Journal #3

"Five That Survive" by Jennifer Roland
The senior editor for L&L put together an article discussing topics that remain important to the readers. The article looks at five past volumes that continue to be valuable to L&L readers. The ISTE website is so popular that members have requested photocopy articles for their course packs and presentations. The article includes a synopsis for each past article and the author’s reflections on why the articles have remained so popular. The fourth article mentioned stood out to me the most. It was named “Too Few Computers and Too Many Kids: What Can I Do?” The article was about how few teachers have as much technology as they want to effectively integrate it into their teaching. Instead, teachers make do with what technology they do have, creating inventive and exciting projects that teach students content and technology at the same time. I think this article should be the main one to look back on because the issue of fewer computers and more kids still exists. There are many schools that can’t afford enough computers for all the students. Even though this is the case, teachers can still come up with creative lesson plans to engage their students. This article stimulates thought and suggests strategies for effectively integrating computers into the curriculum within the constraints imposed by low budgets and technological resources.

Questions:

1. How effective is discussing past articles?
Answer: It is very effective because it allows the author to reflect on his writing and technique. It also helps the reader to understand the article more.

2. Why did they choose articles that were published from 1998 through 2001?
Answer: L&L choose this time frame because it shows that they touched on some long lived ideas that were beneficial to readers. The articles give the reader a broad range of technology knowledge.