Grappling with Change

Abstract

Technology is not a panacea for educational reform, but the use of technology in the classroom can enable teachers to engage today’s students in learning content. While some believed that new, young teachers would bring technology to the PK-12 classroom, this clearly has not happened. Since teacher educators generally do not model technology integration and instead use primarily teacher-centered instruction, many new teachers do not know how to integrate technology, particularly Web 2.0 technologies, into instruction. To encourage teacher educators to learn about these easy-to-use technologies, this chapter examines wikis as a low-threshold Web 2.0 tool. This chapter will discuss the power of using these technology tools.

On the development of a transparent enclosure for 360° video cameras to observe severe fires in situ

“…The final example is that of a parallel privacy fence fire. Additional information about these experiments is available in [20]. The camera is placed in close proximity to the burning material; the fence separation is 30 cm (Fig.…”