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Subject: Re: Welcome to the Final Chat with the Experts
Posted By: Hilary LaMonte
Date: February 22, 1999 at 13:10:16
In Response to: Welcome to the Final Chat with the Experts - posted by Robin Kaczka on February 22, 1999 at 13:00:22

My name is Hilary LaMonte and I work at the National School Boards Association developing online communities and a resource clearinghouse.

I am also in graduate school onnline.

Between these two activities, I spend a great deal of time online and using new technologies. I believe that they offer us many new opportunities and tools, both in our daily lives and in the world of K-12 education.

I have noticed in my work and study, however, that I still prefer working directly with text on a page than with cybertext, even though the latter is more pliable, searchable, etc. I think this preference is due largely to the years of habits formed using textbooks, before laptops were an option.

My question is a simple one. In working with and observing students who use laptops instead of text books, are there skills, habits, approaches that they are developing that appear to be new, innovative or markedly different from the kinds of study and learning habits that us "text-based" dinosaurs share(d)?

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More Research Required William L. Rukeyser, February 22, 1999 (2)
- Re: More Research Required Whitey, February 22, 1999 (1)
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* Comments: > My name is Hilary LaMonte and I work at the National School Boards Association developing online communities and a resource clearinghouse. > I am also in graduate school onnline. > Between these two activities, I spend a great deal of time online and using new technologies. I believe that they offer us many new opportunities and tools, both in our daily lives and in the world of K-12 education. > I have noticed in my work and study, however, that I still prefer working directly with text on a page than with cybertext, even though the latter is more pliable, searchable, etc. I think this preference is due largely to the years of habits formed using textbooks, before laptops were an option. > My question is a simple one. In working with and observing students who use laptops instead of text books, are there skills, habits, approaches that they are developing that appear to be new, innovative or markedly different from the kinds of study and learning habits that us "text-based" dinosaurs share(d)?