Preface - Kathleen C Westbrook PART ONE: POLICY CHANGES FACING THE GLOBAL VILLAGE The GINIE Project - Maureen W McClure Responsible Neighbors, Many Generations State Financing of International Higher Education Partnerships for Trade and Development - Emily Vargas-Baron Education, Technology and the Social/Economic Order - Srebren Dizdar and Cecilia Wandiga PART TWO: NATIONAL AND STATE ISSUES Common `Mythstakes' in Technology Planning - Karen Fullerton The Coming Crisis in Student Access to Educational Technology - Faith E Crampton Revisioning the State and Federal Roles in Funding Teachers and Parents without School Buildings - F Howard Nelson How Teacher Unions Can Use Technology Creatively PART THREE: CURRICULUM, TRAINING AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT At a Distance - Barbara Y LaCost, Alan T Seagren and Sheldon L Stick Using Technology in Distributed Learning in Higher Education Technology and Change in School Administrator Preparation - Hank Bromley and Stephen L Jacobson Preparing Teachers to Teach with Technology - Michael Waugh and Marianne Handler The Costs and Benefits of Developing an Electronic Community of Learners Images of the Future - James F Angevine Crystal Ball Gazing and Technology Policy making Bits n' Bytes - Kathleen C Westbrook Epilogue and Prologue
This volume focuses on the power of technology to improve education and to create global educational environments. The contributors present exciting new programs for training administrators and teachers, and makes clear the possibilities that technology brings to the lives of researchers and policymakers.