From Now On The Educational Technology Journal

Vol 9|No 7|March|2000

The Software Trap For twenty years schools have trained teachers in application software, hoping that such training will lead to robust classroom use. McKenzie describes the myths that make this a foolish tactic.   When the Book? When the Net? In this update of a 1995 FNO classic, McKenzie argues even more strongly, five years later, for the continuing importance of the book as an information technology, along with the book's favorite resting place - the library.   Beyond Technology: Questions, Research and the Information Literate School     How Teachers Learn Technology Best           Credits: The photographs were shot by Jamie McKenzie. Icons from Jay Boersma at (http://www.ECNet.Net/users/gas52r0/Jay/home.html) Copyright Policy: Materials published in From Now On may be duplicated in hard copy format if unchanged in format and content for educational, nonprofit school district and university use only and may also be sent from person to person by e-mail. This copyright statement must be included. All other uses, transmissions and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. Showing these pages remotely through frames is not permitted. FNO is applying for formal copyright registration for articles. From Now On Index Page