Brian K Smith (bsmith@media.mit.edu)
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:33:52 -0400
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:33:52 -0400 From: Brian K Smith <bsmith@media.mit.edu> Subject: Invitation to Join SIG:EST & SIG:ATL
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Invitation to Join SIG:EST & SIG:ATL
American Education Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Groups
on
Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG-ATL) &
Education in Science and Technology (SIG-EST)
Dear Colleague,
We need your help.
New technologies are flooding into homes and classrooms. But most new
technologies are simply perpetuating old ways of thinking and learning.
Even in discussions about the scientific and technological knowledge
that students need to succeed in the 21st century, the common vision has
students becoming not innovators or practitioners, but "users".
SIG-ATL and SIG-EST are dedicated to fundamentally transforming
education. SIG-ATL focuses on the design and use of new technologies to
empower learners, both in the classroom and out. SIG-EST is the only SIG
devoted to educational reform in the sciences, engineering, and
technology, and seeks reform via research, design, and practice.
If you share this vision, we hope you will join either or both SIGs.
(Most of our members belong to both SIGs). Our SIGs include leaders in
educational research worldwide, and have historically played a
significant role in informing groups such as the National Science
Foundation and the White House President's Committee of Advisors on
Science and Technology.
These SIGs are an important resource to our community. One primary role
of SIG-ATL and SIG-EST is to sponsor sessions at the annual AERA
meeting. The more of you who join the SIGs, the more sessions we can
sponsor. Membership also entitles you to submit items to our newsletter
and publicize your projects on our web sites --
http://www.ls.sesp.nwu.edu/sig-atl/sig-atl.html
and
http://www.ls.sesp.nwu.edu/sig-est/sig-est.html
These websites are effective ways to communicate with others in our
community. We also have good informal ties with other similar
organizations ouside AERA, such as EARLI, NARST, AACE, and the like.
Please join or renew your membership. Dues are a token $5/year per SIG
(or $20 per SIG for 5 years). Just fill out the form at
http://www.ls.sesp.nwu.edu/sig-est/join.html then send your dues payment
to:
Jeremy Roschelle, Secretary/Treasurer
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park CA 94025-3493 USA
Paying your dues by **JUNE 22** will help us greatly (sorry for the
short notice!), since paid memberships on this date determine the number
of presentation slots we receive at the 2000 AERA Annual Meeting. Please
contact us if you have any questions.
Regards,
Mitchel Resnick and Brian K Smith, Chairs, SIG-ATL
Bruce Sherin, Chair-elect, SIG-ATL
Greg Shrader, Chair, SIG-EST
Bill Sandoval, Chair-elect, SIG-EST
-- Brian K Smith Assistant Professor MIT Media Laboratory 20 Ames Street, E15-020G Cambridge, MA 02139 617 253 6537 bsmith@media.mit.edu--------------------------------------------------------- Forum website: http://ifets.gmd.de/ Forum's contact person: kinshuk@ieee.org Info on Join/Leave List: http://ifets.gmd.de/maillist.html ---------------------------------------------------------
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