Technology in Education

Three state colleges require students to own laptops this fall – The Massachusetts’ State College laptop program.

ABCs of Smart Classrooms By Cathy Murphy – What various academic institutions and faculty are doing with respect to Smart Classrooms.

Technology Counts 2004 Global Links: Lessons from the World – Global and nationwide rankings with respect to technology in schools.

Wireless Networking Makes Strong Inroads on Campuses, Survey Shows by Florence Olsen – National survey regarding wireless networks on college campuses. Excellent statistics.

Biosecurity Comes of Age by Matt Villano – Retina, hand, and fingerprint scanners that are emerging as new solutions to access and authentication concerns.

Embracing New Technologies by Robert Kennedy – The need for teachers to embrace technology.

Computer makers adapt laptops for tough school market by David Koenig – How some school districts are making the decision about laptop requirements.

Textbooks dumped in favor of laptops – High School chooses laptops instead of textbooks.

Cheating and Digital Distractions

Cheaters Amok: A Crisis in America's Schools – Some of the ways student’s cheat with and without technology.

Exposing the Cheat Sheet, With the Students' Aid by Jane Gross – A cheating scandal in an affluent High School. Includes interesting statistics.

ARTICLE TITLE AND AUTHOR UNKOWN – Dartmouth’s wireless network and the concerns it has raised.

Computers In The Classroom – Professors discuss the distraction factor of computers in the classroom.

What Makes People Cheat? – A pervasive cheating culture.

Honesty Is A Forgotten Policy by Melanie Turner – Cheating centered around California Universities.

The Cheating Game by Carolyn Kleiner and Mary Lord – Examinations of cheating throughout the US.

New Scandal At Air Force Academy – A cheating scandal that hit a school with one of the strongest honor codes in the land.

200 parents pack meeting on cheating at Saratoga High by Kamika Dunlap – A significant cheating event in Saratoga, California.

Teachers Combat High-Tech Cheating by Sheila Riley – How some schools are using technology to combat cheating.

Cheats face the heat by Louise Brown – How some Canadian schools are combating cheating. The Toronto Star

Computer Based Testing and Grading

Pen or Printer: Can Students Afford to Handwrite Their Exams? By Kif Augustine-Adams, Suzanne B. Hendrix and James R. Rasband – One of the best statistical assessments of the handwriting vs. typing debate. Journal of Legal Education March 2001

eLearning and Paper Testing: Why The Gap? By Scott Howell – The gap between technology laden teaching techniques and paper based testing.

Indiana Essays Being Graded by Computer by Sol Hurwitz – Computer-based grading in Indiana High Schools.

Online Examinations – Guide from the University of Technology Sydney intended as a resource for staff to become familiar with the issues behind online examinations.

The Gap between Testing and Technology in Schools – Outlining some of the work done by Haney and Russell in the area of computer-based testing.

C.S.T.E.E.P. Study Says Kids Test Better on Computers by Michael Seele – A study by Haney and Russell that shows students test better on computers. Chronicle DATE UNKNOWN

Laptops lap at blue book's domain by Tim Simmons – How some schools have replaced blue books with computer-based testing.

Schools try giving SAT via computer – First test runs of computer based SATs.