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August 2004
Dr. Coburn and Dr. Stein rewrote the Meta-Study’s conceptual framework into a full-length paper, Toward Producing Usable Knowledge for the Improvement of Educational Practice.
Dr. Coburn authored an article, “Rethinking Scale: Moving Beyond Numbers to Deep and Lasting Change," that was published in Educational Researcher in the August/September 2003 issue
Thorne, C. (2002). Overview of School Operation and Decision Support Software. Report to the Information Infrastructure project, Network on Teaching and Learning, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Kinzer, C. K., Cammack, D., W., & Cammack, S. (2002). Educators Online: A report on existing information systems and community sites for teachers. Report to the Information Infrastructure project, Network on Teaching and Learning, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Brophy, S. (2002). Issues and Opportunities for Handheld Devices for Literacy Development in Schools. Report to the Information Infrastructure project, Network on Teaching and Learning, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Sharp, D., & Risko, V. (2003). All in the palm of your hand: Lessons from one school's first steps with handheld technology for literacy assessments. Report to the Information Infrastructure project, Network on Teaching and Learning, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Bryk, A., & Joseph, D. (2003). A system for managing the work of the IIS and learning from it. Report to the Information Infrastructure project.
Presentations
Bryk, Anthony (2003). Envisioning an Information Infrastructure System to Support Ambitious Teaching and Learning. New Schools Venture Fund Summit
Palo Alto, CA, May 1, 2003.
Bryk, Anthony (2003). An Information Infrastructure System to Support Ambitious Teaching and Learning: A Research-Practice Partnership Sponsored by the MacArthur Network on Teaching and Learning. Presented to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Organizational Behavior Group, May 14, 2003. Also presented to the University of Chicago Urban Schools Workshop, October 2, 2003.
Hoffman, Thomas (2003) We're All in this Together, Kid: Social Software in School Reform. O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2003/view/e_sess/3621
Joseph, D., Bryk, A., Bransford, J., Gomez, L. & the Information Infrastructure Project (2003). Information Infrastructures. Annual meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.
Gomez, Louis (forthcoming). New Models of Technology Assistance: Building Sustaining Relationships between Universities and Schools. Keynote address at the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ Network for Academic Renewal Conference on Technology and Learning.
Gomez, Louis (forthcoming). Looking at Learning: The Role of Visual Media in Transforming Learning. SYFR Corporation’s Fall, 2003 Conference, Technology: A Tool for Educational Innovation
Conference Submissions
Catalyzing Ambitious Instruction through Infusion of Data into Adult Work in Schools:
The Information Infrastructure System: Submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 2004. This interactive symposium introduces the information infrastructure project, demonstrates existing software and invites audience members to respond to a broad array of elements of our project. Organizer: Diana Joseph. Chairs: John Bransford, Anthony Bryk & Louis Gomez. Discussant: Barbara Means.
A Conceptual Framework to Guide the Development of Information Infrastructures.
Symposium and accompanying posters: To be submitted to the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2004. Expected submission date, November 15, 2003. Organizer: Diana Joseph.
Software
Pinkard, N. and D. Kerbow (2002). STEPtool. Chicago, IL, Center for School
Improvement. Software for visualizing primary student literacy data emerging from the developmental STEP assessment.
Pinkard, N. (2002). CMFtool. Chicago, IL, Center for School Improvement. Modification of the STEPtool to accommodate data from the assessments used at Fortes Elementary School.
Hoffman, T. (2003). Tuttle. Providence, RI, Feinstein High School. This software is designed to handle standards-based assessments--teacher input via the web and printed reports for parents.
Pinkard, N., Vahey, L., Meekin, M. (2003). Reader Response Tool. Chicago, IL, Center for School Improvement. Prototype tool for documenting teacher (and student) practice in primary literacy.
Forthcoming: Gathright, T., Wheeler, S. (2003). Custom data entry and reporting screens for the Academic and Social Service System at NKO, in PowerSchool. Chicago, IL, Center for School Improvement.
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