Articles about Laptop Use in School:

Laptop Evaluation Links, updated as of 11/10/03

by Meredith Wentz of Budget, Planning and Analysis

For more information on Laptop Evaluation see the BPS website http://www.uwstout.edu/bpa/ir/laptop/indexlap.htm

Scholarly Articles about Laptop Assessment in Universities/Schools:

Cuban, Larry. Over Sold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001.

Griffith, R. A., Gu, Y., & Brown, D. G., (1999, May 30-June 3, 1999) Assessment of the impact of ubiquitous computing. Paper presented at the 1999 AIR annual Forum, Seattle, WA.

Heinecke, W., Milman, N., Washington, L., & Blasi. (2001). New directions in the evaluation of the effectiveness of educational technology. Computers in the Schools, 18(2/3), 97-110.

Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html

Kontos, G. (2001) The Laptop University: A Faculty Perspective. Educational Technology Review, 9(1).

Laptops Computers in the K-12 Classroom http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed440644.html

Mitra, Ananda, Lenzmeier, S., Steffensmeier, T., Avon, R., Qu, N., & Hazen, M. (2000) "Gender and Computer Use in Academic Institution: Report from a Longitudinal Study."Journal of Educational Computing Research, 23.1, 67-84

Neff, Raymond K., "Breakfast on the Campus." May 28, 1998

Processes Used to Produce and Assess Student Learning Outcomes http://www.ecs.csus.edu/eee/portfolio/oucomes_processes.pdf

Shashaani, L. (1997) "Gender Differences in Computer Attitudes and Use Among College Students." Journal of Educational Computing research, 16, 37-51

Schaumburg, H. (2001) The impact of mobile computers in the classroom–results from an ongoing video study. Germany, 1-2, 7p.

Stevenson, K. (1999). Learning by laptop. School Administrator, 56(4), 18-21.

Stolarchuk, E., & Fisher, D. L. (2001). An investigation of teacher-student interpersonal behavior in science classrooms using laptop computers. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 24(1), 441-55.

Websites/News Articles about Laptop Assessment in Universities/Schools:

Bowman, Lisa. "Adults Surf the Web Way More than Kids." ZDNet news 11 September 2000, http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-523801.html, November 10, 2003

If You Give a kid an iBook http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000418/Assessment.html

In The Trenches: Assessment As If Understanding Mattered

http://www.league.org/publication/abstracts/learning/lelabs0308.htm

Kantrowitz, Barbara. "Men, Women, Computers." Newsweek 16 May 1994. 48-52

Laptop Learning Yields Better Students and Better Teachers http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/sept00/LaptopPR.asp

Laptop Evaluation Website http://www.hedney.com/laptopevaluation.htm

Microsoft Evaluation Laptop Survey and Information http://www.microsoft.com/education/download/aal/research2_appendices.rtf

O’Connor, Eileen. "Gauging the Gender Gap Online." CNN 11 July 2000, http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/views/effect/oconnor.genders.jul11/index.html, November 10, 2003

School laptops losing luster http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/10/23/school.laptops.ap/index.html

Tannen, Deborah. "Gender Cap in Cyberspace." Newsweek 16 May 1994, 52-53

Universities/Schools with laptop programs:

List of laptop Campuses http://www.acck.edu/~arayb/NoteBookList.html

Frankston High School http://www.fhs.vic.edu.au/laptopprogram/default.htm

Public Universities/Schools with Laptop Assessments:

Bowling Green State University
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/studenttech/laptop/surveyform.html

Chattanooga State Technical College
http://library.cstcc.cc.tn.us/leather/itl/itl.htm

Clemson University
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/developC.htm

Freie Universitat in Berlin
http://www.cmr.fu-berlin.de/~heike/conferences/aect/sld001.htm

Illinois State
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/rpriegle/eaf524/projects/laptop/evaluate.htm

Valley City University
http://community.vcsu.edu/facultypages/kathryn.holleque/My_Webpage/Surveys.htm

Winona State University
http://www.winona.msus.edu/its/Laptop/survey.htm

Private Universities/Schools with Laptop Assessments:

Athens Academy
http://lpsl.coe.uga.edu/Projects/AAlaptop/projectoverview.html

Curtin University of Technology
http://learnt.smec.curtin.edu.au/penrhos/Main/QR.html

Lakeside School
http://www.lakesideschool.org/Laptops/Executive%20Summary.html

Hofstra University
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/liora_p_schmelkin/cte/noah_2000.pdf

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://www.ciue.rpi.edu/laptopAY99-00.html

Seton Hall
http://technology.shu.edu/resources/Moblie+Assessment+Document/$file/mobile_assessment_report.doc

Wake Forest University
http://iccel.wfu.edu/publications/journals/jcel/jcel990305/rgriffith.htm

Survey Instruments:

Critical Thinking Assessment List Http://faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/rhennis/testListM9Y01.html

ITD ACADAR: Academic Computing Assessment Data Repository http://repository.itd.shu.edu/itd_doc/ACADAR-Documentation.html

National Survey of Student Engagement http://www.iub.edu/~nsse/students.shtml

UW-Stout Survey Results http://www.uwstout.edu/bpa/ir/indexsur.htm

Assessment Information:

University Planning and Analysis; North Carolina State University http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/upa/assmt/resource.htm

Learning Assessment:

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/index.asp

Lea, L., Clayton, M., Draude, B., & Barlow, S. (2001). The impact of technology on teaching and learning. Educause Quarterly, 24(2), 69-70.

Learning Abstracts http://www.league.org/publication/abstracts/learnab_main.htm

Rockman, S. (1999). Study reveals enhanced learning for students with laptops. T H E Journal, 26(7), 16-18.

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