a whole, and the TOC, by this date.

JUNE 15, 1994 --
     Please E-mail an intent to participate to llucas@tenet.edu
     by this date, accompanied by a completed participation form.

AUGUST 1, 1994 --
     It is requested that contributions to the publication be
     sent to TCET by this date (accompanied by a vita and a
     participant form, if these were not previously submitted).

AUGUST 15, 1994 --
     Any necessary requests for contributions in specific areas
     will be posted by this date.

SEPTEMBER 26, 1994 --
     This is the final date for receipt of contributed material
     for inclusion in the publication.

NOVEMBER 14, 1994 --
     The projected date for release of the publication.


Please help TCET to help other educators by participating in the
writing of this collaborative publication.  Thank you.


                   Practitioners Write the Book:
                What Works in Educational Technology?



                        Table of Contents


Preface

Introduction

Multimedia/Hypermedia

Local Area Networks

Telecommunications (Wide Area Networking)

Distance Learning

Integrated Learning Systems

Computers For the Teacher

Computer Checkout For Students

Desktop Publishing

Technology In Vocational Education

Technical Support Personnel

Telephones and Other Communication Systems

Miscellaneous

Barriers To Effective Utilization Of Technology

Index


                    "What Works" Participant Form



Last Name: __________________   First Name: ____________  Initial: ____

Position: ________________________________   Phone: ___________________

Curriculum Area: ______________________________________________________

Grade Level: __________________________________________________________

School: _________________________   District: _________________________

School Address: _______________________________________________________

                _______________________________________________________

                _______________________________________________________

FAX: ______________________   E-mail Address: _________________________

Degree(s):       BS [ ]       MS [ ]       Doctorate [ ]       Other [ ]

Subject area(s) of degree(s): _________________________________________

Years of Teaching Experience:   1-5 [ ]   6-10 [ ]   11-15 [ ]   >16 [ ]

Years of Technology Experience: 1-5 [ ]   6-10 [ ]   11-15 [ ]

Do you own your own computer system?       Yes [ ]      No [ ]

If yes, indicate the hardware platform: _______________________________

Give an indication of the amount of technical training you have had:

_______________________________________________________________________

Where did you receive your training in technology use? (Check all that
apply)

         College of Education  [ ]   ESC [ ]   Local Inservice [ ]

         Consultant/Commercial [ ]   Professional Organization [ ]

         Conference Workshops  [ ]   Self Taught [ ]    Other  [ ]


Please provide a title and brief abstract of your contribution.

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