Online data collection is becoming an essential and efficient tool for evaluators, researchers,
and other educators. This paper touches on elements of the rather short, but eventful history …

The faculty and dean of the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
identified educational technology as a major goal eight years ago. This goal was divided into …

Some of the best learning may occur in the context of a problem, whether in life or in the formal
educational classroom. This chapter focuses on the use of educational robotics as a rich …

This article reports on the results of a survey completed by 135 Iowa teachers who had recently
graduated from a large midwestern university. The findings indicate that the respondents …

… Next, Cathleen Norris, Neal Topp, and I describe a finding from our recent teacher snapshot
… Neal Topp (neal_topp@unomaha.edu) is an associate professor in the College of Education…

Effective use of educational technology is a very important challenge for teacher preparation
institutions. Recognizing this fact, the College of Education at the University of Nebraska at …

All humans use objects in their environment as tools for actions. Some tools are more useful
than others for certain people and populations. This paper describes how different first-…

Abstract: The paper at hand describes a classroom based research study in which iPads
were used to explore the effectiveness of note taking and test review skills in a community …

This article reports on the first-year analysis of a long-range appraisal of the connecting of
Nebraska's K-12 schools to the Internet, as directed by the Nebraska State Legislature in 1993…

A (nonrandomized) snapshot survey solicited educators' beliefs about technology-related
activities, beliefs, and needs. Technologically mature groups of teachers used e-mail at home, …